Training Course: "Empower Your Nature" in Tinos Island

Training Course: "Empower Your Nature"
15-22 October 2022 | Tinos Island, Greece

In Europe, 20% of youngsters are affected by at least one psychological problem every year. From 2020 till today, the pandemic has introduced new levels of anxiety and stress, affecting the daily life and the future prospects of young people. Those vulnerable before are even more affected now.

In youth work, the main psychological impact is the high rates of stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression, alcohol, drug use and self-injury or suicidal behaviour. Finally, rural areas and especially the islands in Greece have few opportunities for on-the-job training with young people creating even more challenges in their work.

Empower Your Nature aims to improve their ability to empower and enhance their social inclusion through mindfulness and nature-based practices and methodologies. The specific methodologies that we will follow in education are storytelling, poetry, ecological collage, botanical art and embodiment practices.