Group Mobility of Adult Learners

Living Circular: From Ideas to Habits

The group mobility brings participants together in Cluj-Napoca for an intensive learning week focused on everyday sustainability — the kind that fits real life.

This mobility is about turning good intentions into practical habits. It explores how small, realistic changes can grow into meaningful community action. Instead of presenting sustainability as something distant or idealised, the experience focuses on what “living circular” looks like in daily routines: reducing waste, rethinking consumption, reusing creatively, and building simple practices that support both people and the environment.

What Does “Living Circular” Mean?

Living circular is about making sustainability workable. It is not about perfection or radical change overnight. It is about understanding how circular economy principles can translate into small, consistent actions that are easier to maintain when supported by a community.

Throughout the week, participants discover practical examples of circular living, learn from local initiatives, and exchange ideas across cultures and lived experiences. Reflection plays a central role in the process, helping each participant transform new insights into habits that can be continued at home.

The mobility is grounded in non-formal education and learning-by-doing. Participants learn through experience, teamwork, and direct engagement with community initiatives.

The programme combines interactive workshops, small-group practical tasks, and visits to local sustainability projects. Participants work together on real-life scenarios and reflect daily on what they observe and practice. Creative tools such as journaling and guided group dialogue help transform experiences into personal understanding.

By the end of the week, participants leave with more than information. They leave with practical experience, clearer awareness, and renewed motivation. They gain simple routines that can be maintained over time, a stronger sense of personal agency, and new connections that extend beyond borders. Most importantly, they leave with the understanding that circular living is not a trend — it is a shared responsibility shaped through everyday choices.

Inclusion as a Core Principle

Inclusion is not a secondary aspect of this mobility — it is central to its design.

Participants come from diverse backgrounds, with special attention given to migrants and individuals with fewer opportunities. They are not invited as observers, but as active contributors whose perspectives enrich the learning process.

Sustainability, in this context, is not only environmental. It is also social. It is about belonging, fairness, and building solutions together across differences.

How We Work in Cluj-Napoca

The mobility is based on non-formal learning and learning-by-doing.

Participants learn through:

• Interactive workshops and practical group tasks

• Community visits and engagement with local sustainability initiatives

• Collaborative activities linked to circular economy and eco-mobility

• Structured daily reflection sessions
  
  

The programme creates space for dialogue, shared stories, and intercultural exchange. Participants work in diverse groups, learning not only from facilitators but also from each other’s lived experiences.

Daily reflection helps transform ideas into habits — because long-term change requires clarity, repetition, and mutual encouragement.

Inclusion at the Heart of the Experience

Inclusion is central to Living Circular.

The mobility brings together participants from diverse backgrounds, with particular attention to migrants and individuals with fewer opportunities. They are not present as guests, but as active contributors whose perspectives enrich the learning process.

Sustainability, in this context, is not only environmental. It is social.

It is about belonging, fairness, and building solutions collectively.

By working side by side in community-based environmental initiatives, participants experience how climate action can strengthen social cohesion and mutual understanding.