Oct 15, 2025 5

Ecopedagogy

Representatives from Liepaja Rainis Secondary School and the association Radi Vidi Pats took part in an international eco-pedagogy training in Lithuania. From 22 to 30 September 2025 in the small picturesque village of Antalieptes, Zarasai district, Lithuania, an international non-formal educati...

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Jun 9, 2025 895

About Food

A few times a year, we organise training events for youth workers from all over Europe. But learners don't live on knowledge alone. This entry is dedicated to Elizabete, the chef of our last training and her contribution to the well-being of the participants. Together with our volunteer Irina...

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Mar 31, 2025 1162

The Teaching of Wandering

One of the practices of the ecocentric model is wandering. Unlike aimless walking, wandering is setting out with intention, but without perhaps a specific destination. The invitation to wander is an invitation to notice - which place is calling me. Which plant, which being, is speaking to me to s...

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Feb 11, 2025 1305

Re-Wild

How did it all start? Six years ago, somewhere in Slovakia, for some reason, an organisation messed something up. And they were left without trainers for a big project with three interlinked trainings for youth workers. Through networks and friends, they asked Linda from Radi Vidi Pats and Alex...

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Feb 6, 2025 1251

Shifting Realities: Exploring Bill Plotkin’s Eco-Centric Human Development Model in Youth Work

Since I discovered Bill Plotkin’s Eco-Centric Human Development Model, my perception of reality has shifted into a new dimension. Now that I feel I have a deeper understanding of what’s happening within me—my mind, body, and spirit—I can begin to grasp what’s occurring in others. What’s truly fa...

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