Creative Arts for Sustainable Futures - from Problems to Possibilities - Germany June 2024)
Between May 30th and June 4th, 2024, another ThRIvE project activity took place in Würzburg, Germany. For this activity, seven students from Lebanon and Jordan, each accompanied by a supervisor, traveled to Germany. Nine students from the THWS Bachelor's degree program in Social Work also participated. The thematic focus of this mobility was the exploration of creative, sustainable methods for social change. During the project week, the guests from Lebanon and Jordan joined the THWS students in various workshops.
- Sustainable Project Planning Dragon Dreaming
- Forum Theater & Social Presentation Theater
- Solidarity-based Agriculture (SoLaWi): Students participated in a presentation on “Encountering the wisdom of architecture and agriculture: engaging with space and the earth in SoLaWi – Solidarity-based Agriculture” and learned about the opportunities and challenges of SoLaWi and sustainable living.
- Embodiment Practice
- Lecture at the Environmental Station: The students took part in another lecture on “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Learning” and also learned about the work areas and tasks of the Würzburg Environmental Station.
- Filming with Mobile Phones: In a total of six hours, the students learned practically how to film professionally with cell phones and how to edit and compile these recordings in a program.
During the workshops, the students learned about a range of methods and interventions. In addition, the students and their supervisors spent two and a half days at Schloss Tonndorf during this mobility. There, they got to know each other better on a personal and cultural level and also experienced living in an ecologically sustainable community. After the mobility, the students creatively prepared a presentation of their dream projects in their respective home countries using the methods they had learned and presented it online to the entire group on July 4th, 2024.


