Participants from Italy, Estonia, Belgium, Lithuania, Croatia are flying in to Sofia, Bulgaria for the first European youth festival for environmentally sustainable outdoor activities. From 24th until 27th of June nearly 200 young people and youth workers will participate in more than 20 outdoor activities and try to get ”back to nature”.
We will immerse ourselves in the nature that surrounds us and discover new ways to connect with it. Each day of the festival will be filled with different activities created and led by specialists from Italy, Estonia, Belgium, Lithuania, Croatia and Bulgaria. We will start with small gifts for our participants. Lunch and water are provided, as well as transportation from Sofia to the festival venues and back. Each participant will receive a certificate of participation, as well as a BACK TO NATURE digital badge.
WHEN, WHERE, WHAT?
June 24 – Lake Pancharevo: Rediscovering ourselves and nature for young women
June 25 – Chavdar village and St. Petka: Meeting with trees and climbing for young people from rural areas
June 26 – Aramliets Nature Park: Hike accessible to all and connecting with therapeutic horses for young people with special needs
June 27 – Vitosha Nature Park: View from above – A walk for young people
ORGANIZERS
The BACK TO NATURE festival is organized by Paint and Quarter Horse Foundation Bulgaria /PQHFB/ – https://www.pqfbulgaria.org/ and its partners Lithuanian Sea Museum – LSM /Lithuania/, Trekkify Trekking Association /Italy/, Equilibre MTÜ /Estonia/, ODRŽIVA ALTERNATIVA ZAJEDNICI – OAZA /Croatia/, and ‘’Quality Education in Europe for Sustainable Social Transformation’’ – QUEST /Belgium/.
The festival is part of the Youth Going Back to Nature – Engage, Connect, Empower /YGBN/ project. You can see more about the project here – https://www.pqfbulgaria.org/youthgoingbacktonature/ .
Discover many materials and resources for outdoor activities at https://outdoorportaleu.wordpress.com/ .
The project is implemented with the support of the Erasmus+ program and the European Commission. Official project number: 2021-1-BG01-KA220-YOU-000029078 “This project has been funded with the support of the European Commission. This publication reflects the personal views only of its author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.”
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