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Fantastic partnership on NATURE INTELLIGENCE!

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕: 𝑨𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆

🟢Integrating movement in nature into the daily school routine creates an environment that supports not only physical growth but also emotional and cognitive development. A healthy body often translates to a healthy mind.

‼️Read our last interesting articles about the experience of the outdoor school IC Bossolasco-Murazzano in Italy!

>> https://natureintelligence.eu/2023/12/promoting-psychophysical-well-being-at-school-through-nature-movement-an-investment-in-the-future/

New article on NATURE INTELLIGENCE!

The wilder nature is a very stimulating environment for children to play, explore and get connected to nature. Childcare organisation ‘Struin’ takes children out to the wilder nature environment, outside the city every day. Here, natural processes are still visible, you can encounter large grazers or wild animals and see as little human influence as possible.

Every piece of nature challenges them to play & move and offers children freedom and optimal development opportunities.

Read it here and check our website's blog!
>> https://natureintelligence.eu/2023/06/struin-childcare-in-wild-nature/?fbclid=IwAR1Rk1uBoR332DOfEQnnUyMdPI8cnNmUy6RoLQCepzO9Dg6f41TQUlgOlh0

‼️ An amazing example of outdoor school education in Piedmont, Italy!

🤩Read more about their activities and deep dive through our new website blog on 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞!

Istituto Alta Langa - School outdoor experiences - Nature Intelligence The Bossolasco-Murazzano Comprehensive Institute is composed of seven nursery schools, six primary schools, and four lower secondary schools for students aged 3 to 13 years old.

We are proud to be part of the European Project on Nature Intelligence.
We publish exciting weekly articles on the topic!

Read more on our website's blog!
👉https://natureintelligence.eu/2023/04/aeg1s-commitment-to-nature/?fbclid=IwAR0KSaV_7_RsmSjHx6Ww11qTzKHT0Zp9sneUZYDVwLDWRI6T2sbx0t2l-ts

✅ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬+ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬?

✳ We are extremely proud to share the APP, we developed with our European Partners of the Project that calculates 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 on the 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬+ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.

♻ We inaugurated the first 3 European E+Forests, where we planted more than 100 trees to 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝟐 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 during our project activities.

🔎 You can find it on our website: https://greendex.world/calculator/

👉 Our website offers tips and tricks, a library of useful information, and workshops for raising awareness about our sustainable behavior.

Calculator - Greendex We are very happy you have found a way to our Greendex page. This page will help you bring awareness of sustainable and eco-friendly habits on the Erasmus+ project.

🌲🌳🌲In the 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 EU Project, we created the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐔𝐒+ 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓!

🌷The forest has been inaugurated on March 17th, 2023 in Amarante (Portugal) as a final result of the Erasmus Plus Project Partnership among partners from Slovenia, the Netherlands, Cyprus and Portugal.

👣The aim is to raise awareness of environmental challenges mainly focused on our 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 as individuals or organizations trying to push some concrete daily changes forward a more sustainable lifestyle 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 our impact through TREES PLANTING to absorb our CO2 emissions.

The website and the carbon footprint on Erasmus+ activities will be available soon! And we will share it with you all as a useful tool!

Thanks to our amazing host Casa da Juventude de Amarante, and our partners Ambitia Institute and PlanBe, Plan it Be it.

From 8 - 16 February the Anatta Foundation was partner in the training course 'Competence Factory' hosted by Proacting Associação in the city of Porto.

We learned about our social entrepreneurship, our competences and how to use them in our projects and trainings in Erasmus plus . Very thankful to have been part of this training!

❓❓ Do you know what the 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 of an event like 𝙀𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙡𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 is?

🟢We are partners of the 𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙓 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙅𝙀𝘾𝙏 and we are developing a carbon footprint calculator for the projects within and creating and sharing some helpful suggestions for our carbon footprint compensations on international youth activities.

📍Actually, we are in Amarante, Portugal, together with our amazing host partner CJ Amarante and our colleagues of Ambitia Institute and PlanBe, Plan it Be it, with more than 30 European youth workers, trainers, and teachers working on interesting workshops and activities on 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘.

😎Today we have worked on the awareness of how many plastic items we brought in our luggage and how can we live in a plastic-free habit!

✅And you? How many plastic items could you substitute with some compostable or plastic-free product right now?

