WWF-Brasil’s Biodiversidade nas Costas programme integrates biodiversity education, environmental ethics, and indigenous knowledge into Brazilian high school curricula, using fieldwork and the Six Thinking Hats methodology.

CEA Primalpe in the Corni di Canzo Forest offers young people immersive nature-based education through the VITAMIN N programme — a powerful example of non-formal sustainability learning in a living ecosystem.

The School in Sydhavnen in Copenhagen combines a maritime and scientific profile, a food school programme, and 21st-century skills to create a sustainability-integrated learning community on the city’s harbour.

Students at CIAS vocational school in Como learn sustainability by volunteering at the annual L’Isola Che C’è Fair — a solidarity economy event where theory meets real-world action.

Vruchtbare Bodem (Fertile Soil) was a Dutch food forest learning programme run by Coöperatie Ondergrond for 80 adults, combining practical cultivation skills with community-building and professional development in sustainable agriculture.

Organised by CESVI, the Climate Training Camp gathered 100 young people in Castiglione della Pescaia for three days of workshops, expert talks and multi-stakeholder dialogue on climate action and sustainability.

Ristorazione Sostenibile 360 is an Italian certification programme for restaurants that combines sustainability standards with workplace-based learning, involving over 40 restaurants in a two-year improvement journey since 2019.

For 15 years, Cooperativa Mani Tese has organised a summer volunteer camp in Pratrivero where young people aged 15–20 learn about recycling and sustainability through expert-led mornings and hands-on afternoons in a local reuse shop.

ROC Mondriaan transformed a parking lot into a green schoolyard, creating a permanent informal learning environment — and connects it with a Voedselplein (Food Square) garden where students learn food production hands-on.

Ecolario is a youth-led sustainability festival in Como bringing together exhibitions, workshops, nature walks and a farmers’ market — a peer-driven learning experience now in its fourth edition.

Fair Future Generators is a four-month climate action programme by Milieudefensie for young people aged 18–30, combining residential training, real project placements, and empowering coaching to develop the next generation of sustainability changemakers.

Cooperativa Liberi Sogni runs nine-day international forest camps for teenagers aged 14–18, combining communal life, ecological practices, artistic workshops, and a rich educational model rooted in ecopsychology and experiential learning.

Werkpro in Groningen is a social enterprise providing meaningful work and sustainable learning opportunities for over 2,500 people distant from the labour market, through recycling, green maintenance, and community-facing enterprises.

Mani Tese Veneto’s summer camp in Treviso offers adolescents aged 14–18 ten days of global citizenship education and voluntary activities with local associations — the only youth summer experience of its kind in the province.

Centrum Duurzaam at FIRDA vocational college in Friesland embeds sustainability in construction education through a six-step lifelike learning model that connects students with real clients, real challenges, and real professional environments.

SCAT – Territorial Active Citizenship School brought together 70 young people across five schools in Erba for a spring 2024 programme combining civic education, climate engagement, and real outdoor activation moments.

MDT – Maatschappelijke Dienst Tijd is a Dutch national youth volunteering programme for ages 12–30, involving 100,000+ participants in structured service experiences that develop talents, build bridges, and generate official recognition for non-formal learning.

FREM in Bodø, Norway operates Egna — a circular economy café and sustainable retail space — alongside a Green IT refurbishment project and environmental services, creating green job training for people outside the labour market.

Stichting Technotrend’s Green Skills programme brings construction students and teachers together as co-researchers, working on real sustainability cases with local companies to build the competences the sector urgently needs.

Youth Entrepreneurship Norway enables upper secondary students to run real companies for one school year, with sustainability embedded in every aspect — from UN SDG goals to a dedicated national Sustainability Award.

Berlage Lyceum in Amsterdam launched the Netherlands’ first standalone secondary school subject devoted entirely to sustainability, with students working on real-world challenges for external organisations under a student-agency approach.

Re Innovasjon in Bodø is a resource and competence centre connecting people, reuse, and creativity — including involvement in international curriculum development through the Ecology Squared project.

Youth for Climate NL is a Dutch youth-led climate activism movement combining campaigning, political lobbying, and peer-to-peer education since 2019 — a genuine model of young people taking sustainability into their own hands.

Klimaskolen in Norway helps teachers navigate digital climate education resources, while Denmark’s Lindebjerg Climate School transformed its entire building and curriculum into a living sustainability laboratory.

In Palermo, 27 high school students created a 17-episode podcast exploring every UN SDG — transforming their study of the 2030 Agenda from passive reception to active creation, and touring Italian schools with their work.

Associazione Kora in Umbria uses four food-based activities — budget cooking, a sustainability quiz, leftovers cooking, and speed tasting — to engage young adults with sustainability through hands-on, intercultural, and reflective learning.

AGESCI Sesto Fiorentino 1 runs a year-round scouting programme for 130 children aged 12–16, combining monthly nature outings, winter and summer camps, and community projects to build sustainability values, personal resilience, and ecological awareness.

Planet Schooling, created by permaculture educator Lucy Legan, transforms backyards and schoolyards into living learning laboratories — a child-led, low-cost educational model applied across Brazil, Australia, Africa, and beyond.

TADA in Brussels runs a Saturday school and alumni network for over 2,000 vulnerable young people, connecting them with professional volunteers and a supportive community to keep them motivated in education.