"At a worldwide level, our lifestyles and ways of consumption often appear to be unconcious : over-consumption, waste of resources, individualism, hierarchy within human relations, ecological disasters... At the same time, more and more people -youth included- are willing to take part to a change but are lacking of methods to get into action. We want to gather international youth workers to take part to solving those issues and spreading and sharing concrete tools that youth leaders could use to plan more responsible lifestyles regarding environment and human relations. That's why we want to organise a training course / good practices seminar ""Practical Ecology III"". This project will take place in Bédeille (South of France), from 3th to 15th October 2017. It will gather, around Solafrika French organisation, 24 youth workers. Gender, age and background balance will be insured. People will come from the following countries and organisations : - Moulsecoomb forest garden - United Kingdom - Neront - Austria - Pandora - Hungary - Alter Ego - Greece - Metta - Slovenia - Biodiversa - Spain - IBG - Germany - Solafrika - France The objectives of this project are : 1- To share concrete tools with youth workers in order to raise awareness among youngsters about a healthier and more ecological lifestyle and work orientation ; 2- To spread tools and technics to be able to organize a ""rupture"" camp for youth who have difficulties; 3- To promote everyone's active citizenship and participation by suggesting cooperative ways to organise ourselves ; 4- To support intercultural exchange and to focus on the « living together » ; 5- To continue international partnerships and to create links between organisations working on common topics. All the activities are participative ones and will apply non formal educative methods in order for everyone to find its place and to support learning by practicing. The main activities will be: - Ecological building ; - Oudoor activities ; - Permaculture. Besides, everyday at the end of the activities, we will have moments in full group designed to debate and experiment collective life systems. During these moments, cooperative games, cultural evenings and other collective activities will be proposed. By gathering youth workers from the European Union, this project would allow the partner countries' youth to get concrete tools useful for their personnal and professionnal life. It would head the participants and the youngsters they work with towards more ecological and respectful practices. A booklet, made by the participants and Solafrika during the TC, will be spread and used by international youth workers and citizens. This project can lead to new partnerships -local, national, European and international-, especially within Erasmus+ program, gathering actors willing to commit into more cooperative and ecological lifestyles and ways of working."