Lernlabor is a Berlin-based social business with charitable status
We create innovative educational, cultural and artistic projects.
Through our local and international activities we foster creativity, (inter)cultural exchange and lifelong learning.
Lernlabor has
three main areas of focus
We provide young people with the skills, tools and support structures to strengthen their active citizenship and participation in democratic life.
We run local and international projects, co-designed by young people, that engage with issues that are relevant to youth.
From our local climbing projects in Berlin, to international expeditions in Norway, Spain and Ukraine, Outdoor Education is one of our core activities.
We train outdoor leaders and cooperate with professional outdoor educators and guides to offer a wide of activities for all levels of experience, ranging from novice to advanced.
We organise local and international residencies for emerging artists in addition to training courses for youth workers and educators focusing on art and culture as a tool for non-formal education and youth work.
Our goal is for these three areas to complement each other synergistically through forging connections between grassroots initiatives at the local level, educational cooperation at the international level, and the sphere of policymaking.
URGENT CALL FOR GERMAN-BASED PARTICIPANTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE (17-29.03.25)
Dive Into Your Passions is an Erasmus+ youth exchange taking place in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, from March 17-29, 2025. Bringing together young people from Germany, Turkey, Cyprus, and Spain, the project focuses on social inclusion, entrepreneurship, and tackling unemployment through creative approaches. Participants will exchange ideas, develop practical tools, and build a European network while engaging in workshops, cultural activities, and a day trip to Salamanca. This is an opportunity to gain new skills, share experiences, and connect with like-minded individuals in an inspiring international setting.
This project aims to:
- Exchange ideas on integrating young people into local communities and employment opportunities.
- Equip participants with knowledge and tools to start a business.
- Promote social inclusion through creative and unconventional methods.
- Create a European network of young, engaged individuals.
- Address unemployment challenges and stereotypes.
Accommodation, food, and travel costs will be fully covered by the Erasmus+ program.
Participant profile: Young people (18-30) based in Germany, who are interested in the project topics.
Participation fee: €20
Deadline until 14 of February at midnight.
Extended deadline until the end of the 19th of February
Check the application form to apply: forms.gle/uBdQ9dopX161B26B7
For more any questation feel free to contact us:
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an invitation to dance
Contemporary dance technique + Improvisation Workshop
dancing
being
welcoming
noticing
responding
imagining
trying
compressing
expressing
falling
creating
dancing to
dancing with
dancing
In this workshop we will start from the floor, feeling the support of the ground, sensing our inner body, connecting with our breath and acknowledging our presence between earth and sky. We will continue through specific exercises and small dance combinations, to isolate and coordinate different body parts, explore shapes, levels, and speeds, using gravity and momentum, and practice moving with awareness and flow. Also, we will use and create playful improvisational scores to expand our movement vocabulary, cultivate the ability to respond with care and originality through our practice and teamwork and enjoy dancing in its purest form.
The workshop will be using tools from Release technique, Somatics, Viewpoints, and Contact improvisation among others.
Date: 28.02.2025
Time: 17:30-19:30
Address: @ateliergardens.berlin Oberlandstraße 26-35, 12099 Berlin
Registration link: forms.gle/MyzAKDQLdDJAe5K67
Participation is free of charge
Workshop led by: Emmanouela Korki
Graphic design: @maison.cc.berlin @cami__laf
The project is co-funded by the European Union.
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How can we make rock climbing more inclusive? The project ClimbABILITY took place in Turkey, Antalya between the 9-15 of December. Youth Workers with varying skill levels explored what it means to have the ability to climb and climb together in a group. What can we learn from each other? Can more experienced climbers learn from the beginners? What does it mean to go back to the basics? Can you climb around an injury? Why is it so important to be a good belayer? How can we include people who are differently-abled or from different cultural backgrounds? How do we support each other in mixed ability groups? We explored the topic of how climbing can be used as a non-formal education tool and contribute to personal development and group dynamics.
Thanks to our trainers Emili EM and Peter Angus Mitchell
This project was co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺
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QQ take-over of LL on this snowy day to say that Queer Queren is going good!
The idea for our solidarity project was born out of the need for sober safe spaces for the queer community - during the period of living in Germany as migrant bodies we have noticed that safe spaces for queer youth are limited to bars, clubs and the venues which open quite late while other pop-up events, unfortunately, lack regularity. This narrows the range of sober and healthy places where you can freely express yourself, feel safe, be out, have a sense of belonging and an opportunity to meet new people to build a stronger network. This brings up the need of having an alternative space to gather and be present.
We want to encourage ourselves and others representing queer and FLINTA community and beyond to vocalize and embrace our identities in sober spaces. For this we use sport climbing and bouldering as an instrument to develop healthy habits and use a climbing gym to gather, deconstruct and reconstruct the meaning of safe spaces.
Thank you, Jules, for guiding us as we traverse the boulder hall!
The one-year long project is co-funded by JUGEND für Europa
Photo courtesy of @ollynewport
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Hallo wie kann ich wissen wann ihr solche Events macht? Danke
URGENT CALL FOR GERMAN-BASED PARTICIPANTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE (17-29.03.25)
Dive Into Your Passions is an Erasmus+ youth exchange taking place in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, from March 17-29, 2025. Bringing together young people from Germany, Turkey, Cyprus, and Spain, the project focuses on social inclusion, entrepreneurship, and tackling unemployment through creative approaches. Participants will exchange ideas, develop practical tools, and build a European network while engaging in workshops, cultural activities, and a day trip to Salamanca. This is an opportunity to gain new skills, share experiences, and connect with like-minded individuals in an inspiring international setting.
This project aims to:
- Exchange ideas on integrating young people into local communities and employment opportunities.
