Building Walls - Breaking Walls

Building Walls - Breaking Walls Young people from Switzerland, Israel, Palestine, Irland and Northern Ireland are building dry stonewalls and cross borders for peace.

Naturkultur was established in 2010 as a nongovernmental organisation and is based in Lommiswil (Switzerland). The association provides outdoor activities, workshops and trainings. To provide a high quality and expertise, Naturkultur is interlinked with experts and organisations active in youth culture and youth work, pastoral organisations, trainings in nature, outdoor education and intercultural work.

What do international evenings at BWBW actually look like? 🌍Usually, four different countries come together during one p...
16/06/2026

What do international evenings at BWBW actually look like? 🌍

Usually, four different countries come together during one project week and each group gets its own cultural evening.

Participants prepare traditional food from their country, share stories, music, history, traditions and funny cultural facts with the rest of the group.

✨🌏🗺 Interesting facts, stories and traditions from each country
🥙🫕🍝 Local dishes and homemade specialties prepared by the participants
🗣️🫂Conversations about diversity, differences and everyday life in other cultures
🪕🎲🧩 Music, games, dancing and discovering cultures through real people, not just theory

International evenings are one of the best parts of BWBW!
Some nights turn into deep conversations. Others into dancing, laughing and discovering how different and similar we all are.

These moments are what makes BWBW special:
getting to know cultures not through the internet or stereotypes but through real people and shared experiences.

Because sometimes understanding another culture starts with something simple:
sitting together around one table.

Would you join a cultural evening like this? 🌿

Applications for our summer projects are still open.
Link in bio.

They’re writing about us 🌿📰🗞We’re very happy to see Building Walls Breaking Walls featured in the 2025 report of the Ern...
09/06/2026

They’re writing about us 🌿📰🗞

We’re very happy to see Building Walls Breaking Walls featured in the 2025 report of the Ernst Göhner Stiftung.

It means a lot to us that our project is recognised as meaningful and relevant: bringing together young people from different cultures, preserving Swiss cultural heritage and creating real intercultural exchange through shared experiences.

What started as a simple idea years ago has grown into an international community built on connection, dialogue and teamwork.

A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey: participants, team members, partners and supporters 💚

And if you’d like to experience BWBW yourself:
applications for our summer projects are still open.
Link in bio 🌍

Why do we feel better after spending time outdoors? 🌿Maybe because nature slows us down. Because for a moment, we stop s...
05/06/2026

Why do we feel better after spending time outdoors? 🌿
Maybe because nature slows us down. Because for a moment, we stop scrolling, stop rushing and start paying attention to the world around us.

Fresh air, mountains, forests, oceans, sunsets, conversations outside, these simple things often make us feel more connected, calmer and more present.

World Environment Day is a reminder that protecting nature is not only about the planet itself. It’s also about protecting the spaces that make us feel human.

And protecting it can start with simple things:
🌱 spending more time in nature
♻️ reducing waste
⛰️ respecting natural landscapes
🤝 supporting local environmental projects
🌍 living a little more consciously every day

What helps you reconnect with nature? 🌿

Last chance to join BWBW Grischun 🌿In just a few weeks, young people from different countries will come together in Val ...
02/06/2026

Last chance to join BWBW Grischun 🌿
In just a few weeks, young people from different countries will come together in Val Müstair for one intercultural week full of nature, teamwork and unforgettable moments.

We can’t wait for the days spent together at the wall, the conversations during cultural evenings and all the small moments that make these projects so special.

And you should be part of it too!! 🌍

📍 Grischun, Val Müstair
📅 21–28 June 2026

Applications are still open, but not for long.
Registration link in bio.

Don’t take our word for it 👀This is what people say after BWBW!Real experiences, real moments, real connections...Tell u...
12/05/2026

Don’t take our word for it 👀

This is what people say after BWBW!
Real experiences, real moments, real connections...

Tell us what would you expect from an experience like this??

Every project looks a bit different
but somehow… people leave with the same feeling.

👇 Thinking about joining?
Apply now- link in bio.

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NEW LOCATION IN ROMANDIE 🇨🇭After 5 years in Gryon, Building Walls – Breaking Walls is moving to a new spot:📍 Teraula d’A...
05/05/2026

NEW LOCATION IN ROMANDIE 🇨🇭

After 5 years in Gryon, Building Walls – Breaking Walls is moving to a new spot:

📍 Teraula d’Avau, Alpes Fribourgeoises (above Albeuve)�⛰️ in the natural park Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut

This summer, we’ll be restoring around 200 meters of traditional dry stone wall together with an international group.

Same idea. Same people.�New place. New energy.

BWBW Romandie
📅 August 23–30, 2026

👉 Applications open: link in bio.

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03/05/2026

We just found something cool!
BWBW flyer full of projects for 2026! 🌸

Different places but same idea.
Build, connect and experience.

Save the dates and pick your spot:

🇮🇹 Italy 09-16.05
🇨🇭Grischun 21-28.06
🇮🇪Ireland 11-19.07
🇨🇭Romandie 23-30.08
🇨🇭Ticino 30.08-06.09
🇨🇭Jura 06-13.09
🇮🇱Israel 04-13.10

👉🏻More infos in bio!

thank you: .ch

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naturkultur, spring vibes, volunteer, community, israel, italy, ireland,

BWBW Grischun in previous years was amazing 🏔️A week of real work, good people and simple livingcooking together, workin...
01/05/2026

BWBW Grischun in previous years was amazing 🏔️

A week of real work, good people and simple living
cooking together, working outside, figuring things out as a group...
not always easy, but always worth it!

All of this in Val Müstair - a quiet valley in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by mountains, nature and fresh air 🌿🗻

You come for the project but you leave with way more!

BWBW Grischun 2026:
📆 21-28.06.2026
📍Val Müstair

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‼️Wir suchen dringend einen Zivi für unsere Trockenmauerprojekte! Deine Rolle?Kochen. Freiwillige begleiten. Vor Ort mit...
01/05/2026

‼️Wir suchen dringend einen Zivi für unsere Trockenmauerprojekte!

Deine Rolle?
Kochen. Freiwillige begleiten. Vor Ort mithelfen.
Teil eines Teams sein, das geneinsam draussen lebt und arbeitet.

📍Alp Walop (Juni)
📍Solothurner Jura (Aug/Sept)

👉🏻 [email protected]

SAVE THE DATE 🏔️BWBW Grischun, Val Müstair📍 21–28.06.2026A week in the mountains,people from different placesworking, li...
28/04/2026

SAVE THE DATE 🏔️

BWBW Grischun, Val Müstair
📍 21–28.06.2026

A week in the mountains,
people from different places
working, living and creating together!

You can not miss it!

More info on our website - link in bio 🔗

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Solothurn

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