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News from YIP- January 2026
Dear friends of YIP, Welcome to YIP18’s January recap! The first month of the year brought new beginnings in the…
News from YIP – December 2025
Dear friends of YIP, Welcome to YIP18’s December recap! The month of December has been a landing, rooting, and learning…
News from YIP – November 2025
Welcome to YIP18’s November recap! November has been a month full of exploration, change, and adaptation for the group. We…
News from YIP – October 2025
The month of October marked a shift in the curriculum: before the autumn break, courses focussed towards understanding the global…
News from YIP September 2025
YIP18 has well and truly commenced and what a busy time it’s been….…
News from YIP June 2025
Closing YIP17……
News from YIP MAY 2025
The Self Designed Curriculum……
News from YIP April 2025
The Initiative Forum…
News From YIP March 2025
Internships…
News from YIP February 2025
The End of the Outpost Dear friends of YIP, We hope this Newsletter finds you well, This month has been…
News from YIP November 2024
Transition to Outpost Dear friends of YIP, We hope this Newsletter finds you well, Many who have known YIP for a…
News from YIP October 2024
Dear friends of YIP, We hope this Newsletter finds you well,The second month of YIP has gone by, and the…
The Start of the YIP17 Journey
News from YIP: September 2024 Dear friends of YIP, We hope this Newsletter finds you well,The first month of YIP…
News from YIP: June 2024
Closing of YIP16 Dear friends of YIP, We hope this newsletter finds you well. At the beginning of this month, we…
News from YIP: April 2024
Landing back on Campus and in the Community Dear friends of YIP, We hope this newsletter finds you well, During the…
News from YIP: March 2024
Dear friends of YIP, We hope this newsletter finds you well, While the Yippies were away on their internships, we…
News from YIP: December 2023
Wrapping up the Inner Awareness Block Dear friends of YIP, We hope this newsletter finds you well. Over the last…
Inner Awareness
News from YIP – November 2023 Dear Friends of YIP, We hope this newsletter finds you well. After some rainy…
Community & Collaboration
News from YIP – October 2023 Dear friends of YIP We hope this newsletter finds you well. The weather is…
Beginning of the YIP16 Journey
News from YIP – September 2023 Dear friends of YIP… Opening Ceremony Walking here on this path full of yellow…
Reconnecting the YIP Network
It is time for celebration and initiation! For fjord dips and theatre skits! For inspiration and co-creation! For reminiscing, laughing,…
Endings and New Beginnings
Greetings from a sun-drenched Ytterjärna! The smell of roses fill the air, the elderflowers have opened and the first wild…
From Participants to Organisors
Greetings from Ytterjärna in full bloom! The moment is here! The leaves have bursted out of the trees, dandelions are…
Societal Entrepreneurship in Action
After months of preparation, finally the day arrived where the different groups set off to their various Internship locations. Mostly…
Spark to Flame
Dear Friends of YIP, The Yippies have flown off to their internships and here in Ytterjärna the skylark and crane…
Community and Collaboration
Dear Friends of YIP, Welcome to this first newsletter of 2023! We wish you a happy and mindful year ahead…
Midwinter Messages
Dear Friends of YIP, I’m writing this overlooking the white fields and fairy tale-like frosty trees. December has been a…
Moving Inwards
Dear Friends of YIP, As November comes to an end and the days are getting even shorter, it feels like…
Wrapping up the Global Realities
Dear Friends of YIP, The trees are coloured in all different shades of yellow, brown and red, and some have…
Start of the YIP Journey
Dear Friends of YIP, We hope this newsletter finds you well. The Yippies who we were so eager to meet,…
Wrapping up the year
Dear Friends of YIP, It is that time of year again. Ten dynamic months have flown by, and the people…
Self-Organised Time
Dear Friends of YIP, Greetings from Ytterjärna in full bloom! As midsummer approaches, we at YIP are entering our final…
Learning Placements
Dear Friends of YIP, I hope this newsletter finds you well wherever and whenever this meets you. After wrapping up…
Community & Collaboration
Dear Friends of YIP, I hope this newsletter finds you well. Here in Sweden we were gifted with the most…
Community & Collaboration
Dear Friends of YIP, The Yippies have gathered back in Tallevana after a two week winter break. We started by…
Wrapping up the Inner Awareness
Dear Friends of YIP, Happy New Year from Ytterjärna! I hope this newsletter finds you well and with a fresh…
Inner Exploration
Dear Friends of YIP, Whilst the days are getting shorter and darker here in Ytterjärna, we are enlightening our inner…
Shifting Seasons and Moving Onwards
Greetings from Ytterjärna where the autumn presented itself in the most beautiful colors during the last weeks. Incredible sunrises, frosty…
Welcome YIP14!