- Equip participants with knowledge and tools to start a business.
- Promote social inclusion through creative and unconventional methods.
- Create a European network of young, engaged individuals.
- Address unemployment challenges and stereotypes.
Accommodation, food, and travel costs will be fully covered by the Erasmus+ program.
Participant profile: Young people (18-30) based in Germany, who are interested in the project topics.
Participation fee: €20
Deadline until 14 of February at midnight.
Extended deadline until the end of the 19th of February
Check the application form to apply: forms.gle/uBdQ9dopX161B26B7
For more any questation feel free to contact us:
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How to navigate digital transformation? The project “VR and AI in youth work” brought together youth workers and professionals from europe to discuss how virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence can be used in non-formal education.Throughout the 7 day training course that took place in Berlin from the 17th to 23rd of November, participants explored topics such as digital safety, mental health, VR and AI tools in education and art.
Participants discovered how immersive technologies can enhance learning, they tried VR applications designed for education, and advanced their ChatGPT skills through practical workshops. Artist Vartan Makarian gave us an insight into how VR and AR can be used in the art field.
We have learned mindfulness techniques and explored psychological effects of digital consumption through looking for solutions to the problems of cyberbullying, misinformation, doom scrolling, comparison culture and fear of missing out (FOMO). The sessions on digital safety taught us how to manage and create secure passwords as well as how to monitor and delete personal data from the internet.
Moderated discussions on risks, laws and ethical questions surrounding the technical development of artificial intelligence allowed us to investigate questions like: “Is AI dangerous?” “Should AI make judgemental decisions?” ”Can AI replace traditional education methods?”
Towards the end of the project participants created and presented their own workshops targeting youth. The topics covered beginner ChatGPT skills, practical applications of Augmented reality and 3D technologies, and environmental impact of AI.
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We are very pleased to share “(Un)learn to Unleash: Weaving Artistic Connections for Growth and Resistance(s)” our recent internacional training project that took place in 14-23 october 2024 in Königs Wusterhausen (Germany).
This immersive experimental workshop focused on contemporary ecosocial challenges, examining how Art can serve as a catalyst for change. “(Un)learn to unleash your creative potential” was the invitation to participants, encouraging them to bring their curiosity and willingness to experiment togetherness while we offered a creative space to question dominant narratives to explore other stories and creations inspired in embodied learning and radical imagination.
The process travelled from led sessions about current ecosocial uncertainties such climate change, unsustainability, food sovereignty… to participatory artistic activities inspired by (eco)socially engaged art practices, trauma-informed approaches, ancestral and transdisciplinary learning, ecological literacy, outdoors non formal education... that strengthen our collective growth and resilience while challenging our perceptions about what Nature is.
There are many results from all the activities, the most important the final collaborative projects which we will share with you soon!
This experimental methodology led by Seila Fernández Arconada guided participants from a space of individual artistic explorations to collaborative creations as a process to unleash their creative potential. Together with the team, we encouraged a safe respectful environment while cultivating experiential growth.
“As a (bio)diversed ecosystem, we weaved, becoming crops planted as a unique network of situated resistance(s)”. We would like to highlight the uniqueness of this experience not only for participants but also the team.
Thank you to all who made such special project possible including participants but also the hosting community Tagungshaus Wernsdorf and Wellesly for the fantastic cooking.
The project has been organised by Lernlabor and co-funded by the European Union.
@jugend_fuer_europa #unlearntounleash #erasmusplusyouth #jugendfuereuropa
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Youthwork and the Sea was an 8-day Training Course that set off from Athens, exploring the cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea.
Guided by experienced captains and professional instructors, we gained a technical introduction to sailing, learning about weather, navigation, knots, commands and manoeuvres, to keep us safe and afloat on the high seas.
The project also engaged with maritime histories, cultures and ecosystems, exploring ways in which the sea can be used to understand more about ourselves and our relationship to the habitats that sustain us.
With the new knowledge and tools gained, we feel more confident and inspired to integrate sailing and water sports into our outdoor activities, to complement our already established hiking, climbing and wilderness projects.
Thanks to our amazing participants for their engagement and our trainers for sharing their knowledge.
A big shout out to JUGEND für Europa for making such experiences possible.
📸Project seen through the lens of one of our participants Nini Kipiani
This project was co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺
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📣Call for PARTICIPANTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE of Lernlabor Berlin 📢
About the project 🚀🚀🚀
↪︎To introduce and experiment with Virtual Reality (VR) and AI technologies and its applications in youth work, providing hands-on experience for participants to integrate VR into their professional practice.
↪︎To explore and evaluate digital tools that can enhance the effectiveness of youth work, enabling participants to leverage modern technologies for communication, education, and engagement with young people.
↪︎To develop skills for maintaining a healthy balance between digital and offline experiences by integrating practices that promote well-being, such as mindfulness, alongside the use of technology.
↪︎To practice and implement mindfulness and mental health techniques, helping youth workers support young people in managing stress and staying grounded in a tech-driven world.
↪︎To design, create, and test digital-based tools and applications aimed at enhancing youth engagement, learning, and development, fostering innovation in youth work practices.
↪︎To equip participants with tools for fostering digital literacy among young people, helping them navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by modern technologies.
⏳ When: 17-25 November 2024
🌏 Where: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
👀 Participant’s profile:
- Aged 18 + years
- Youth workers, activists, researchers, journalists, lawyers, scientists, or artists.
- Residents of the EU, North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Türkiye.
- Good level of English
🧰Finance:
Accommodation, food, and travel costs will be fully covered by the Erasmus+ program.
Participation fee: €40
↪︎DDL for application: 6 of October’24, midnight.
LINK to application form:
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