Connecting, sharing, identifying current common issues in sustainable production and consumption; inclusion of vulnerable groups in society, taking care of health/strengthening resilience to pressures; discussing & proposing solutions, starting with a small action that each individual can do to contribute to solving those problems were the contents of our work with international students from many different countries around the world last August. All activities with the students were carried out through many diverse forms such as watching documentaries, playing quizzes; making usable products, drawing personal portraits from surplus fabric, picking up trash on the beach, chatting with disabled brothers and sisters, practicing stress & trauma releasing exercises... We had some really fun moments, laughing until our mouths were sore when the students competed to make upcycled products, or presented their portraits; moments of wowing each other because of the admiration for each other's creativity, moments of seriously questioning each other about the feasibility of the community project ideas to be implemented, and also emotional moments when they truly understood the problems of people with disabilities, of fast fashion...etc At the end of the working sessions, the students shared your positive changes and proposed personal plans that they plan to do after leaving CORMIS. Those plans, whether small or large, are an important initial change for them in their journey of self-development and sustainable community development.
