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Youth IN Change

Yes we (c)are 2025

Youth Exchange for change-makers

7th edition

18.08. - 01.09.
Junge Menschen, Mitarbeit, Auf Bewerbung

18th August to 1th September 2025
ZEGG Ecovillage, Germany

A Youth Exchange for young people dedicated to becoming agents of positive change in the world. Are you committed to co-create a life-affirming culture based on trust, authenticity and love?

The Youth IN Change offers you a wide range of powerful tools that support you on your quest.


Table of contents

1. General information
2. Travel information
3. What to bring
4. Food & accommodation
5. About the facilitators
6. Contact details

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

“Youth IN change: yes we (c)are” is a project of “Yes to Sustainability”, an international network aiming at bringing together young people from different regions of Europe by organizing Youth Exchanges and training in various ecovillages and rural projects.

THE YOUTH EXCHANGE

“Youth IN Change: Yes we (c) are” is a youth exchange addressed to people who wish to immerse themselves in the life of an ecovillage, dive into inner work and personal transformation, and develop as positive change-makers.

Participants will take part in morning activities alongside the ZEGG community, such as gardening, Terra Preta work, and kitchen support.
Afternoons will be dedicated to facilitated spaces for self-development, group dynamics, and sustainable living.

This Youth Exchange invites participants to dive into inner work, self-exploration, and the cultivation of sustainable and authentic relationships, including themes of love and sexuality.

Throughout the journey, participants will engage in emotional process work, communication skills development, exploration of social conditioning and collective trauma, and practices to foster deeper, more genuine connections.

We want to invite for human diversity and open mindedness to be present in the training.



WHO IS IT FOR?

  • Individuals willing to work on self-development and relationships.
  • People interested in ecovillages lifestyle.
  • People willing to grow as change-makers in the field of social and environmental transformation.
  • people willing to engage in challenging inner and group processes on the edge of their comfort zone

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

The contents of the training could be modified in progress according to the group’s needs and interests.

CONTENTS

Inner Work

  • Engage in emotional process work and self-transformation.
  • Embrace vulnerability and grow from the power of its disclosure .
  • Embodiment practices

Relationships, love and sexuality

  • Explore personal and group dynamics using Forum ZEGG and other methodologies
  • Learn to communicate your feelings, needs, desires and boundaries.
  • Question conventional relationship patterns and learn to safely explore alternatives in harmony with your desires

Social Awareness and Collective Healing

  • Raise awareness about social conditioning.
  • Address and heal collective trauma through group processes.
  • Learn about ranks, power structure and political issues within groups.

Ecovillage lifestyle

  • Learn about sustainable practices in community living settings.
  • Experience group dynamics emerging within the group and work with them.
  • Support ZEGG community with garden, Terra Preta and kitchen experiences, working together with ZEGG members (4 hours/day in the mornings, for 10 days out of 15 )


THE TOOLS

  • ZEGG Forum
  • Possibility Management
  • Playfight
  • Deep Ecology
  • Deep Listening
  • Process Work
  • Loop of Understanding
  • Wheel of Consent
  • Feeling Compass
  • Nature Walk
  • Social Permaculture
  • Bodywork
  • Group facilitation skills
  • Power, Rank & Privileges
Are you committed to inner process work, transformation & stepping out of your comfort zone, diving deep into yourself, facing your inner dragons, expanding your box and embracing life in its pure love?
Our experience showed us that it can be very intense and beautiful at the same time.

THE VENUE

ZEGG is one of the oldest ecovillages in Germany, founded in the nineties, where 110 people are living in close partnership and cooperation with the land around them and with its beings. The ZEGG is an intentional community and seminar center and sees itself as a research project exploring socially and ecologically sustainable ways of living. A particular focus is the field of human relationships, communication and the issues of love and sexuality. Their ecological work is guided by the principles of permaculture. A reason to live in a community is to get into contact with other people and most importantly with ourselves.