Dear friends of YIP, The new YIP year has started and Ytterjärna has welcomed YIP14 with warm sunshine, trees full…
Transitions News from YIP June ~ August 2021
Dear friends of YIP, I hope this long over due newsletter finds you well, wherever and whenever you happen to…
From Participants to Organisers News from YIP May 2021
Dear friends of YIP, It has been a while. We hope you are soaking up the summer sun in the…
Learning Placement News from YIP April 2021
Dear friends of YIP, We hope and trust this newsletter finds you well. This edition is all about Learning Placements! In…
Community and Collaboration News from YIP February – March 2021
Dear friends of YIP, Greetings from Ytterjärna. I write this newsletter from the upper floor of Tallevana, the buidling Yippies…
Welcoming the New Year News from YIP – January 2021
Dear friends of YIP, We hope you had a peaceful transition into the new year. It is with great pleasure…
Wrapping up the Inner Awareness – December 2020
Dear friends of YIP, Greetings into the last days of December! Half-way through the Winter Break by now, resting, rejuvenating,…
Inner Exploration – November 2020
Dear friends of YIP, Greetings from Yttejärna! I hope you have all been well in this season of darker, colder…
Diving deep(er), wrapping up, moving onwards – October 2020
Dear friends of YIP, Here we are, October behind, November knocking on the door. Frosty mornings, misty afternoons, beautiful clear-night…
Opening YIP13 – September 2020
Dear friends of YIP, Here we are, September behind, the nights getting longer day-by-day, the leaves turning different shades of…
News from YIP – June 2020
Dear friends of YIP, Hej hej & cheerful Thursday.Before YIP goes on a summer break, we are excited to share…
News from YIP – May 2020
Dear friends of YIP, Cheerful Wednesday. I am sitting in the sun outside the Hive, looking over the lawn to…
Q&A YIP15 (2022/23) and Covid-19
Will YIP15 be in-person? Yes, it is our aim to continue offering YIP as an in-person and residential program. What…
News from YIP – April 2020
Cheerful Thursday. In these interesting and shifting times, I am writing to you from Ytterjärna, where the YIP community has…
News from YIP – March 2020
Greetings from Ytterjarna. As the Yippies travel across the world to meet their internships in Brasil, Canada, Egypt, Nepal, the…
Welcome 2020
Here in the Findhorn Foundation eco-village on the sea coast of Scotland we have been adjusting to new and old…
News from YIP – December 2019
Cheerful December. As the first frost blankets the Isle of Hoy, YIP 12 is finishing the Personal Awareness Block and…
News from YIP – November 2019
Dear friends of YIP, Can you believe that it’s only a month ago since you read our previous newsletter? Meanwhile,…
Opening YIP12
Dear friends of YIP, Happy Wednesday. I am writing you from the Hive in Ytterjärna, where nature is treating us…
Is Your Gifting Circle Actually A Pyramid Scheme?
