Resilient Roots
Nurturing Youth Wellness in the Climate Crisis
About
About project
The project RESILIENT ROOTS is co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus + programme within the YOUTH framework. Indeed, the focus of the project is young people, who nowadays suffer from negative feelings towards the future, such as discouragement, mistrust and chronic anxiety. These emotions are caused by the growing concern about environmental degradation, climate change and anthropogenic pollution and are nowadays defined with the term ‘eco-anxiety’.
The aim of the project is to create innovative resources and tools for young people to help them combat these feelings and make them active citizens to make positive change.
About
Project goals
The project aims to help young people cope with eco-anxiety—negative emotions such as fear, mistrust, and discouragement caused by environmental and climate concerns. It seeks to raise awareness, provide practical tools and training for youth educators, and empower young people to turn anxiety into action through educational resources, an Eco-Camp, and local eco-initiatives that promote active citizenship and positive environmental change.
Objectives
The focus of the project is young people, who nowadays suffer from negative feelings towards the future, such as discouragement, mistrust and chronic anxiety. These emotions are caused by the growing concern about environmental degradation, climate change and anthropogenic pollution and are nowadays defined with the term ‘eco-anxiety’. The aim of the project is to create innovative resources and tools for young people to help them combat these feelings and make them active citizens to make positive change.
REsults
5 organisations in 4 partner countries will develop questionnaires to measure the level of eco-anxiety, guidelines on how to recognise and deal with the symptoms of eco-anxiety, training for youth educators, an Eco-Camp for young people and local eco-actions to be implemented in the various partner countries.
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News
Invitation to the Resilient Roots Eco-Camp
Dates: 20–26 April 2026 Location: Hopeland educational eco-community, Greece Infopack: https://hi.switchy.io/s124 Application form: https://hi.switchy.io/r-O4 The Eco-Camp in Hopeland is one of the main activities of the project. Over several days, more than 20 young...
Resilient Roots Training Held in Karlovac
Our international team met in Karlovac (21–23 October 2025) as part of a training event where we explored how to support young people in transforming eco-anxiety into action, resilience, and hope. Through gamification workshops, reflection circles, and the exchange of...
Second International Project Meeting Held
In the beautiful city of Florence (20–21 May 2025) we held the second international project meeting of the Erasmus+ project Resilient Roots, organised by our wonderful hosts and partners from Co&So. During two intensive working days, we successfully combined the...