17/09/2025
Last weekend (September 12-14), 80 shapers gathered in Brazil’s southernmost capital. 🧉
With the theme “Resilience in the Face of the Climate Crisis,” Porto Alegre was a strategic choice to galvanize the youth movement. Recently, Porto Alegre, along with 95% of Rio Grande do Sul’s cities, faced historic floods, which impacted thousands of families and left profound scars on our territory. Now, Porto Alegre became the center of the 2025 National Retreat to flourish the willpower for change in shapers of Brazil and some friends from LATAM.
For three days, we shared experiences and knowledge about how local hubs can respond to climate catastrophes. We strengthened connections between Shapers from different regions, reinforcing our network of solidarity and cooperation.
We found inspiration to transform pain into action. We visited severely affected areas that have restructured themselves through collective strength. We experienced culture to immerse ourselves in the resilient identity of the gaucho. We proposed opportunities to foster critical thinking and creativity among Shapers.
This year event showed that resilience isn’t just about resisting. It’s about rebuilding, reinventing, and acting as a community. Talkings, discussions, activities and collective support are the imprint that shall stay in the participants feelings and thoughts, as well as the certainty that no one faces a crisis alone. 💙