By Silas Beardslee It is from a place of deep respect, love and concern that I begin to write down…
YIP Newsletter June 2019 – Closing YIP11
Dear friends of YIP, We all arrived with a bag We all leave with a bag Some travel light Some…
YIP Newsletter May 2019 – Moving into Spring
Dear friends of YIP, Another month has passed since we last shared our stories with you. I’m writing this introduction…
YIP Newsletter April 2019 – Looking Ahead at YIP12
Dear friends of YIP, Initiative Forum – Roots to Routes, has been and gone! Thank you to everyone who came…
YIP Newsletter February 2019 – Updates and Welcomes
Greetings from Ytterjarna as we transition into what feels like spring. The snow has melted and the sun is shinning. With…
YIP Newsletter January 2019 – Stories, tales and permaculture design
Greetings from sunny Scotland that feels a little more like fall than winter. Small flowers are growing and trees still…
YIP Newsletter- Live Links from December
Hello dear everyone, Cheerful January! We are re-sending the links from the December newsletter as they are now live and functioning.…
Newsletter December 2018
Cheerful December and greetings from Findhorn, Scotland where we are currently on our outpost. During these dark days we are…
Newsletter October 2018
During the past weeks the scenery around us has changed quite drastically. The trees went from green to red, orange…
Newsletter September 2018
After a long, warm summer, full of (re) connecting and initiatives, YIP 11 has started. Twenty five young people have…
Closing The Circle
As mid-summer draws in we get closer and closer to the closing of YIP10. From Initiative Weeks, to Personal Project Presentation & Outdoor Experience,…
Taking Initiative
Spring finally hits Ytterjärna with force, the days are growing longer, night falls now around 10:30pm and the nightingales sing out…
Returning Home
It’s been two weeks now since all the Yippies have returned to Ytterjärna after 5 months, since they set off to…
Internship Special
Last month the YIP community bade a farewell to their collegues in Piracanga as well as each other, breaking up…
YIP Celebrates 10 Years!
It’s time to celebrate and deepen our network to inspire new connections and initiatives for the future. The YIP community…
Reflecting on the past months…
Bruna’s Thoughts The month of January flew by and with it the time of YIP in Brazil came to and…
Hello 2018
Newsletter Glossary Thank you Robbie! The Newsletter will make much more sense now. *Commonly Used YIPUNI Terminology* • Gava Training…
YIPUNI(ON)
YIP + UNI (YIPUNI – according to Sun, from South Korea, means: beautiful person) I have been navigating between two…
Closing the First Chapter in Sweden
Looking Forward… A special and personal preview to Piracanga, by Luana Andrade Summer is my favourite season of the…
The Falling Leaves Drift by the Window
Cold wind of autumn, blowing loudAt dawn, a fortnight overdue,Jostling the doors, and tearing throughMy bedroom to rejoin the cloud,I…
YIP Newsletter September 2017 – Welcoming YIP 10
Once upon a time, far far away from Stockholm, there stood between the trees a large pastel house. Within its…
Summer is Here!
Summer is Here! Summer with its longest daylight hours has arrived. The trees and bushes are now in…
Flipping the visa challenge – YIP 10 will spend 3 months in Brazil
As many of you know, this last year YIP has been seriously challenged by the increasing restrictions of the Swedish…
YIP Newsletter April 2017 – Spring
Spring is slowly arriving. The season still seems somewhat unsure, with occasional snowfall and chilly nights. Nature is readying itself…
YIP Newsletter March 2017 – IF: Major Content Update
Introduction This newsletter is ALL about Initiative Forum (IF). YIP9 have been working hard getting everything ready for the 9th…
YIP Newsletter March 2017 – Inward and Outward
Following the gesture of the daylight, the curriculum took an inward and more personal turn. We began exploring our own…
YIP Newsletter end of 2016 – Initiative Forum
Seasonal greetings from everyone at YIP9, Here in Ytterjärna we are getting ready to leave Tallevana for the next two…
YIP Newsletter December 2016 – Inner quiet; inner flame
Following the autumn break comes the ‘inner block’ for YIP, time to let the darkness turn us inwards, to reflect…
YIP Newsletter November 2016 – Gathering grey; gathering life
We now conclude the ‘Outer Block’ and take a short autumn break, before we commence the ‘Inner Block’. Here are our…
