Using arts and storytelling

as a tool for social change

Bioyoutoon event at Kunsttankstelle

Local multiplier event in Vienna The Bioyoutoon project has been hard at work, devising new ways of promoting biodiversity conservation awareness with toolkits, comics and e-manuals. We wanted to promote the project, our resources and the outputs to a wider audience. The resources are available to be used for further workshops and education efforts, and […]

Bioyoutoon toolkits

We’ve been busy The Bioyoutoon project has been active for close to two years now, and what a journey it’s been. Project partners have been hard at work producing resources that can help raise awareness on biodiversity conservation and inspire you to create your own stories as well.  You’ll find a list of the online […]

CHAC exhibition in SOHO

Researching the oral history of Sandleiten! Together with our participants, we’ve been researching and compiling the local history of Sandleitenhof -a municipal housing complex with originally 1,587 apartments, built in five stages between 1924 and 1928 as part of the housing policy of “Red Vienna”  Today, it houses a vibrant and diverse community, with residents […]

Bioyoutoon event in Ottakring!

Comic book launch! As the bioyoutoon Ersamus project nears completion, we’d like to celebrate our achievements and share what we’ve accomplished so far with you, the public! Facts: Conserving Biodiversity through storytelling Location: Kunsttankstelle Ottakring (Brunnenmarkt) Grundsteingasse 45-47 | 1160 Wien Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2025  Register here and join: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1234708900559 […]

webtoons live

All roads lead to comics What a journey it’s been! We’ve developed training modules that raise awareness on biodiversity conservation among youth, held numerous workshops to train our trainers, as well as create stories for the webtoons, worked with our amazing illustrators to develop webtoon story concepts, and it’s all culminated in the release of […]

The story of the Vienna Biodiversity Corridor

The story of the biodiversity corridor As X-arts, we combine research methods with artistic practice, capacity building and exchange to activate and promote social change, sustainability, inclusion and well-being – in our built environment as well as within ourselves and amongst each other. We enjoy gathering the stories of initiatives and communities that impact society: […]

Story development workshop in Vienna

Vienna Story development workshop Following the local Bioyoutoon workshop in Meidling and the subsequent Bio-diversity corridor walk, we had quite the task on our hands. The workshop in Vienna was quite fruitful, and we had quite a few entertaining and exciting concepts on our hands. Add in the stories that came in from the workshops […]

Visit to Sandleitenhof

Visiting the historical public housing project The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship. The project will be introducing public and oral history methodologies to the local youth through training and workshops. The youth will then use their learned skill-set to engage with […]

Call for participants – CHAC

Open call Participants for a public and oral history workshop in Ottakring Are you passionate about history and community engagement? Do you want to learn more about local stories and how to tell them? CHAC, supported by Erasmus Plus, is a unique project taking place in Germany, Italy, and Austria. We aim to empower young […]

BioYouToon Vienna Workshop

The BioYouToon project aims to utilize the power of storytelling and comics to raise awareness on Biodiversity conservation. The local worshops are of particular importance, because they serve as a training session that introduces the participants to the BioYouToon training modules. They are also of significance, because the stories and comic ideas to be developed […]