erasmus+ youth exchange:

Eco Melodies – Youngsters are Composing for Sustainability

Young people from five countries write their own songs about sustainability, record them in the studio and shoot music videos.

Eco Melodies participants with daf frame drums at the Sufi music workshop in the Hûman clubhouse (2026)
Project number
2025-3-DE04-KA152-YOU-000377844
Duration
01.02.2026 – 31.10.2026
EU grant
€38,308
Partner countries
DE, FR, TR, ES, LV
Status
Running

about the project:

Composing for a sustainable future

Hûman e.V. coordinates this Erasmus+ youth exchange (KA152), listed on the EU platform as “Youth Composing for a Sustainable Future”. Five groups of young people aged 18 to 30, each with video makers, composers and instrumentalists, spend ten days together from 16 July 2026.

Themes: creativity, arts and culture; bridging divides; environment.

  1. Getting to know each other

    Team building, the music of the five countries, sounds of nature and percussion made from recycled material.

  2. Day 3: Remscheid

    Visit to the Hûman clubhouse with a Sufi music workshop: maqams, instruments, singing together.

  3. Day 4: National Agency

    Visit from the German National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth.

  4. Days 7–8: studio

    Recording the songs in the studio and shooting the music videos.

in numbers:

Eco Melodies at a glance

36

participants

5

countries

10

days of youth exchange

Figures from the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform

partners:

Five groups, five countries

  • Hûman – Sufi Culture & Arts e.V.Remscheid, DE (coordinator)
  • Creative European YoungstersIstanbul, TR
  • Blue Youth FranceFR
  • Youth ShiftersLV
  • Informal youth groupES

songs & videos:

The heart of the project

  • Songs about sustainability
  • Music videos
  • Flashmob and World Café

News from the project on Instagram: @humansufiprojects

Co-funded by the European Union. Hûman – Sufi Culture & Arts e.V. is solely responsible for the content of this page. Project number 2025-3-DE04-KA152-YOU-000377844.