🌍 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Opportunity
SolaNova is a 12-day Erasmus+ Youth Exchange that will bring together young people from several European countries in Hildesheim, Germany to explore imagination, storytelling and climate futures.
The project introduces SolaNova, an imaginary world and speculative space created collectively by participants. Through storytelling, creative writing, workshops and games, young people will explore a central question:
What could a greener, fairer and more caring future look like?
Participants will co-create utopian visions and transform them into stories. The exchange will explore concepts such as solarpunk and hopepunk, creative movements that imagine sustainable and socially just futures while responding to climate anxiety and uncertainty about the future.
The project will culminate with participants presenting their work during PROSANOVA 2026, a festival of young literature organized by BELLAtriste e.V.
👥 Participants
🌍 36 young people
👥 Participants from partner countries
🎓 Young people aged 18+
🌍 Participating Countries
🇩🇪 Germany 🇪🇸 Spain 🇫🇷 France 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇮🇹 Italy 🇵🇱 Poland
📅 Activity Dates
26 June 2026 – 07 July 2026
📍 Activity Location
Hildesheim, Germany 🇩🇪
🏡 Accommodation
Participants will stay at:
Kulturherberge Wernershöhe
Wernershöhe 2
31079 Westfeld
Germany
🛏 Participants will stay in shared rooms
🌱 All meals during the project will be fully vegan
🎯 Objectives of the Project
✍️ Develop storytelling and creative writing skills as tools for youth expression and identity
🌍 Address climate anxiety through imagination and collective storytelling
🌱 Explore solarpunk and hopepunk narratives as visions of resilient and sustainable futures
🤝 Foster intercultural collaboration and collective authorship
🧠 Strengthen teamwork, peer learning and initiative
📚 Guide participants through the full cycle of cultural production including writing, editing, crowdfunding and publishing
🎭 Present youth-created stories at a professional literary festival
✨ Project Activities
✍️ Writing, world-building and storytelling workshops
🎨 Creative labs and storytelling circles
📖 Co-creation of short stories and visual elements
🎭 Preparation of a public presentation for the PROSANOVA Festival
🎲 Optional SolaRPG storytelling sessions using gamified narratives
📚 Planning the crowdfunding and publication of a collective book
🎭 Final Outputs
Participants will create:
📚 A published short story collection (digital and print)
🎤 A public performance at PROSANOVA 2026 Festival
💡 A youth-led crowdfunding campaign supporting the publication
👤 Participant Profile
🌍 Young people living in one of the partner countries
🎨 Passionate about creativity, art and storytelling
🌱 Interested in climate narratives and social change
📖 Beginner or emerging writers, poets, storytellers or illustrators
🤝 Open-minded and motivated to collaborate and co-create
🌍 Young people willing to participate in an intercultural group experience
Priority will be given to participants with fewer opportunities.
✈️ Travel & Green Travel Policy
Participants are encouraged to travel using slow and sustainable transportation such as train, bus or car-sharing.
🌱 Slow travel is considered part of the learning experience and participants are encouraged to document their journeys in a Travel Diary, which may inspire the creative storytelling process during the project.
Participants may use up to 2 travel days for arrival and 2 travel days for departure.
🌍 Green Travel Budget
🇩🇪 Germany — 285 € (over 100 km)
🇪🇸 Spain — 417 € (over 500 km)
🇫🇷 France — 417 € (over 500 km)
🇮🇹 Italy — 417 € (over 500 km)
🇵🇱 Poland — 417 € (over 500 km)
🇵🇹 Portugal — 535 € (over 2000 km)
Participants will also receive:
🏨 Up to 70 € per person to cover accommodation and food for one travel night in each direction.
Participants are recommended to travel by Interrail, allowing flexible routes and making the journey itself part of the learning experience.
⚠️ Important Travel Notes
🎟 Do not buy tickets without confirmation from the organisers
📄 Keep all original travel tickets, invoices and boarding confirmations for reimbursement
📅 Application Deadline
1 April 2026
📄 Infopack
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hkgza0cm0dIXHj4FI06Erozj3vClrTzu/view?usp=sharing
📝 Application Form
https://forms.gle/QjdYBriv5E67mnrJA
⚠️ Important Notice
1️⃣ Source of Information
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