...to inform, to discuss, make plans, get new ideas, try utopias, take action, be acrobatic and juggle, to knit and have fun, ... and to change the world!

We try the experiment of living together in an equal, self-determined way. We create a wide frame of possibilities: the program is made by the topics that you consider important. You can make presentations and show movies, bring exhibits and info material, organize workshops and initiate discussions... When we cook together, we create culinary pleasures and philosophize...

Environment??

Jukss originally means Environmental Youth Congress. Environment encompasses for us the network of social, economical, political, ecological and other circumstances we are living in. To question these circumstances and understand the diverse connections between them are first steps for changing.

Some of this year's topics are: G8/Neoliberalism/Globalization, Environment Protection from below, Direct Action, Animal Rights, Gender Critics, Education and Antifascism.

Self-organization

You can expect almost everything at Jukss, but one thing for sure not: to get a ready-made product - Jukss is living from your ideas and your contributions! Self-organization is the motto. There are no people responsible for everyone and everything - everybody is responsible. Even the logistic tasks are assumed by the participants.

To make decisions, different methods are tried - the object is to find an equal way of finding solutions without forcing anybody to anything.

No Jukss without preparation!

The collaboration between a lot of people is a basic need for an event like Jukss. You have a lot of possibilities to contribute in organizing already before the congress starts. This way you can learn a lot about how big events can be organized, especially in terms of self-administration and decision-taking.

To avoid hierarchies, Jukss is organized in an open way. To coordinate tasks and make it accessible to "everybody", there is a wiki page on www.jukss.de. A Wiki is a web page where everybody can change everything in an easy way. "Accessible to everybody" is not really true because until now it's only in German, but more translations are coming soon. If you are interested in getting involved, contact us and/or visit our next preparation weekend.

Jukss without borders!

Actually, Jukss is a very open event crossing borders of subcultures, generations, movements etc. But in former years there were always very few Non-German-Speakers at Jukss - this is what we want to change now! Of course, diversity of languages and political backgrounds is also a new challenge for organization, decision-taking etc. But we will try our best to make everybody feel welcome and have equal possibilities of co-creating this space.