# YAFNAW



## About

**URL:** https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com
**By:** Pedro Pedrosa

## Pages

- [Case study](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/case-study): This paper aims to provide an insight into the experiences of project participants and the impact participation had on them. The case study will interest stakeholders working for educational change in their practice or more widely. Specifically, those teachers, programme developers, and youth workers interested in education for sustainable development (ESD) or transformative learning may find particular relevance.
- [PARTNERS](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/partners): Eco-Unesco, Gaia Education, Youth 4 Smile, OZ VIPA SK, Resilience Earth and Ecolwellness Consulting.
- [OUTPUTS](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/outputs): Alongside the toolkit, the project partners produced a case study paper which documents the transformative experiences of young people who took part in the international youth events which helped create the toolkit. This can be found here:

CASE STUDY

Case Study IO.pdf

A pedagogy design guide was also created, allowing practitioners in related fields to understand the collaborative processes and engage with the theories underpinning the toolkit.
- [ABOUT](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/about): The project engaged 102 young people across Ireland, Slovakia, Latvia and Catalonia to co-produce a toolkit that focused on developing action competence and positive well-being among young people within the context of eco-activism. Overall the project produced 5 things:

Educational Toolkit (a physical book designed to support young people throughout their eco-activism)
Case Study (a paper documenting the transformative learning of project participants)
Pedagogy Design Guide (a paper documenting the pedagogy design process of the project)
E-learning Course (an online resource designed to increase access to the educational toolkit)
Evaluation Tool (a framework for use alongside the educational toolkit, which guides the evaluation of transformative learning)
To create these outputs, the project partners hosted four international youth events to trial new teaching and learning methods and co-design a set of educational tools with collaboration from the youth. The resulting toolkit was launched on August 11th 2023.
- [EVALUATION TOOL](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/evaluation-tool): Since the main toolkit is concerned with transformative learning, the project created an evaluation tool to help users better measure their transformative journeys as a collective. This tool was created by Resilience.Earth as part of the Youth Action for Nature and Well-being project. A detailed explanation can be found using the link below.
- [E-LEARNING](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/e-learning): Free online course. To increase access to the toolkit, ECO-UNESCO has created an E-learning course that can guide you through the activities online. It features reflection questions to help you track your progress and you will get a certificate at the end. The course is free to access and only requires you to sign up to ECO-UNESCO’s E-learning platform, which will give you access to a range of other courses as well.
- [TOOLKIT](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/toolkit): This toolkit reflects a holistic and transformative pedagogy which draws from a range of learning theories to promote eco-activism. It features many system thinking models and nature connection methods, providing community formation, action-orientated and resilience-building tools for the youth. A narrative format encourages users to progress linearly along six phases of eco-activism, yet there are mechanisms for more experienced activists to navigate the toolkit according to pedagogy type.

Toolkit.pdf 

It has been designed for youth to use independently in small groups. However, educators and practitioners may also find it practical and useful in other settings. The toolkit is free to access and has been licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License. Full details of the License can be found here.
- [Home](https://yafnaw-youth-action-for-nature.simplerosites.com/): This website houses all the information and outputs produced by the Youth Action for Nature and Well-being project. This project was funded by Erasmus+ and involved a collaboration between six European environmental educational organisations: ECO-UNESCO, Gaia Education, Resilience.Earth, The Rural Parliament of Slovakia, Youth for Smile, and Ecowellness Consulting