Wild Style – Live Outdoors, Love Outdoors | ERASMUS+ YOUTH EXCHANGE (2019)

Wild Style – Live outdoors, love outdoors: IL NOSTRO PRIMO GIORNO 36 ragazzi arrivati dall’Armenia, Bielorussia,…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Mercoledì 11 settembre 2019

“WILD STYLE” È (ANCHE) IMMERGERSI NEL PAESAGGIO Wild Style – Erasmus+ Youth Exchange – Day 3In the morning we went…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Sabato 14 settembre 2019

How to get young people out of their comfort zones and into the nature? With a 10 day camping adventure. We challenged 36 young people from 6 different countries to live completely outdoors; eating, playing, showering and sleeping outside in a small community. We welcomed people from Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Armenia and Italy to experience rural Italian life in the mountains from 10.-20th of September, 2019 in Tramonti on the Amalfi Coast. The Erasmus+ Youth Exchange “Wild Style” was established with the philosophy of reconnecting participants to nature and through this also reconnecting to another and themselves.

Playing games outside is something that we typically stop doing once we leave school, but simply playing outside is a great way to keep active, spend time outdoors and also stay young at heart. We asked the participants to design outdoor game activities in their country groups which they then shared with the rest of the group. There were some more mentally stimulating activities such as “The Human Knot”, others more physically demanding, like running competitions to catch a flag and other games which were just for fun, for example carrying a cup of water on your head and pouring it to a jug which lay on someones’ body (let’s just say this one ended in a water fight).

Alongside the outdoor focus, we also tried to embody a sustainable lifestyle. This meant; recycling, reducing food waste, avoiding single-use plastic, using local products, taking fresh vegetables from the garden and other small actions. The group also contributed their own ideas by making presentations about their organisations and their experiences related with sustainability topics. There was a very diverse response in terms of the groups knowledge on the topic and also how their respective countries tackle environmental issues.

One of the main activities of the whole project was an excursion to the mountains. The group took to the mountains of Tramonti on a short yet enjoyable hike to an old abandoned shelter. There, to the groups surprise, they found a lot of rubbish including glass and plastic. It was a task for the participants to clean up the space and create an tidy area where they could pitch their tents for the evening. This was even more “into the wild” as here they didn’t have access to amenities such as; showers, toilets, electricity and kitchen. This wasn’t a problem for the group and they quickly stepped up to the challenge by soaking up the nature that was around them, going for short walks and doing some stargazing.

There was a community clean up event organised with children from the school in Tramonti. They spent one morning getting to know the international group by playing games and learning some of their languages and also cleaning up the town hall square and central park. The children especially loved to meet people from different countries (some countries they had never heard of before) and we’re really enthusiastic about the cleaning.

One activity asked the participants to get their hands dirty and be in contact with the earth. They planted a vegetable garden and built some flower beds. This was a great opportunity for some people who hadn’t had the chance before to grow their own food or flowers, allowing them to learn new skills and get involved in this type of work. It was inspiring to hear how many loved this activity and how much the group already knew about growing their own food and plants.

Every evening, there was a country campfire evening in which participants hosted a cultural exchange to show off the best from their countries. As usual, they shared food, dancing, music and also some trivia knowledge from their countries. Each group brought a new idea to their cultural evening, some proposed singing by the fire with guitar, others created a fake wedding showing everyone how their wedding celebrations happen.

With the international spirit blossoming in the camp, we wanted to share this with locals from Tramonti. There was a community social event with a dinner of pasta and beans (a typical dish from the area). The participants showed off some of their typical cultural dances and music while inviting the locals to join them. People from Tramonti brought with them special desserts to try to know better the local cuisine.

Apart from the organised activities there were many beautiful moments shared between the participants. For example; the morning yoga classes, dance lessons in the evening, getting cosy around the campfire and lots of spontaneous singing and playing guitar. On the final evening, the group were asked to perform a sketch of their choice related with the project. This was very funny to see many people doing impressions of their highlights of their experience, it really showed how the group had bonded and shared many memorable moments together.

