EcoReactEU - EKO Greece

January 2023 – December 2025

EcoReactEU: Addressing Eco-Anxiety in Europe through Education and Action

EcoReactEU (Reaction to eco-anxiety for a common transition in Europe) is an Erasmus+ KA220- Cooperation partnerships in youth project, whose priority is to reinforce links between policy, research and practice, environment, and fight against climate change.

Summary

Eco-anxiety is a subject that is currently little explored in European educational practice. Knowledge of the subject is limited, and educational policies are almost non-existent to support it. EcoReactEU aims to ensure the skills development of youth workers and the entire European educational community, to promote the integration of eco-anxiety in their practices with young people and thus offer a first educational response to it. The project also aspires to encourage public policies to make eco-anxiety a major issue for consideration in national and European youth and educational policies.

VIDEOS

Addressing Eco Anxiety Video

Environmental Challenge: Floods

Environmental Challenge: Fires

Environmental Challenge: Rubbish

Environmental Challenge: Air Pollution

Environmental Challenge: Declining Biodiversity

OBJECTIVES

Skills Development

To ensure the development of skills among youth workers and the broader European educational community, enabling them to effectively address the issue of eco-anxiety.

Integration of Eco-Anxiety

To promote the integration of eco-anxiety considerations into the practices and approaches used when working with young people. This includes finding ways to incorporate eco-anxiety awareness and support into educational activities.

Public Policies

To advocate for eco-anxiety to be recognized as a significant issue in national and European youth and educational policies. To influence policymaking to address eco-anxiety within the educational context.

Coordinators & Partners

– La ligue de l’enseignement (France) – Coordinator

– ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ECONOMY GROUP (Greece) – Cobeneficiary

– Arci APS (Italy) – Cobeneficiary

– University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) – Cobeneficiary

Outputs & Results

1. A European platform of resources making it easier to understand young people’s eco-anxiety and providing educational tools for the educational community and the general public.

2. An online course (MOOC) for youth workers to integrate eco-anxiety into their professional practices.

3. An evaluation report after pilot testing the MOOC contents.

4. A guide of operational recommendations in 5 languages for the integration of eco-anxiety in the professional practices of the educational community.