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TRASH ART DAYLY TIMETABLE.xlsxDay 1 :
The day started with some energizers activity to prepare the participants for the day.
Following up on that, to get everybody to know each other, we organised an Human Bingo, and a creative workshop where participants took turns helping to create a portrait of one another.
The group were then asked about their expectations, fears and contributions to the project over the next days.
The Youthpass activity was introduced, the group was split into several smaller groups, where they were able to explore the skills and abilities they could and would aim to acquire over the next 10 days.
The afternoon began with another short team-building workshop, in which the participants, divided into small groups of five, attempted to reproduce the same drawings based on their senses.
Then every organisation delivered a presentation they had prepared in advance on the topics of sustainability, upcycling and trash art, with a particular focus on their respective countries.
Next, divided into three groups, they worked creatively on three themes and questions related to sustainability: “If rubbish could speak, what would it tell us?”; “Can art change people’s behaviour?”; “Can rubbish become someone’s job?”, all whilst learning about and identifying the three pillars of sustainability.
And each group gave a short presentation addressing their specific issue.
Finally, all participants were asked about an eco-friendly practice they had learnt today or which they would now be putting into practice.
Day 2 :
The morning of our second day started with an energiser, a little group exercise to motivate and awaken everyone.
The second activity was based around the “3 Rs” : Reuse, Recycle and Repair”.
On this topic, the participants were divided into three groups; each group had to present arguments and debate – using a creative support of their choice – and defend the importance of their own topic in comparison with the others.
We then moved on to an art activity centred on Trash Art: “from useless to useful, materials, techniques, design thinking”.
All the participants had plenty of items collected from recycling and upcycling – things that would otherwise have ended up in the bin (caps, buttons, old jewellery, etc.) – which were gathered and laid out on a table for them to use. The participants were divided into groups and given the task of using all the different items of their choice, provided for them, to decorate the In-Planet banner.
They glued the items onto the letters and the organisation’s logo, working together for over an hour to create this artistic decoration.
In the afternoon, the trash art activity continued with the creation of a collaborative mosaic. The participants contributed to a collective painting, in which each person was given several mosaic pieces to paint or decorate using recycled materials (similar to the previous activity), and were free to create whatever artwork they wished on the theme of nature.
Finally, during the evening, The Cypriot team from Acpelia, as part of their intercultural night, prepared a meal featuring their speciality, before introducing us to their organisation and their country and putting on a demonstration of traditional dance!
Day 3 :
The morning of our third day started once again with a short, energising physical activity to rally the troops.
Next, the main morning activity began for the participants; once again, it was focused on Trash Art.
It involved a combination of cutting, collage and painting.
In other words, the participants were invited to create a doll by cutting up old newspapers. For example, they created the head by gluing various pieces of newspaper together, which they then decorated using recycled items (buttons, etc.), scraps of paper and so on, before painting them. They let their creativity run free, making the doll of their choice; some, for example, were inspired by nature (birds, etc).
Then, they were able to dress their dolls using recycled fabric, which they cut to their own design.
The afternoon was filled with a large-scale theatre workshop using the puppets that the participants had made that morning.
Divided into teams of four, the participants were given time to brainstorm and prepare a short play on the general theme of the environment, recycling, etc.
The groups were asked to set their play in either the present, the past or the future, and to create a poster presenting their play.
They all then performed a short live play outdoors.
Day 4 :
The morning began with an energiser – this time a Cypriot game designed to get the participants moving in a cheerful atmosphere.
The next activity that morning was a creative workshop where the participants were given shells to paint and decorate. They were also given recycled pine cones, which they could decorate and paint however they liked.
Their aim was to paint them on an environmental theme of their choice, creating a positive message.
Afterwards, they had to present their artwork to the group and explain the message behind their painting.
