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Școala de vară n-a luat sfârșit. Participantele urmează să implementeze micro proiecte pe teme de mediu, iar în luna noiembrie vom elabora o publicație despre toată experiența, trăită, dar și depre necesitatea de-a aborda temele de mediu într-un mod intersecțional, pentru că acestea ne afectează în toate aspectele vieții noastre.
Lăsăm aici cîteva fotografii de la ultima săptămână de laborator, unde am fost într-o vizită de studiu la Mariana Șeremet și la Ecovillage Rîșcova, iar in zilele de vineri și sâmbătă am găzduit 2 cine comunitare la Casa Zemstvei, cu susținerea programului Zpațiu / Zpace.
Youth Action Lab este organizat de ArtaAzi & Coopera e.V.,cu suportul Federal Foreign Office of Germany .

We're excited to invite all of you to the Coopera Community Gathering on Thursday, October 9!

Let’s connect, celebrate our collective work, and strengthen connections that make cross-border civic action possible.

🗓 When: Thu, Oct 9, 17:30 - 21:30
📍 Where: C-SPACE Berlin , Langhansstraße 86, 13086 Berlin

What to expect:
🤝 Speed-Dating Networking, 17:30-18:30
Your chance to meet Coopera’s team, exchange ideas, learn about ongoing initiatives, and spark new collaborations.
💡 "Civic Café", 18:30-20:00 - We will collectively explore how to sustain solidarity and maintain networks in challenging times. Your voice is essential!

Come to exchange ideas, fortify our resilience, and imagine new ways forward together.

Please fill in this form to register:
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What does sustainability look like in real life?

At the Youth Action Lab (28 July - 10 August 2025), young people from Moldova and Germany didn’t just talk about sustainability - they learned how to put it into practice.

For ten days in Hîrtop village (Moldova), hosted by the local community, participants experienced sustainability as a way of being together.

Beyond Hîrtop, participants explored places where ecological practices meet community spirit:
Grădina Moldovei .moldovei (Cigîrleni) and EcoVillage .moldova (Rîșcova), where permaculture garden, eco-houses, and gardens showed what it means to work with nature.

Online they have been connected with Haus der Materialisierung (HdM) and Floating University in Berlin, initiatives that reimagine how cities can become climate resilient.

The Lab also created learning spaces with inspiring partners:

🟢 With Ecopresa (.md), participants mapped Moldova’s pressing environmental challenges and tested social media activism.

🟢 With EcoContact (), they discovered the power of advocacy and civic engagement for resilience.

🟢 With EcoVisio (), the Keep Cool game transformed climate negotiations into an interactive exercise in collaboration and compromise.

🔗 By linking community life, ecological knowledge, and action strategies, participants gained inspiration and practical tools to design their own initiatives for action days for environmentally-sustainable communities in Moldova and Germany.

Youth Action Lab is a project by ArtaAzi .cpc (Hîrtop) and Coopera e.V. (Berlin), funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany

When art, action, and environmental goals combine

For two weeks (28 July - 10 August 2025), young participants from Moldova and Germany gathered for the Youth Action Lab in Moldova.
Co-organised with partner organization .cpc/Arta Azi, the summer school created a hands-on space to explore how we can respond to today’s environmental challenges – locally and in solidarity across borders.

During the Lab, we began with an introduction to social-ecological transformation, reflecting on how climate change and environmental degradation impact our communities. A community walk in the Moldovan village Hîrtop added local voices and observations, becoming the starting point of our collaborative zine – a DIY tool for collective expression. Each participant contributed text, drawings, collages, and photos, and took part in the printing and binding of the publication.

Alongside zine-making by , participants experimented with creative forms of activism: community DJing by @1001.collective, protest drumming by .chisinau, and a collage workshop documenting climate and social issues. These formats gave space to share stories, find common ground, and try out creative tools for action.

The summer school culminated in an exhibition at Casa Zemstvei , Chișinău, presenting the zine, cyanotypes, and photos – and gathering the wider community to share the spirit of the past two weeks.

Youth Action Lab by ArtaAzi & Coopera e.V., with support from the Federal Foreign Office of Germany .