The “Idea(l)s in Action” project was born in 2016 at a time where we, the partners, were going through hardships (financial, organizational…). We were looking for ways to bring sustainable ways of living to light, as well as methods to support people in their efforts to take action (allowing them to believe in their abilities and to be the change they hope for themselves and for the society they belong to) while making a living in a way that fits their values.

We took advantage from our past experiences and from the trust we had in each other to design together a project that may enable us to give shape to our wishes. From our efforts emerged a 22-month-long project based on learning-by-doing and travelling, whose main objective was to develop and spread the “Heterotopia Tour”, as a pedagogical tool to expand awareness and effectiveness towards the change we would like to activate within the realities that surrounds us.

This Methodological Guide was born from our need to share the making-of of a “Heterotopia Tour” and to give an overview on the know-how that is required to implement it, taking into consideration various contexts and learning from each experience to improve the next one.

Our intention was to clarify the process and the practical requirements of a Heterotopia Tour, so that other organisations may use it. This Methodological Guide is an attempt to share what we learnt. We tried to share the spirit of a Heterotopia Tour and the major topics it deals with (community living, ecological awareness, social innovation) while providing practical information, tools and tips to make it happen.

inspire people and help individuals, collectives and organizations to co*create similar or not projects, personal change evolving to colective change.

Radical Flexibility, brutal honesty, less is More are key words that are transversal to all the projects implemented and nourishes our.Colective co-creation and tapping into colective inteligence

Being Present ! Artful Participation! Sharing is Caring! Caring is Sharing! Zoom In Zoom Out! Emotional inteligence within the group dynamics of a good comunication & information flow, giving & sharing to deepen the adressing to diferent needs & feelings & everyone feels satisfied, listen & with space to express themselves.

In the making of this guide, the inspirational milestone was a manual where reflections and explaining intense as tool a colective effort towards similar needs , natural from the times we are living at this moment in the Planet. need shared by all

1. What is a Heterotopia tour ?
2. How to design a Heterotopia tour ?
3. Which Resources do we need to implement a Heterotopia tour ?
4. How to select and prepare the participants of the tour ?
5. How to successfully implement the tour ?
6. Follow ups and dissemination