“ S.E.N.S.E - Sustainability . Empowerment . Networking . Skills . Education”

“ S.E.N.S.E - Sustainability . Empowerment . Networking . Skills . Education” is a training course for youth workers that will take place in Sunny Hill, Slovenia from 24th of March to 31th March 2026.

The main objectives of the project are:
- to provide participants with leadership and facilitation skills
- to provide participants with tools to work on sustainability and climate action
- to increase the collaboration between ecovillages, sustainable initiatives and youth organisations

WHY LEADERSHIP AND FACILITATION? WHY ECOVILLAGES?

This project aims to give youth workers and youth leaders tools so that they can work more effectively with young people around the topics of sustainability, inclusion and climate change. It taps into the experience that European ecovillages have accumulated as pioneer educational centres around these topics and it shares an innovative toolbox for youth workers that has been developed and adapted by a partnership among ecovillages, youth workers and sustainability campaigners.

An ecovillage is an intentional or traditional community that is designed through local and participatory processes to regenerate social and natural environments. The 4 dimensions of sustainability - ecology, economy, society and culture - are integrated in a holistic approach. Ecovillages are models of sustainable settlements that serve as training and learning centres where people experience, through informal and non-formal education activities, the experience of sharing life in a cohesive, inclusive and sustainable society.