From participants

"Hemispheres" by the participants

To introduce you the "Hemispheres" program, and for this first newsletter we have decided to let the participants express themselves what is “Hemispheres”! “Hemispheres is a fantastic training of 3 weeks shared with 20 great participants and offered by a very interesting organization and very warm and close trainers. The training helps you to (...)

Siisi Saetalu

I was participating in Hemispheres in November 2009. The first thing I remember about the session is that we were all extremely critical but enthusiastic. Our criticism on social activism, on Hemispheres, on the things we did ourselves was remorseless. But it still worked so well and had strong influence on what I am doing now. Having always (...)
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Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Beyond the three rather cool weeks with a European atmosphere, the meetings with the actors from the South countries really are surprising for, finally, « few » informed Europeans and open new perspectives on the world and the solutions. It made me want to go, to see what happens there ( I m just back !) and to move more in order to (...)
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Laurent Calligrafi

When Eric, the delegate of region Picardie (North of France) for Concordia organisation, told me about Hemispheres, I was only in the beginning of my involvement in this organisation – and in the non profit organisations’ area as well. I had already participated in small training sessions in my city, working on different subjects concerning (...)
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Lina Žalpyté

Lina “What makes your car move? When maize doesn’t feed men but cars. And when food becomes a consumer good like any other.” 4th – 24th April, 2009 What did you know about the topic before training? Not much, actually. I just had a basic, general awareness of this topic. What kind of information / lecture / fact was most impressive for you (...)

Eglė Majauskaitė

“Earning a living… What does one earn by working?” from the 3rd to the 21st of April, 2009 What did you know about the topic before training? I never thought about this topic before. I was working but I never thought that there are so many problems related to the work, communication with workers and government etc. What kind of information / (...)

Daiva Šniraitė

“Earning a living … What does one earn by working ?” Session: August 3-21 , 2009 While doing my BA and later in MA studies I chose social arts as a subject of my research. One of the topics in this research is a communication between art and spectator. The main object of my art works is man and labour, the thing that suppose to create better (...)
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Aurelija Ganusauskaitė

“What makes your car move? When maize doesn’t feed men but cars. And when food becomes consumer goods like any other”. Session: 5th to 24th April, 2009 What did you know about the topic before training? I thought I knew kind of enough to try ecologic, sustainable lifestyle and the silly thing I thought I was already trying it. But later on (...)