YIP Newsletter October 2016 – Outer way; under way
The YIP year is now in full swing. Please enjoy our newsletter. Life in Tallevana by Arne Jansen van Rensburg…
YIP Newsletter September 2016 – Landing feet; landing hearts
The locals speak of September as the month of a ‘second summer’, and the late afternoon sunlight streaming through the…
YIP Newsletter August 2016 – It’s that time of year again
It’s that time of year again Here in Ytterjärna the nights are beginning to darken and the apples are turning…
YIP Newsletter June/July 2016 – The Great Wide Open
The epic splash from the twenty-five souls thrown softly into the Järnian pool has long ago been reabsorbed. The ripples,…
Alanus University and YIP: In Cooperation
Recently The International Youth Initiative Program has signed a cooperation agreement with Alanus University in Bonn, Germany, and more precisely, with…
YIP Newsletter May 2016 – Beginning to End
The end is approaching with a rapidity that seems to persistently increase. Yet to pause in a moment, has Time fade…
YIP Newsletter April 2016 – Spring Vibes
The explosiveness of the Swedish spring is imminent. The birds have returned to their chortling rousts and the yellows, greens…
YIP Newsletter March 2016 – Into the Foodture and Beyond
As if on cue, curious green sprouts poked through soggy earth on the first day of spring, to gaze upon…
YIP Newsletter February 2016 – The Journey Returns
A slight feeling of warmth has returned to the rays of sun that cut diagonal light through the still-frozen tree…
YIP Newsletter January 2016 – Currency, Collaborations and Community
Sweden is frozen, caught in what seems like a timeless spell. At each sunrise and each sun set it turns into…
YIP Newsletter December 2015 – Into the New Year
Silence has settled on Ytterjärna as the Yippies lift off to various destinations for the Winter break, and readying themselves…
YIP Newsletter November 2015 – Internships and Initiative
The first stinted winter temperatures have arrived in Ytterjärna, coupled with the first collective experience of a sub-zero climate. Peppered…
YIP Newsletter October 2015 – Sequence Initiated
Fall is here. It arrived in quiet explosions of gold and yellow, brisk gusts of wind that brought down finished…
YIP Newsletter September 2015 – Settling In
As fall descends on Ytterjärna in crisp gusts, leaves begin to yellow and the day has decided to share equal…
YIP Newsletter August 2015 – The New Chapter
Although the summer holidays have drawn to a close with children back at school and the YIP office again buzzing…
YIP Newsletter July 2015 – The Closing of a Chapter
Almost silence. It came like the moment after a warm thunderstorm passes over and the birds come out from cover. …
YIP Newsletter June 2015 – The Finale in Brief
It certainly hasn’t been the warmest of springs here in Sweden. Quite the contrary in fact with some sources saying…
YIP Newsletter May 2015 – Financing the Future
As the sun gets steadily warmer, stays later and becomes ever more brilliant in our little haven at the water’s…
The Opening of Orientation Aotearoa
By YIP Founder, Rose Nekvapil I arrived at the Wellington Airport and was greeted by Lucy (YIP4) in what was…
YIP Newsletter April 2015 – Internships and Initiative
It has been a quiet time here in Ytterjärna for those of us who have remained behind. But slowly those…
YIP Newsletter March 2015 – Working in the World
Has spring already sprung in Järna…? Perhaps it should not be said aloud for fear that winter might feel overlooked! …
YIP Newsletter February 2015 – A Glimpse of the Labyrinth
The sun is shining down sideways from a crystal blue sky, decorated with faint brushstrokes of windy white. It’s cold. …
Where are they Now?
As YIP is now in its 7th revolution, that means there are six years worth of YIP-influenced (or YIPfluenced) souls…
YIP Newsletter January 2015 – In Brief
Järna is covered in a thin blanket of snow. The ponds are frozen solid and the fjord is getting there. …
YIP Newsletter December 2014 – Into the Darkness
It is 2:54 in the afternoon and the sun has set in Yärnaterja. The few sunrays that poked through the…
YIP Newsletter November 2014: So, what is YIP?
With summer truly over and autumn already nearing its conclusion, fewer meals are taken outside to the rocks and spontaneous…
Reflections on YIP
Dear friends, I wrote the text below in the spring of this year, 2014, at a time when the continuation…
Initiative Forum: 20th to 25th of June, 2015!
