Future Islands

🎉 Meet one of our WP5 Mentorship Winners!

Emna Chebbi, founder of AUCO - Aurora Upcycled Co, is building a creative and sustainable brand through upcycled collections and workshops ♻️✨

Her mentoring journey focuses on:
📈 Building a strong and sustainable business model
💬 Strengthening storytelling and brand communication
🌍 Scaling production while staying true to ethical values

Her goal?
To grow AUCO into a structured, impactful business while expanding partnerships and reaching wider audiences.

🌙 Ramadan is not about consuming more.
It’s about changing habits.

This year, let’s rethink our way of living :

✨ avoid overeating , and focus on feeding the soul.
✨reduce spending on excessive food, new clothes, and decorations. Instead, let’s invest into something that creates impact through an inspiring crowdfunding campaign.
✨ Instead of filling tables, let’s nourish our purpose.

Ramadan is an invitation to reset personally and collectively.
At Future Islands, we believe small conscious choices can build long-term changes.

For our non-Muslim partners who want to better understand this month, here is a short and accessible explanation of Ramadan: https://youtu.be/EkQpUGIGG_M?si=P4QgluTUDPM8rH6k

🎯 Retour sur une action locale inspirante – 29 décembre 2025

Dans le cadre du projet You SI Net Reload, financé par Erasmus+
Nous étions à la Cité de l’Artisanat de Denden pour une journée de formation et de créativité, organisée par 3 alumni du programme au profit de 15 artisans et étudiants en design bénéficiaires du projet TANIT.

✨ Au programme :
✅ Atelier Storytelling & valorisation des œuvres animé par Maher Hassen et Inès El Hassoumi
Comment raconter l’histoire d’une création pour mieux l’exposer ou la vendre ?

✅ Atelier Mapping immersif animé par Dhafer Amine
Initiation à la projection d’images et d’animations sur des surfaces complexes (objets, corps, façades) pour créer des expériences visuelles uniques.

🧠 Une 2ème action locale réussie, alliant entrepreneuriat social, storytelling et mapping pour outiller les artisans et créatifs de demain.

Un grand merci à nos partenaires pour leur engagement :
Project Ahead impresa sociale cooperativa, parachute16 | برشوت16, Impact Hub Sicily, Agenzia per la Promozione dei Giovani, happy smala, icealex, Nueva Barraca Fundación.

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🎯 Reflecting on an inspiring local action – December 29, 2025
As part of the You SI Net Reload project, funded by Erasmus+
We held an exceptional day of training and creativity at the Denden Artisan Center, organized by 3 alumni of the program for 15 artisans and design students benefiting from the TANIT project.

✨ What we covered:
✅ Storytelling & Artwork Valorization Workshop – led by Maher Hassen and Inès El Hassoumi
How to tell the story behind a creation to better exhibit or sell it?

✅ Immersive Mapping Workshop – led by Dhafer Amine
Hands-on training in projecting images and animations onto complex surfaces (objects, bodies, façades) to create unique visual experiences.

🧠 A successful 2nd local action, combining social entrepreneurship, storytelling, and mapping to empower the artisans and creatives of tomorrow.

A huge thank you to our partners for their commitment:
Ahead impresa sociale cooperativa, | برشوت16, Hub Sicily, per la Promozione dei Giovani, smala, , Barraca Fundación.