Then, the day continued with a reflection activity. The participants were divided into four groups and asked to ‘Create your country’. They had to choose the country’s name, language, flag, geographical features, system of government and economic model. They also had to choose their country’s environmental model (for example, the extent to which the country uses fossil fuels and renewable energy, whether or not it has a carbon tax, etc.), make a plan on how to preserve biodiversity, how to manage natural resources.
And finally, they were presented with an environmental issue or crisis affecting their country (for example: your country has discovered significant reserves of lithium in its mines, but extracting it will damage biodiversity). They had to deal with dilemmas of this kind to resolve.
Finally, the activity concluded with each group giving an oral presentation of their work and a brief discussion about their approach to resolving the crisis.
At the end of the afternoon, the Serbian team started to prepare dinner for their intercultural night.
They first gave us a very interesting prensentation about their town, Leskovac, its culture, history, monuments and traditions, before serving us an excellent traditional Serbian dinner and rounding off the evening with traditional Serbian dances.
Day 5 :
Following a standard warm-up exercise, the first activity of the morning was to draft a joint letter as a group on the issue of water wastage. The participants were asked to explain why water should not be wasted, how important water conservation is, and what solutions could be adapted and implemented. They also had the opportunity to discuss what their respective countries are doing to tackle the issue, and what more they could do.
Next, in pairs, they were tasked with finding a piece of litter in the natural environment and filming a video from the litter’s perspective, as well as a video of the area surrounding the litter. They were asked to create a short video montage in which they included a commentary condemning the presence of litter in the environment.
The workshops were inspired by the ToolKit of the KA210 Erasmus+ ADU program with title Climate Leaders Make the Action" Acronym CLIMA and code number 2025-1-ES01-KA210-ADU-000350821 - https://www.inplanetgreece.com/erasmus-adu and https://climaproject.odoo.com/
The afternoon was filled with an outdoor activity: 10 pieces of trash art were scattered around the village, and the participants had to search for them, spot them and take photos of them.
They then had to find an abandoned object or place, take a photo of it and create a small work of art based on their imagination (a poem, a story or a sound) linked to it.
Day 6 :
During the main activity at the start of the day, participants were divided into teams based on their country; this time, it was their turn to design an activity of their choice for the others. Their aim was to create a workshop on the theme of the environment, trash art, recycling, etc. It was entirely up to them. They were free to design whatever activity they wanted for this workshop, provided it remained focused on green issues.
Activity organised by the Greek group:
The group gathered around three boards labelled ‘Agree’, ‘Disagree’ and ‘Neutral’. A series of statements on the environment and other issues was put to the group; each participant positioned themselves by the relevant board according to their views and argued their case, sparking a debate amongst the participants. The questions were such as " Should fast fashion brand get ban? : Should people stop using IA ; Single use products should be ban " etc..
Activity organised by the Cypriot team
The activity organised by the Cypriot team was a theatre workshop. The participants were divided into three groups, each of which staged a short play on an issue related to sustainability or an environmental malpractice, with each play specifically highlighting a particular environmental malpractice.
The short plays were interactive, allowing the other groups to intervene to highlight the malpractice being portrayed. Thus, the other participants had to intervene in the other groups plays to put a stop to their bad practices.
The aim of this workshop was also to familiarise the other participants with the bystander effect, a social psychological phenomenon whereby individuals are less likely to offer help or intervene when other people are present. The specific aim was for everyone to be able to intervene and act individually in the face of bad practice, regardless of the social pressure surrounding them.
Activity organised by the Serbian group:
The activity devised by the Serbian group involved dividing all participants into four teams.
Their task was to create a piece of trash art of their choice using recycled materials; their artwork could have any representation and meaning they wished, but the instruction was to produce a ‘discreet/secret’ piece whose meaning and form were uncertain and left to the imagination. The second part of the activity was based on questions prepared in advance by the Serbian team. Each group was allowed to use two of these questions to guess at and interpret the other groups’ works. The activity thus concluded with the interpretation and attempts to guess the meaning of the various works.
Day 7 :
Day 7 was mainly focused on a trip to the city of Patras.
