ECOSTEPS:
Creative Approaches to Resilient Education

Project ID: KA152-YOU-ACA7B07F   
Project Status: Ongoing
Duration: 2026-2027
Location(s): Europe (Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania)
Target Group(s): Young people (18–30), youth workers, young people with fewer opportunities
Coordinator: MVIdee Stichting
Partners:FUNDACJA YOUTH CENTER OF POLAND (Poland), Grande Experience (Norway), Bioville (Latvia), Green Youth Hungary (Hungary), Youth4Youth (Lithuania)
Funded by: Erasmus+ Mobility of young people (KA152-YOU)

Oveview

EcoSteps empowers young people to take meaningful action in response to today’s environmental challenges. By combining non-formal education, intercultural exchange, and hands-on learning, the project helps participants move beyond awareness and develop practical skills for sustainable living.

Through a 10-day youth exchange in Poland, young people from six European countries explore topics such as climate change, waste reduction, and responsible consumption. EcoSteps creates a space where participants learn by doing—through creative workshops, outdoor activities, and collaboration—while building confidence, initiative, and a sense of responsibility for their communities and the environment.

Objectives

  • Raise awareness of key environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.

  • Develop practical skills for sustainable living, including recycling, upcycling, and zero-waste practices.

  • Strengthen young people’s sense of responsibility, initiative, and active citizenship.

  • Promote intercultural dialogue and cooperation among youth from different European countries.

  • Encourage creativity and innovation through hands-on, solution-oriented activities.

Activities

  • 10-day international youth exchange hosted in Poland.

  • Interactive workshops on sustainability, recycling, and eco-friendly practices.

  • Outdoor learning activities such as eco-mapping and nature-based challenges.

  • Intercultural evenings promoting cultural exchange and mutual understanding.

  • Creation of environmental campaigns (videos, posters, storytelling, performances).

  • Community-based activities in collaboration with local organisations.

Impact & Outcomes

  • Increased environmental awareness and practical sustainability skills among participants.

  • Strengthened confidence, teamwork, communication, and leadership competences.

  • Greater intercultural understanding and European cooperation among young people.

  • Development of follow-up activities in partner countries, reaching wider youth communities.

  • Creation of project outputs such as the “EcoSteps Toolkit” and awareness campaigns.

Partners

 

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Project Updates:

 

Jun 29, 2026

What does a Dutch team look like? #ECOSTEPS

Jun 29, 2026

During Days 9–10 of EcoSteps, we took time to reflect on everything we had experienced over the past ten days.

Jun 29, 2026

During Days 7–8 of EcoSteps, participants explored environmental topics through debates, taking turns defending, opposing and observing different positions.

Jun 29, 2026

Can learning about environmental challenges feel like a game? Absolutely. #ECOSTEPS

Jun 29, 2026

How do you learn about climate change without sitting through another lecture? #ECOSTEPS

Jun 29, 2026

On Day 3 of the EcoSteps Youth Exchange, participants explored the Erasmus+ programme and learned more about the differences between Youth Exchanges and Training Courses.

Jun 28, 2026

Can a group of strangers become a team in a single day? #ECOSTEPS

May 31, 2026

LAST CALL — applications close on 20 May! #ECOSTEPS

May 31, 2026

What does 10 days of sustainability in practice look like? #ECOSTEPS

May 3, 2026

EcoSteps is not a typical training — it’s a 10-day hands-on experience where participants explore environmental challenges, test solutions, and turn ideas into action together.

May 3, 2026

Project ECOSTEPS - Call for participants!

May 3, 2026

Project Ecosteps - Meet the partnership!

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