Empower Your Nature

Aims of the tool

This tool aims at:
*The development of professional competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of
use of non-formal methods of education, especially activities based on
consciousness and contact with nature.
*A better understanding of the psychological, social, and economic characteristics of
young people with fewer opportunities.
*An increase in the motivation to work with young people with fewer opportunities.
*A better understanding of the conditions and achieving greater social inclusion of
young people with fewer opportunities, through methods based on contact with
nature and expanding consciousness.

Description of the tool

This booklet was created to provide innovative educational material, useful tools, and methods on how to guide and support young people with fewer opportunities, through non-formal learning based on awareness and activities in nature. It contains 27 tools divided into 13 methods which can be freely modified according to the needs of your group.

The tools were created during "Empower your Nature" which was a training course organized by Hellenic Youth Participation. The training course focused on the needs of youthworkers, youth leaders and educators working with young people with fewer opportunities. The project aimed to improve their ability to empower and enhance their social inclusion through mindfulness and nature-based practices and methodologies like storytelling, poetry, ecological collage, botanical art, and embodiment practices. Here you can see our virtual exhibition https://bit.ly/ExhibitionEmpowerYourNature and the drive with the manual in English, Greek, Spanish and French https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wwnamcMZpYbzUZJHnmlu-X5LVYf8Yl9t?usp=sharing

*Consulting a mental health specialist is mandatory before implementing the activities to ensure the health and safety of the participants for specific circumstances.

The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and the Greek National Agency.