Youth Activism for Equality, Personal and Planetary Health. Ecofeminism: YAP

This project engages young people in the co-creation and exchange of knowledge and resources using the principles of ecofeminism for a more sustainable world, employing artistic methods and theater practices. It promotes a holistic approach to self-care, empowering participants to prioritize their health while fostering a strong sense of belonging  and inspiring them to drive positive change within their communities and among their peers.

DURATION: 19 months from 01/12/2024 to 30/06/2026

MAIN OBJECTIVE: To support young people’s agency for a more sustainable world through eco-feminist principles.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
• To foster transnational peer learning and capacity building of partners and grassroots organisations on equality, care and environmental sustainability.
• To create and share knowledge and resources on eco-feminism, menstrual cycle awareness and well-being for young people.
• To support young people’s health and empowerment through arts, culture, and self-care practices.
• To activate collective awareness and civic engagement of youngsters to support the cyclical life of humans and nature.

TARGET GRUP:
Young people from high schools and teachers

ACTIVITIES:

 1. Introductory webinar on Ecofeminism

2. Workshop for the staff of Plàudite and Pele: the meaning of living cyclically

Foto: MB Pozo Ruiz

3. Workshop on Creative Youth Activism

Foto: MB Pozo Ruiz

4. Theatrical games to foster critical thinking and activism of young people in high schools

Foto: MB Pozo Ruiz

5. Workshops with young people in high schools about sustainability, ecofeminism, care and cyclical life (Spain)

Foto: MB Pozo Ruiz

     6.  Workshops with young people in high schools about sustainability, ecofeminism, care and cyclical life (Portugal)

Foto: Pedro Figueiredo

     7. Creation of communication materials (Fanzine)

Foto: Pedro Figueiredo

DOWNLOAD THE FANZINE:

• COM TENIR CURA D’UNA FLOR ENMIG D’UNA TEMPESTA? – CATALÀ
• ¿CÓMO CUIDAR UNA FLOR EN MEDIO DE UNA TORMENTA? – CASTELLANO
• HOW TO CARE FOR A FLOWER IN THE MIDST OF A STORM? – ENGLISH
• COM CUIDAR DUMA FLOR NO MEIO DUMA TEMPESTADE? – PORTUGUÊS

     8. Youth Artistic Residency and Co-creation, and final performance

Fotos: Pedro Figueiredo

     9. Radical Tenderness Occupation – Artistic Residency

Foto: Pedro Figueiredo

     10. Final international event Porto maig 5-8, 2026

     11. Toolkit for youth activism on gendered environmental sustainability

DOWNLOAD THE TOOLKIT:

– ENGLISH:

– CATALÀ:

– CASTELLANO:

– PORTUGUÊS

“Co-funded by the European Union” as an Erasmus+ project led by Plàudite Teatre and Pele (Portugal) as a partner.  With the support of the City Council of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.

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