TRILINGUAL SEWING DICTIONARY

Developed as a core tangible output of the ReBirth project, the illustrated Trilingual Sewing Dictionary serves as an innovative, non-formal adult education resource designed to bridge the gap between environmental sustainability and social inclusion. Aligned with the initial project application's objective to explore ways of upskillin and gather best practices in textile reuse, this tool was specifically created to dismantle communication barriers in multilingual environments. Main target groups are socially vulnerable learners, including unemployed women, seniors, people with migration backgrounds. The dictionary’s methodological framework applies a visual-first pedagogy, using direct illustrations alongside key terminology in Portuguese, English, and German, structurally divided into targeted modules like sewing tools, patterns and stitches.

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The project "Re:birth - sustainable future of textile consumption though empowerment of woman" was developed in response to interconnected social, environmental, and educational challenges identified in both Portugal and Germany. In Guimarães, the local textile industry remains an important source of employment, but economic instability in the sector has increased unemployment and social vulnerability among women, particularly those with migrant backgrounds and limited access to educational opportunities.

In Berlin, although awareness of sustainability and the environmental impact of the fashion industry exists within academic, governmental, and NGO contexts, this knowledge often does not reach wider communities or translate into everyday practices. There is also a lack of accessible adult education methods that engage socially vulnerable groups, particularly unemployed women and people with migration backgrounds.

The project addressed these needs through non-formal education activities focused on textile repair, reuse, and sustainable fashion practices. By combining local knowledge and experience from both organisations, the project aimed to strengthen social inclusion, support environmental awareness, and develop educational approaches that can be adapted and expanded in future collaborations. 

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 Implemented by Kulturlabor Trial & Error eV (Germany) and Assotiation CAISA (Portugal), the intervention was funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

MACH MAL Klimaschutz!

2017 haben wir begeistert die Ausschreibung “Kurze Wege für den Klimaschutz” des Projektträgers Jülich zur Nationalen Klimaschutzinitiative entdeckt. Das war die Chance als Verein Praktiken der solidarischen Ökonomie - unseren Tauschladen, unser Wissen hinsichtlich klimafreundlichen Handelns im Alltag, unsere Begeisterung für Foodsharing u.v.m.- mit Euch, unseren Nachbar*innen und dem Netzwerk im Rahmen eines vom Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit geförderten Projektes zu teilen. Mit dieser Dokumentation könnt ihr einiges über das Projekt erfahren, was Alltagshandeln mit Klimaschutz zutun hat und vor allem ganz viele tolle Rezepte und Anleitungen kennenlernen, mit denen ihr eigene Dinge umsetzen könnt oder auch sogar einen eigenen Workshop geben könnt. Auf der letzten Seite dieser Broschüre listen wir euch auch nochmal auf, was Ihr bei uns sonst noch so lernen könnt.

credits:

Cover picture: Maayan Änavim
Design: Sandra Wiesthal
Text by: Jenny Weber, Juliane Meißner

and Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V.

Urban Beekeeping - a tool for teaching democracy in youthwork 

The Urban beekeeping guide is the result of a strategic partnership between 4 organisation from hungary, germany, portugal and spain - funded by the erasmus+ program by the european union. The guide is structured in philosophical and conceptual input about the topic, general information about bees, the beekeeping starters handbook and best practices in urban beekeeing.

Learning active citizenship through urban beekeeping -

Let‘s learn deep and flavorful democracy from bees.

credits:

Cover picture: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Design: Sandra Wiesthal
Text by: Rui Cordeiro
Edited by: Judit Varga
Text about urban beekeeping practices by the partner organisations:

Messzelato Association

Vertigem

PIC - Can Masdeu

and Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V.

Swapping Culture: toolkit

With the little zine you will find out how to start your own Swapshop, which challenges you may face and how you should deal with them.

The toolkit is a joint creative effort of Kulturlabor Trial&Error e. V. collective and friends, who met in the youth workers mobility “Swapping culture: a tool for sustainable youth involvement strategies” in November 2018 in Berlin.

The project was made possible through a grant from ERASMUS+ European Union, from JUGEND für Europa Nationale Agentur Erasmus+ JUGEND IN AKTION. 

Action & Methods.

German - Ukrainian Youth Encounters. 

This publication is a compilation of materials presented and created for, during and after the german-ukranian youth encounter “RECLAIM THE CITY: German-Ukrainian youth exchange on participative citizenship and urban activism”, that was curated by Kulturlabor Trial&Error e. V. with financial support of Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future“ (EVZ), the German foreign ministry, as well as Robert Bosch Stiftung and took place in Berlin, Germany from 21 – 30 July 2017 and in Kharkiv, Novogradovka and Dobro- pillya, Ukraine from 31 August – 9 September 2017. 

sustainABILITY 2.0 - resources: documentation of a training course

“SustainABILITY- resource management of selforganized youth collectives” is the second edition  of international seminars for youth workers to the applicant organisation Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V. (Berlin, Germany). SustainABILITY is an attempt to seek for alternative, where such factors as community, motivation, owns needs and expectations, transparency and equality as well as possibility to engage in all levels of activities in the organisation are playing crucial role. An alternative, where the opinions, skills and dreams of young people matters, regardless their economical, social or political situation. An alternative, where young people and youth workers can work on the things that matters.

Project brought together 35 youth workers from 8 different countries - Germany, Croatia, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Latvia and Belarus to participate in 8+2 days training course, that will take place from 17th till 26th of March, 2017 in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany.

Project was implemented b y Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V. (Berlin, Germany)within the framework and with financial support of ERASMUS+ Jugend In Aktion KA1 with number 2016-3-DE04-KA105-014704.

SustainABILITY 1.0 Training course documentation

“SustianABILIY: sustainable management of self-organised youth collectives”

This publication is compilation of materials presented and created for, during and after training course “sustainABILITY - sustainable management of self-organised youth collectives”, that was curated by Kultur-

labor Trial&Error e. V. with financial support of ERASMUS +KA1 mobility project for youth workers and took place in Wernsdorf, Brandenbug, Germany from 21. until 30. of November 2015