To everyone interested in Initiative Forum 2015! I hope this update finds you well and that the news herein gives rise…
YIP Newsletter October 2014: YIP: Chapter 7
As the first lines of YIP: Chapter 7 come to life, the adventures, misadventures, dreams, hopes, challenges and triumphs spill…
YIP Newsletter September 2014: Ringing in YIP7
As the smells of summer slowly begin to turn to autumn and the lazy Scandinavian sunset turns the evening sky…
Thank you YIP6 and welcome YIP7
Dear friends, members, alumni, contributors, parents, partners and other people in the network of YIP, YIP has just finished its…
Impressions of YIP- The Essence
Impressions of YIP- The Essence The student run project, ‘Impressions of YIP- The Essence,’ is ready for purchase! The Essence…
Initiative Forum 2014
ShIFt was an amazing experience both for the individuals within YIP6, as well as for our whole group all together.…
Welcome to Ytterjärna
For those of you who have never before visited us here at the YIP campus, this is for you! Initiative…
International Internships 2014
The YIP-International Internships were closed this year with two mornings of inspiring presentations by the participants, a magical interactive dance-performance…
YIP in Transition
We asked Rose Nekvapil, one of the founders of YIP, to write a few words for our newsletter. She had…
Initiative Forum 2014
15 – 20 April 2014 Järna, Sweden [vimeo video_id=”82196860″ width=”635″ height=”357″ title=”No” byline=”No” portrait=”No” autoplay=”No” loop=”No” color=”ffffff”] Initiative Forum is…
Happy Holidays
We wish you all Happy Holidays and we look forward to working with you in 2014! Make sure you check…
Fabula Collective
Sandra and Melanie, both YIP alumni, co-founded an initiative some months ago: Fabula Collective vzw – New Myths New Forms…
Classroom alive is reaching Athens!
Classroom Alive – Sweden to Greece – is a 6-month walking studies across Europe. By stepping out of the brick and mortar classroom, the…
Holacracy
As YIP transitions from an initiative to an organisation, the YIP6 team decided to implement a new organisational structure called…
YIP6 so far – Olga Bloemen
Last week’s contributor Marcel de Leuw introduced a reflective exercise: to think back at the day and rewind it in…
The YIP House
Six years ago, the Youth Initiative Program was launched as a pioneer project by the 5 enthusiastic founders who we…
YIP6 is here!
This year we have accepted 20 participants, from 11 countries. One participant, Irvine Muzuva from Zimbabwe has yet to arrive…
Financial Situation
Last spring, in an effort to meet YIP’s financial needs, we launched the YIP Friends Campaign. The idea was that…
YIP Fee Increase
The start of a new year is an exciting time at YIP. This year we are filled with excitement and…
Happy Holidays!
As our participants are flying away to family and friends, or staying in cold winter wonderland Järna, we are taking…
YIP is helping to Save Our Soils
YIP is partner in the Save Our Soils Campaign! Just like previous years, YIP is partnering with Nature & More from the…
YIP Friends Campaign: 10.000 SEK!
Just a few weeks after launching our friends campaign, we are already passing the 10.000 SEK mark! 50% of the…
Initiative Forum 2013
WE SEE a world where people strive towards positive global change, in areas ranging from community building to social justice to…
A New YIP Website
We have been working hard for weeks to release a new version of the YIP Website, and here it is!…
Make a Buzz about the Bees
Make a Buzz about the Bees Bees are having a hard time lately; they’re dying in droves. YIP and Initiative…
Recommendations to Rio+20 from YIP4 Participants
Recommendations to Rio+20 from YIP4 Participants Memorandum to the organising committee of the Rio+20 conference, June 2012, from the Participants…
YIP Update, May 2008
By Reinoud Meijer (Holland), May 2008 It is an incredible position to be organizing YIP. We are like the bees…
Reasons for YIP
By Reinoud Meijer (Holland), May 2008 I saw a video of a German professor recently, who spoke at a conference.…
YIP: Walking the Talk on Community Engagement
By: Ani Hanelius (USA), April 2008 There are not many places in this world where a young person can come…