Spain

Eco flight - art becomes a social action

Spain

The nonprofit organization Otro Tiempo and the social enterprise Otro Planeta jointly implement the European project “Eco Flight – Art becomes a social action.” The program aims to raise awareness about the connection between waste production and climate change, as well as to develop environmental consciousness among children.

Objectives

Raise awareness about the problem of waste pollution.
Show how value can be created from what initially appears to be mere trash.
Deepen children’s knowledge of sustainable waste management and creative recycling.

Today’s children already understand why sorting household waste is important, but these workshops provide additional practical skills and creative experiences.

Methodology

The workshops focus on collaborative creation and creative problem-solving.

Using simple techniques and craft methods, various types of waste are transformed into unique artworks—such as wall decorations, sculptures, or useful objects.

Staff

Our artistic team was formed in 2016 from the Simorág TánCirkusz company.

Dancers gliding like flocks of birds, jumping, spinning, spinning, somersaulting in the air up to 30 metres above the audience. Vertical dance company The Flock Project tells a story from a new perspective, turning the world upside down.

What makes the vertical dance genre special is the illusion that the performance takes place on a stage turned 90 degrees. We combine special elements of aerial acrobatics at home and internationally. The performance does not require a stage, but is performed on the walls of houses or castles, up to 30 metres in the air.

Some of our performances are stories based on theatre dramaturgy. As creators, we like to reflect on current social phenomena according to their topicality. In our work, the question of the relationship with the environment, the question of listening to each other, appears.

Creativity, modernity and technical innovation characterise our work.

Meet the company

Workshop Types

1. Recycling Plastic Bags

Durstion: 2 hours

Participants will learn about the properties of different household plastics and experiment with sustainable artistic solutions. Plastic bags serve as a perfect example of how a common everyday product becomes an environmental problem due to the “use and discard” habit.

Creation: A collaborative eco-friendly wall decoration or sculpture, which remains at the school.

2. Creative Recycling of Tetrapak Packaging

Duration: 1-1,5 hours

Participants will learn that Tetrapak cartons are traditionally difficult to recycle because they consist of multiple layers of different materials. In the workshop, these packages are disassembled, cleaned, and then transformed into new, useful objects using templates.

Otro tiempo

Otro Tiempo is a non-profit NGO founded by feminist and ecologically committed women. They work for a just and diverse society free from violence. Their commitment to feminist and ecological principles, as well as their efforts to create a violence-free society, are truly inspiring. Their focus is on awareness-raising projects; fostering understanding and achieving positive change are key.

They use experiential and participatory pedagogies that focus on gender equality and human rights.

The Otro Planeta initiative is an inclusive enterprise created to change the lives of vulnerable women and/or survivors of gender-based violence. By collecting used cooking oil and converting it into biodiesel, they create jobs that help these women rebuild their lives and offer companies the opportunity to work on their corporate social responsibility (CSR).

This activity is co-funded by the Community of Madrid and the European Social Fund as part of the European Union's response to pandemic COVID-19.