In the end, the wild style experience was a success. The participants really adapted to the outdoor environment and all loved spending their time together in the community. They had fun, challenged themselves and learnt new things all while reconnecting with themselves and nature. With thanks to the Municipality of Tramonti, The school of Tramonti, Isidoro and Raffaele, The supermarket Netto, Pro Loco Tramonti and CSV Sodali Salerno.

 

RESULTS

  • The magazine, written by the participants of the project: WildStyle_TheMagazine
  • The making-of video of the project:

The podcasts with the participants:

SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE PROJECT

#wildstyle #erasmusplus #amalficoast

Instagram

FACEBOOK ENTRIES, done by the participants:

  • The beginning of the project:

🏕WILD STYLE🏕 INIZIAMO QUESTO ALTRO NUOVO PROGETTO. UNA NUOVA AVVENTURA 😍Today begins the new Erasmus+ Youth Exchange "…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Martedì 10 settembre 2019

  • Day 1 and the getting to know each other and the participants:

Wild Style – Live outdoors, love outdoors: IL NOSTRO PRIMO GIORNO 36 ragazzi arrivati dall’Armenia, Bielorussia,…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Mercoledì 11 settembre 2019

  • Day 2 and the presentation of sustainability initiatives:

Wild Style – Live outdoors, love outdoors: il secondo giorno del nostro progetto Erasmus+ che ci vedrà impegnati fino al…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Giovedì 12 settembre 2019

  • Day 3 and the excursion in Tramonti:

“WILD STYLE” È (ANCHE) IMMERGERSI NEL PAESAGGIO Wild Style – Erasmus+ Youth Exchange – Day 3In the morning we went…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Sabato 14 settembre 2019

  • The workshop with the local schools:

WILD STYLE E L’INCONTRO CON GLI ALUNNI DELLA SCUOLA DI TRAMONTI Wild style – live outdoors, love outdoors – Special…

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Mercoledì 18 settembre 2019

  • The expedition in the mountains:

THE VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1291081417740056

Wild Style – Live outdoors, love outdoors: è connessione totale con la natura. Senza “comodità”. Senza wi fi 😁 #erasmus #erasmusplus

Pubblicato da Acarbio Costiera Amalfitana su Lunedì 16 settembre 2019

LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS

Provincial Newspaper Cilento Notizie: https://www.cilentonotizie.it/dettaglio/41355/wild-style-in-costiera-amalfitana-l-erasmus-per-promuovere-attivita–all–aperto/

Provincial Newspaper Ecostiera: https://www.ecostiera.it/costiera-amalfitana-trentasei-giovani-erasmus-nel-verde-di-tramonti-per-promuovere-attivita-allaperto/

Provincial newspaper Vescovado: https://www.ilvescovado.it/it/sezioni-25/attualita-3/wild-style-a-tramonti-l-erasmus-che-promuove-atti-82409/article

Provincial newspaper Positanonews: https://www.positanonews.it/2019/09/costiera-amalfitana-erasmus-ristabiliamo-rapporti-la-natura/3329865/

Regional newspaper Gazzetta di Salerno: http://www.gazzettadisalerno.it/news/wild-style-live-outdoors-love-outdoors-erasmus-sul-valico-di-chiunzi/

 

WHAT OUR PARTNERS SAY

Youth Association from Transylvania:

Pár perc a múlt nyárból 🏝 néhány erdélyi fiatal az olasz Amalfi partján egy ifjúsági cserén vett részt, melynek címe "…

Pubblicato da Youth Association from Transylvania su Mercoledì 25 marzo 2020

 

Our Armenian partner YIC:

English text below !!Ուրախ ենք տեղեկացնելու, որ սեպտեմբերի 10-ից Իտալիայի Տրամոտի քաղաքում մեկնարկել է «Wild style:…

Pubblicato da YIC Gyumri – Youth Initiative Centre NGO su Venerdì 13 settembre 2019

 

NGO Go On from Ukraine:

Feedback of Lilia Klachko about wonderful youth exchange "Live outdoor, Love outdoor", which was implemented in Italy, in September 2019.

Pubblicato da NGO Go On su Martedì 8 ottobre 2019

It has been a week since I left Tramonti. Ten days of living outdoors with forty people from various countries. It was…

Pubblicato da Masha Churinova su Sabato 28 settembre 2019