Eco Art youth exchange 28.05.24 to 05.06.24 in Varna
The main aim of the Eco Art project is to increase ecological responsibility, teach the participants the methods of improving the environmental state locally, and implementing their own ideas on ecologically-oriented events in their communities through the preparation of the short stories/short poems dealing with ecological issues and published on social media channels that will be designed by the participants during the exchange. 
During the 1st day of youth exchange participants from Bulgaria, Spain, Romania, Poland and Italy took active part in the welcoming session, presentation of the project’s aims and objectives, getting to know each other and ice-breaking activities.
The second day of the Eco Art youth exchange started with energizers that enabled participants to gain energy to start the day.
Then, while working in the national groups, participants prepared presentations about ecological problems in their countries and propose the solutions to tackle these problems. They also made posters in order to visualize the ecological issues. Among the ecological problems they listed: air pollution, waisting water, waisting food, throwing rubbish etc. 
The day was finished by Bulgarian cultural night, during which participants had opportunity to find out more about Bulgarian cultures via presentation, music, dances. 
The third day of the Eco Art project 
began with energizers and team building activities. The participants while divided into two groups had the task to pass the bottle of water to each other as fast as they could. They had really fun and fostered their cooperation and coordination skills. 
Then, the participants had opportunity to work in the mixed nationality groups. First they discussed the influence of ecology over the modern art, and after brainstorming sessions in their groups, they presented their ideas for poems about ecological issues in the digital, visualized way. 
Each group presented outcomes of their work. This was very creative and productive day. 
Let’s check together short summary of the fourth day of the Eco Art projectThe day started with team building activities giving participants opportunity to start the day with positive energy and continue to enhance cooperation skills in the international team. 
Following the Eco Artproject principles, the participants worked in groups to create ecological graffiti. It was another activity that allow them to combine ecological aspect with art and boost their creativity skills. 
Then, they continued their work on ecological poems and had everyday evaluation session. 
The day ended with Romanian
and Polish
intercultural night with music, dances, and engaging games. 
And here we are… day 5 of Eco Art youth exchange. That day was devoted to continuation of the work on ecological poems. The participants continued to work in the mixed national groups, sharing their ideas and further developing the content of poems. 
Since the weather was nice they worked outside, surrounded by nature and fostering cooperation skills.
The day was ended with evaluation and free evening.
The day was ended with evaluation and free evening. 
The sixth day of the Eco Art
youth exchange started with energizers outside that enabled participants to gain some energy to finish their work on final versions of eco poems. Then the facilitators reminded participants to check the digital version of Youthpass certificates and gave pieces of advice how the certificates can be further used by participants.
After that they had short evaluation session.The day was finished with Spanish
and Italian
intercultural night.
and Italian intercultural night.The project is funded by the European Union 
The time flied so quickly and here we are with the short relation from the last day of the Eco Art project. 
During the previous days of our exchange, participants worked hard to prepare ecological poems, so it was the time to present the outcomes of their work! After lunch we had final evaluation session, the participants also had opportunity to write messages to each other, sharing their pieces of experience, thoughts, feelings and ideas.
Each participant received the Youthpass certificate in the digital form as a confirmation of acquired skills and competences during the Eco Art exchange. 
Thank you everyone- participants & facilitators for contributing to implementation of this project! Hope to see you soon during our future activities.
The project is funded by the European Union
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