The “Rewild Europe” project aims to empower youth workers with rewilding knowledge and nature-based education methods.
Through storytelling, transnational collaboration and the development of an innovative and practical «Rewild Europe Toolbox,» we want to support the inclusion of diverse audiences into nature-based youth work, and to enhance the quality, recognition and environmental impact of youth work across Europe.
This project is a collaboration with the Dutch organisation «Tiny Rewilding» and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Objectives
- Deepen youth workers’ connection with nature to enhance their well-being, resilience and professional practice.
- Equip youth workers with knowledge about rewilding practices and inclusive, nature-based educational methods.
- Document and share Europe’s diverse natural and cultural heritage through storytelling and experiential learning.
- Develop a practical “Rewild Europe Toolbox” with methods, stories and resources for nature-based youth work.
- Strengthen transnational collaboration in rewilding initiatives among educators and youth workers.
- Promote the integration of rewilding principles in European youth work, fostering sustainability and innovation.
Project activities
February – April 2026: «Wild Stories of Europe» research phase on European folklore stories, myths and contemporary narratives that explore human-nature relationships and empower to work nature-based.
May 2026: Youth Worker Seminar in Catalonia, Spain, on Storytelling and Human Rewilding to co-create educational methods.
June – July 2026: Local Rewilding Workshops in Catalonia and The Netherlands
July – December 2026: Development of the «Rewild Europe Toolbox»
January – March 2027: Webinar and Storytelling evenings
YOUTH WORKER SEMINAR
Call for participants
The Rewild Europe seminar brings together 10 youth workers from Spain (Catalonia) and the Netherlands. During 5 working days, we will engage in storytelling and experiential learning to reconnect with nature and develop practical tools that can be applied in our own youth work practice.
When: 15-21 May 2026
Where: Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain
Read the call for participants for more information and fill in the application form by 1 April 2026.