TERMS

  • Age: Participants must be between 20 and 30 years old.
  • Language: Basic English is required for participation.
  • Residents in : Spain, Germany, France, Italy

CONSCIOUS CONTRIBUTION

In alignment with the gift economy cultural framework, we invite participants to make a conscious contribution at the end of the experience. We suggest a sliding-scale contribution between 80 and 350€ to support our projects and enable others to benefit from similar experiences.
Money is still a taboo topic in our society. On the last day we come together and you have the opportunity to discuss that topic and how you feel about it. You are invited to donate as much as you feel comfortable with and want to give from your heart, also regarding your current financial situation, free from duty, shame or guilt.


2. TRAVEL INFORMATION

WHEN

From 18th of August to 1th of September 2025

  • Arrival: 28th of August, between 15:00 - 18:00
  • Departure: 9th of September, in the morning



TRAVEL RULES

The National Agency expects you to travel from your home country. Coming here can be combined with another, work related trip if one way is to/from your home country. 3 travel days before and 3 travel days after the activity are possible. We encourage all to use all the 6 travel days to have some stopovers to visit friends or discover the surrounding. (Direct route is needed.) Food & accommodation during the travel days won’t be reimbursed, only the transport costs.
Accepted travel days: 16.8., 17.8., 18.8. and 1.9, 2.9, 3.9

TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT

The travel costs are covered by the EU up to the following maximum amount for both ways that depends on the distance you travel from:
  • 23€ (0-99 km)
  • 210€ (100-490km)
  • 320€ (500-1999km)
  • 410€ (2000-2999km) only for Spanish participants possible
Use this to calculate the distance:
https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/distance-calculator

HOW TO GET THERE

Nearest (Flix)bus station: Berlin
From Berlin you can take the train to Bad Belzig.
Nearest train station: Bad Belzig, Germany. From there, there is the Bus 590 till “ZEGG, Bad Belzig” stop. Check die Deutsche Bahn (DB) App oder Web. Alternative: 45 min walking.
By Car- look in google maps : ZEGG, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 89, 14806 Bad Belzig, Germany

Important note:

We encourage you to consider traveling by shared car rides, train or bus, if possible, because it is the most ecological option. Planes are not reimbursed! However, we realize that some of you have a long way to travel, so this might not be a feasible option.

Please, be aware of the following information:

  • Remember to keep all your original travel documents (invoices, electronic tickets, train tickets, fuel bills etc.) and give them to your Group Leader. Please print your electronic tickets beforehand and bring them to the Youth Exchange!
    In addition send all your electronic tickets to:
  • No planes or taxi fares will be reimbursed, if you decide to take a taxi, it will be at your own expense. First class tickets are not accepted.
  • Travel documents can be submitted until 14.09.2025 at the latest. After this deadline, all received documents will be collected and forwarded to the host organisation. Only then can the reimbursement process begin. The reimbursement will be made via bank transfer to your account and may take up to four months.
  • The work of the organizers and facilitators is not explicitly covered by the funding. Money left over from travel costs is used to fund the organisational costs, so we are happy when you take the extra effort to research affordable travelling possibilities.


3. WHAT TO BRING

  • Flashlight
  • Sleeping bag, camping mat and your own tent
  • Workwear
  • Raincoat and warm clothes (the weather can quickly change)
  • Comfortable shoes for working, walking and being outside
  • Musical instruments and games if you like
  • Ecological and biodegradable shampoo, toothpaste and soap
  • Diary/ notebook
  • Towel for the sauna
  • Your European health insurance card or international health insurance
  • Mosquito spray
  • Your special needs (the nearest shop is 20 minutes to walk)

INSURANCE

We ask you to apply for the European Health Insurance Card. In some countries it is included in your normal Health Insurance Card. Arranging health insurance for the duration of the training course is the responsibility of the participants.

4. FOOD & ACCOMODATION

Food

The ZEGG kitchen team is providing us with some delicious and organic vegetarian/ vegan food 3 times per day. If you have special diet needs, please write it down in the application form.
ZEGG is a drug free place. We ask you to respect it.