During the first part of the day, the participants were given some free time, before the whole group got together and set off to explore Patras through a city challenge.
In particular, they were able to admire the Cathedral of Saint Andrew (Agios Andreas), one of the largest churches in the Balkans. It houses the relics of Saint Andrew (the city’s patron saint), and its interior is particularly spectacular, featuring huge Byzantine paintings and a golden dome.
They then had the chance to visit Patras Castle (Kastro): situated on the hill of the Upper Town, it offers a panoramic view of the entire city, the harbour and the Gulf of Corinth. Also nearby is the Roman Odeon a very well-preserved ancient theatre (often used for concerts or performances in summer), situated just below the castle.
And to reach the castle in particular, they climbed the Agiou Nikolaou Steps: the famous 192 steps linking the Lower Town to the Upper Town, an ideal spot for admiring the sunset.
Finally, they were able to explore the city centre, starting from Georgiou I Square and winding their way through the various shopping streets in the centre of Patras.
Day 8 :
We spent most of our eighth day outdoors. In the morning, the participants visited a local farm near our camp and learnt more about farming in Katos Alissos, which exports products throughout Greece.
They were able to explore the greenhouses and see how they work. The group then visited a local plant nursery to observe the different species of plants and flowers that are grown and sold there. Once again, they had the chance to discover and learn more about local farming and, more generally, the farming practices in the Peloponnese.
The main activity for the rest of the day was cleaning up a beach at Katos Alissos; the group came together to help preserve the local natural environment.
We learnt how to identify different types of litter and collect as much of it as possible to help make the environment cleaner.
It also served as a good example for the participants, demonstrating that it is by starting to throw litter into the natural environment that we end up polluting and completely dirtying it, and that everyone can play their part – firstly by respecting nature and not polluting it, but also by cleaning it up.
The day finished with our participation in the local annual festival, which is organised by the Cultural Association of Alissos and took place at the square. The participants had the opporunity to "taste" a part of the local culture through the traditional Greek music and dances.
Day 9 :
One of the main activities of the day is video-making
The participants have been divided into groups according to their country of origin.
They have been asked to produce a short video montage introducing their group, what they have learnt from the project, what trash art means to them, how the project has changed them, their perspective on trash art and environmental protection, and so on.
They have creative freedom to express themselves through this video.
The participants were then introduced to all the different Erasmus+ programmes and opportunities available: Youth Exchanges, Training Courses, the European Solidarity Corps, the Erasmus semester at university and Erasmus Mundus.
Before the three groups presented the video they had made during the day.
Day 10:
The Grand Finale of the Trash Art Project !!
What an emotional, inspiring, and unforgettable final day! Today we closed the loop on our 10-day journey by reflecting on how much we have grown, making lasting commitments to our planet, and celebrating our new skills.
Here is how we spent our final day together:
Green Entrepreneurs: Working in mixed international teams, participants channeled everything they learned about upcycling and sustainability to design and present their very own eco-friendly business models. The future of green enterprise is looking bright!
Promises to the Sea: In a deeply symbolic activity, everyone collected a stone from the beach, wrote a personal promise to the environment on it, and threw it into the sea—sealing our commitment to protecting nature long after this project ends.
Secret Friend Reveal: After days of anonymous kindness and dynamic group energy, we finally revealed our "secret friends" in a hilarious and heartwarming way!
Full Circle Reflection: We sat down to revisit the fears, expectations, and contributions we wrote down on Day 1. It was incredible to see how many fears disappeared and how many expectations were completely exceeded.
Evaluation: Participants evaluate the program through a Google Form.
Youthpass Ceremony: To wrap up the official program, participants reflected on the key competencies they gained over the last 10 days and officially received their Youthpass certificates—a valuable European recognition of their non-formal learning journey.
Thank you to every single participant, partner organization, and leader who made this project an absolute masterpiece of art, teamwork, and environmental action!
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