🇩🇪 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Germany 🌱 Eco-Community Living & Active Hope Experience 🌍🇩🇪

Introduction

This is not just another youth exchange. This is a deep, immersive experience inside an eco-community where you explore sustainability, emotional resilience, and collective living. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by global issues and want to turn that into action, this project is built exactly for that.

💡 Did You Know? 🇩🇪 Germany hosts some of the most advanced eco-communities in Europe, where sustainability is not theory but a daily lifestyle practiced collectively.

Activity Dates

📅 13 June 2026 – 21 June 2026 (7 days + travel days)

Application Deadline

⏰ 10 April 2026

Eligible Countries

🇩🇪 Germany 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 

Activities & Methodology

🌱 Explore the “Active Hope” framework
🌍 Participate in earth-based and outdoor practices
🧘 Engage in embodiment, mindfulness, and deep listening
🎭 Join artistic and creative expression sessions
🤝 Take part in participant-led activities (Climate Café, sharing circles)
🏡 Experience daily life in an eco-community

💡 Did You Know? 🎓 Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges are built on peer-learning, meaning participants co-create the experience instead of following a fixed teaching system.

Objectives

🎯 Build emotional resilience and reduce eco-anxiety
🎯 Strengthen connection with nature and community
🎯 Develop communication and group process skills
🎯 Encourage active participation and social impact

Accommodation & Food

🏕️ Stay in tents, yurts, or wagons داخل eco-community
🚿 Solar-powered showers and shared eco facilities
🥗 100% organic vegetarian/vegan meals provided
🌿 Food sourced from local solidarity agriculture

Financial Conditions

💶 Fully funded by Erasmus+ programme
💸 Accommodation, food, and activity costs covered

Travel

✈️ Travel reimbursed after the project
🚌 Only green travel allowed

💰 Travel Budget
🇳🇱 Netherlands – 285€
🇩🇪 Germany – 285€
🇩🇰 Denmark – 417€
🇫🇷 France – 417€

Certification

📜 Youthpass certificate

Participant Profile

👥 Young people aged 18–30
🌱 Interested in sustainability and community living
🧠 Open to self-reflection and emotional work
🌍 Curious about intercultural exchange
🤝 Willing to actively participate in group processes

Working Language

🗣️ English

Facilitators & Trainers

🌿 Rosa
Focuses on reconnecting people with nature and supporting ecological awareness. She has worked in various communities and educational spaces, helping individuals align their actions with sustainability and collective wellbeing.

🌱 Etti
Works with non-formal education, systemic coaching, and sustainability. She integrates psychodrama, conflict transformation, and conscious movement into her facilitation, creating safe and inclusive learning spaces.

Application Method

📝 Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlqc_WzVuXkRA8w0EtJhTjzY54vzkP69pCTXyRWPxsGzudCw/viewform
📄 Info Pack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ej6Q_9N11yamAkSez-s2mWTB9TVccHY5/view

📧 Contact: info@euro-youth.eu

Application Link

🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlqc_WzVuXkRA8w0EtJhTjzY54vzkP69pCTXyRWPxsGzudCw/viewform

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