▪️Learning for the Earth, Weaving Webs for a Sustainable Future…

Well, much action has started this week. Starting group projects that are supporting the development of Hopeland. We chose to build stairs for the greenhouse, renovate the space of the Oak Tree, continue building the pergola in the herb garden, and make magic with the car that has waited for so long! The groups are enthusiastically learning and working on the projects alongside tending for everyday needs of the community.

🍃Collective growth happens when people offer their precious inner gifts and passions. This week we have had offerings of authentic movement, yin yoga, acro yoga, vinyasa yoga, sensational connectivity, poetry, and meaningful conversation.

🎡 We are learning so much from our experiences with each other. Practicing communication, teamwork, individual work, focus, sustainable energy, and a lot of our work ethics. Embracing conflict and creating ways to collaborate through reflection.

🌊 Our first weekend out was blissful, resting, refreshing, and wavy. At our own pace,

hitchhiking and sharing stories, creating adventures, we met at NafplIo and had an amazing beach day, and some ice creams were eaten in secret too🍦

✨This week also marks the end of a long-term volunteering journey for two beloved ones of Hopeland. Tommy and Antona are finding their ways out of the village and into the world with hearts and minds full of rooted knowledge gained through a variety of experiences. We celebrate their offerings to the land and people, their voices, humor, hardworking bodies, and minds.

🌹Continuing to weave webs through connections, nature, work and diversity. Learning for a sustainable future on Earth.

🇪🇺 Eyes Wide Open is a European Solidarity Corps programme supported by the Education & Culture Executive Agency, and co-funded by the European Union.