Accomodation

The accommodation will be simple, but pleasant: in private tents, or in a common bedroom.
If possible please bring your own tent, as we dont have space for all in the common bedroom!
If you can not bring your own tent, please let us know.

Please bring your sleeping bag with you. Mattresses and sheets are provided! Pillows, blankets, and towels are available for rent at 8€ for the entire two-week period.
During the day we will be outside or in the Aula room, the community room for our group




5. FACILITATORS

Ena Rivière Feder: is a Group Facilitator trained by IIFACE, ZEGG Forum facilitator since 2018 and Somatic Experiencing Therapist. She has also been trained for 3 years in Process Work. Ena has lived in the ZEGG community for the past 8 years and facilitates & coordinates ZEGG Forum facilitation training. She is also a yoga and dance teacher. Her approach to dance aims to expand movement possibilities through increased body awareness. She follows the same approach in individual and group facilitation: gaining awareness of processes and patterns to transcend and transform them.

Davide Scotti: is a group facilitator trained according to the IIFACE program, philosophical practitioner and history and philosophy teacher in high school. He has been supporting the work of activist groups and he is now exploring the alternative universe of Ecovillages. In his work with groups , he aims at integrating harmoniously the inner work on emotions and the cognitive work on rationality.

Luis Álvarez: is Group Facilitator in the field of permaculture and regenerative cultures, with more than 8 years facilitating groups, specially in the ecovillages he has been part of: Molino de Guadalmesí (Spain), ZEGG (Germany) and Fuchsmühle (Germany), always gesturing toward a new decolonized culture of love, authenticity, reciprocity, responsibility and entanglement. He has finished the Forum ZEGG facilitation course and the Group Facilitation Basic Course form IIFACe.

6. CONTACT DETAILS

Germany(Ena) :
Spain (Luis):
Italy (Davide):
France (Ena) :

To apply for the training, please fill out this form. Your registration will be confirmed after completing the form.



Dates and registration

18.08. - 01.09.
Youth IN Change - Yes we (c)are 2025
Prices on request.
Elena Rivière Feder
On application
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*) Note: Online registration is not available for this event.

Facilitator

Ena Rivière Feder Gómez, 1989 in Brüssel geboren, ist halb Deutsche, halb Spanierin –
ist Tänzerin, Group Facilitator, Yoga Lehrerin, Sozialarbeiterin, Shiatsu Therapeutin, Konflikt Transformatior und in Ausbildung zur Somatic-Experiencing Therapeutin.

Sie hat vor allem in Spanien in verschiedenen intentionalen Gemeinschaften gelebt und mitgearbeitet und lebt und arbeitet seit ca. 5 Jahren im ZEGG.

Sie hat verschiedene formelle und nicht-formellen Ausbildungen absolviert, darunter dramatische Künste (Zirkus, Theater und Clown), Tanz (Afrokubanisch, Zeitgenössich und Contact Improvisation), Therapien (Shiatsu, Somatic-Experiencing), Gruppenprozesse (Gruppenmoderation, Aktives Zuhören, Prozessarbeit nach Arnold Mindell, Forum, Traumasensible Konflikt-Transformation nach Daniel auf der Mauer), Naturrituale (Schwitzhütte, Visionssuche, Tiefenökologie), Gender-Arbeit und verschiedene Yogastile. Sie hat auch einen BA-Abschluss in Sozialarbeit.

Heute arbeitet sie vor allem als Forumsleiterin/-ausbilderin in Frankreich und Spanien, als Gruppenleitung im ZEGG, als Yoga Lehrerin/ Ausbilderin und Tanzlehrerin. 
Ihr Ansatz im Tanz ist es, durch mehr Körperbewusstsein die Möglichkeiten des Bewegungsspielraums zu erweitern. Den gleichen Ansatz verfolgt sie in der Einzel- und Gruppenbegleitung: Bewusstsein erlangen über Prozesse und Muster, um diese zu transzendieren und transformieren.