This evening at 18H, Youth4Planet Luxembourg releases a Made in Luxembourg music video that is far more than a song. It is a mirror held up by Youth to their own generation . . . and to ours.
“Si gefaangen” (“I am trapped”) was created in October 2025 during a three-afternoon music & film workshop on sustainable digitalization at the Jugendtreff Norden in Troisvierges. The participants . . . regular Youth Center visitors aged 12 to 25 . . . came together after school, training, and work, and built something remarkable in a very short time.
The result premieres today on the World Day of Environmental Education . . . and that timing matters.
From environmental education to lived experience
The workshop began with an input from the Naturparks Luxembourg, opening a conversation about sustainable digitalization . . . not as an abstract policy concept, but as something deeply felt in daily life.
What followed was not a lecture. It was a discussion.
The youth participants spoke openly about how constant connectivity, algorithmic pressure, and screen-mediated social life affect their social fabric: attention, relationships, self-image, and belonging. Digital tools connect . . . and they isolate. They empower . . . but they also exhaust. And therefore . . . something has to be said.
That “und – aber – deshalb” storytelling logic . . . and – but – therefore . . . became the structural backbone of the entire project.
Art as a language peers actually hear
Instead of writing a report or producing an awareness poster, the group made a clear choice . . . art speaks louder.
- One group wrote and performed the song
- Another developed the narrative and acting scenes
- A third created a dance choreography that translates emotion into movement
The challenge was brutal and beautiful at the same time: songwriting, recording, choreography, and filming all had to happen in parallel.
There was no “luxury” of sequential perfection. Only trust, coordination, and creative courage.
Within twelve hours of working together, many small contributions came together into one coherent music video . . . and every participant found a place where their talent mattered . . . on camera, behind it, in the studio, or in the conceptual work.
This is what environmental education looks like when it respects young people as authors, not targets.
“Si gefaangen” is not anti-technology . . . it is pro-human
The song does not reject digital life. It questions who is in control.
It asks what happens when attention becomes a commodity . . . when presence is fragmented . . . when social validation is outsourced to metrics. These are not academic concerns . . . they are lived realities for teenagers and young adults.
Sustainable digitalization, in this sense, is not about less technology . . . It is about healthier relationships with it.
The video captures this tension visually and emotionally . . . confinement versus expression, isolation versus choreography, silence versus voice.
Being “gefaangen” is not the end of the story . . . naming the cage is the first step toward opening it.
Collaboration that made it possible
This project exists because cooperation worked . . . across youth work, environmental education, and creative practice.
Thanks to the engaged partnership between:
- Naturparks Luxembourg
- Jugendtreff Norden
- Jugendhub Oewersauer
- Elisabeth Jeunesse
- Youth4Planet Luxembourg
The initiative was launched by the Naturparks Öewersauer and Our and financed by Luxembourg’s Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning . . . a strong signal that sustainability also lives in culture, education, and youth empowerment.
Credits . . . because names matter
Rap / Vocals / Lyrics:
Liam Wagner
Mandy Bauer
Teteh Atikossie
Acting & Story:
Youri Weber
Maria Gomes
Lenny Maathuis
Semir Sijaric
Tomas De Sousa
Dance:
Sofia Eickelpasch
Workshop Lead:
Jan Holler (Youth4Planet Luxembourg)
Recording & Mix:
Andy Molitor (Jugendtreff Norden)
Organization:
Nathalie Schmitz (Jugendtreff Norden)
Input (Sustainable Digitalization):
Fabian Heinzius (Naturpark Our)
Why this matters . . . beyond this evening
Environmental education is often accused of being abstract, moralizing, or distant from real life.
“Si gefaangen” proves the opposite.
When young people are trusted with complexity . . . when their realities are taken seriously . . . and when creativity is treated as a form of knowledge . . . sustainability becomes felt, not just taught.
This music video does not tell young people what to think.
It shows them that their voice counts.
And that may be the most sustainable lesson of all.
🎬 Watch the world premiere
The video is available on YouTube via Youth4Planet Luxembourg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEN_Cje0tx4
