A Curriculum for Eco-Emotions in times of polycrisis for youth and youth workers. Building capacity to transform eco-anxiety and fear of the future into empowerment, radical hope and new leadership.

<< Objectives >>To develop a future-oriented toolkit, curriculum and online community for youth workers to support youth in safely exploring and transforming eco-emotions as a basis for behavioural change and climate action, both during the project and afterwards; andTo develop the sustainability competences of youth workers by educating them on innovative youth-focused methods on transforming eco-emotions.<< Implementation >>Develop an eco-emotions toolkit and curriculum which will be widely disseminated, and establish an associated community of practice. This will happen mainly through 3 pilot trainings in DK, SE, FI; a training programme based in Finland; and a series of ongoing online activities helping to simultaneously weave together a community of practice among participants in this programme. Finally, we will also be involving a consultative and advisory group of young researchers on a continuous basis.<< Results >>A public web-based learning toolkit and curriculum of innovative methods to transform their eco-emotions into constructive actionTwo trainings to educate youth workers and educators to work with young people experiencing eco-emotionsAn international community of practice that empowers youth workers to find support and ongoing learning during and after this projectA public report with key findings from this project linked with research, to promote better knowledge about the situation of youth