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Green Pathways

sustainability & nature-based learning for youth workers

📍 Bansko, Bulgaria🗓️ 31 May – 8 June 2026🏷️ Erasmus+ Training Course

a line of Green Pathways participants hiking across a highland meadow near Bansko, the Pirin mountains behind
participants walking across a field in Bansko, snow-capped mountains and the town's cable car station behind
participants walking through a pine forest near Bansko during a nature-based learning session
participants building a flipchart of fears, expectations and concerns during a Green Pathways workshop
hand-painted animal masks laid out on a table, made during a Green Pathways workshop
two participants pointing out a waterfall on a nature walk near Bansko
the full Green Pathways group at Bansko train station, holding the Sustainable for the Future Foundation and Green Pathways project banners

a 7-day Erasmus+ training course in Bansko building youth workers' sustainability skills through experiential, nature-based learning, guided by the European Sustainability Competence Framework.

overview

  • practical tools for weaving sustainability into everyday youth work
  • non-formal and nature-based learning methods, guided by the GreenComp sustainability framework
  • study visits to real sustainable initiatives around Bansko
  • a growing international network of sustainability-minded youth workers

about this project

Green Pathways is a 7-day Erasmus+ training course in Bansko, Bulgaria, that builds on the earlier Green Compass project. Guided by the European Sustainability Competence Framework (GreenComp), it brings youth workers, educators and NGO volunteers from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic (Wild Geese), Germany, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain and the Netherlands together to explore how sustainability can move from theory into everyday youth work — through interactive workshops, outdoor learning, and study visits to local sustainable initiatives in the Bansko region.

what happens

workshops & study visits

interactive sessions paired with visits to sustainable initiatives around Bansko, connecting theory to real, local practice.

nature-based & non-formal learning

outdoor learning methods that put the GreenComp framework into practice, not just on paper.

peer network building

structured space to trade ideas and stay connected with youth workers from the other seven partner countries after the course ends.

who's involved

participants: youth workers, educators, volunteers and active NGO members from 8 partner countries; priority given to participants with fewer opportunities

countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Netherlands

partner organisations:

  • Sustainable for the Future Foundation (Bulgaria, host)
  • 7 further partner organisations across Czech Republic (Wild Geese), Germany, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain and the Netherlands

travel & funding

this project's costs are covered by Erasmus+, including travel, accommodation, food, Youthpass certificate.

fancy the next flight?

Wild Geese was the Czech sending partner for Green Pathways — get in touch to hear about the next sustainability-focused training course.

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