The final reports of our summer collaborations Part of the cooperation with Acting for Climate and Festival Norpas were the last two joint meetings where we compiled the results of the big summer tour with "Ripples - the sailing circus show". One meeting took place in Finland, the other in Norway, both times we experienced stormy [...]
Hawila needs you! Hawila needs many hands, brains, a lot of time, some money, and a huge load of love! Hawila is funded by individuals who share our vision of sustainable maritime transport and education. We are an independent and sustainable organisation that is aiming for a stable economic base. We do [...]
Hawila visiting Copenhagen If you follow us for a while, you might know that before the refit started in Holbæk, Hawila was located in Denmark's capital city Copenhagen. So, it's only natural that our visit to the Kultur Caféen in Christiania felt like coming home. The cosy interior, homely vibes and the many familiar faces [...]
Teaching life skills At one of the lovely community dinners over at the cultural & environmental collective Makvärket, we met Stine, who coordinates HOME-START, a volunteer organisation, which offers help and care for families with small children. In the conversation, Stine mentioned that she works with a few mothers, who have never learned how to [...]
We reap what we saw Since our refit started in 2020, we have collaborated with the organic farming collective Svanholm Gods. In exchange for a day of work on the field, we receive their organic, seasonal vegetables, which we turn into healthy meals for our team. Each time we visit, we are greeted [...]
Performance art workshops In the last week of October, we held theatre workshops exploring the question: How can we implement environmental issues in creative processes displayed through art and theatre? Through the different exercises, led by Despina Tzemi, Tessa Dening and Anna Ach, the participants engaged with environmental topics through physical movement [...]
How can we work on environmental issues through creative processes and theatre? On the 27th and 28th of October we organised theatre workshops to explore together how to combine environmental awareness and performance art! On Saturday, the 29th of October we presented the results to the public and informed more about [...]
Sailing circus show Ripples Hawila Project continued its collaboration with the circus company Acting for Climate, with the artistic performance Ripples. Ripples is a contemporary circus performance about eco-grief and utopia, which sailed across the Baltic Sea to inspire people to act for a more sustainable future. The performance was played on [...]
Craftship event for gender minorities In the first week of August, a small group of us returned from sailing, cycling, and holidaying to welcome Under Ombygning, a collective of non-binary, trans, and female tradespeople/construction workers for the week. The collective meets once per month in a social setting to provide a space for [...]
We joined the Copenhagen Folkets Klimamarch On Saturday, our volunteers joined the Copenhagen Folkets Klimamarch which aimed to bring climate change into focus 10 days before the communal elections in Denmark. It was important for us to share this day with others and combine our voices to fight for a sustainable future. [...]