We are partners in this amazing project on Nature Intelligence

Are you a of group 8 in The Netherlands?

We created a new version of the 𝐍𝐐 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 suitable for schoolchildren aged 11/12 in group 8 in the Dutch system. This adapted version was tested among 144 at a pilot school.
>>> https://lnkd.in/d7u3dpSv

Are you a of group 8 in The Netherlands?

We created a new version of the 𝐍𝐐 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 suitable for schoolchildren aged 11/12 in group 8 in the Dutch school system. This adapted version was tested among 144 children at a pilot school.

>>> https://lnkd.in/d7u3dpSv

The IVN NQ-child test is now available in Dutch only.

❓❓Have you already heard about 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄?💥

👉Together with our project partner of Nature Intelligence we developed a manual for youth workers, educators, administrators, volunteers, or programme developers who want to use ‘nature as a teacher’ to enrich the quality and impact of non-formal education programmes.

🌿The manual is divided into three parts. The first part gives you the content for working with Nature Intelligence (or its abbreviation NQ) in your organisation. After a brief introduction to the concept of NQ, we describe four unique principles for how you can facilitate NQ in youth work: wholeness, diversity, cycles and forces. In the the second part we share with you four inspirational narratives from our own field work with young people. In the third part we present a stepwise approach for how to integrate the concept of NQ in non-formal education programmes.

👏For each step specific actions are specified along with a description of outcomes. These outcomes help you to evaluate whether the steps and actions have been completed successfully.

👀 You can download the report here: https://natureintelligence.eu/publications/

Is er iemand die graag mee zou willen naar een Erasmus+-training over sociaal ondernemerschap in Porto (Portugal) van 8 t/m 16 februari? De Anatta Foundation is partner in dit project, de organisatie van de training is in handen van een Portugese stichting.

Het is bedoeld voor mensen die met jongeren (tussen 15 en 30 jaar) werken, maar je hoeft zelf geen jongere te zijn. Als je interesse hebt of meer info wilt, reageer dan op dit bericht.

Waar ben je trots op? Wat heb je bereikt? Welk advies zou je je jongere zelf willen geven? Deze vragen stelden we elkaar afgelopen vrijdag, waarbij we ons voorstelden dat we 10 jaar na nu leven.

Dit was één van de oefeningen tijdens een online training over Positieve Psychologie voor Social workers georganiseerd door de Anatta Foundation. Naast de theoretische en wetenschappelijk achtergronden en voorbeelden van Positieve Psychologie hebben we vooral gekeken hoe je het praktisch als social worker kunt gebruiken.

De training werd georganiseerd in het kader van het het Erasmus+ project 'Cultural Education for Adults with Sociotherapeutic Needs'. In het project zijn organisaties uit Engeland, Griekenland, Nederland, Polen en Spanje betrokken, waarbij we elkaar leren hoe we cultureel en sociaal werk voor verschillende doelgroepen aan elkaar kunnen verbinden.

Korte vragenlijst WISE mind project

Voor een Europees samenwerkingsproject zijn we op zoek naar enkele respondenten voor een vragenlijst over ervaringen en behoeften in de jeugd- en gezinszorg. Ben je iemand die hier werkervaring in heeft (gehad) of ken je iemand, zou je ons dan willen helpen deze online vragenlijst in te vullen? Het duurt ongeveer 30 minuten om dit in te vullen.

Hartelijk dank!!

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docs.google.com Beste respondent, Hierbij nodigen we je uit om deel te nemen aan een kleinschalig onderzoek dat wordt uitgevoerd door het door de Europese Unie gefinancierde Wise Mind-project. Het project heeft als doel: (1) een internationale uitwisseling van ervaringen op gang brengen in de jeugdzorg van de deeln...

🥳🤩🍀 Fantastic news! We got a grant to develop a project about Nature Intelligence 💚😍

Over the next two years we'll be developing this brand new concept into a theoretical and methodological approach to improve nature connection and mental health.

Nature Intelligence is 'the capability of individuals to identify themselves as part of the natural world, to experience a sense of caring, and respect for nature, and to actively use competences
to engage in concrete activities that promote lasting changes in individual wellbeing and the way societies deal with the planet and its ecosystems’. (our preliminary definition)

Thank you Erasmusplus Jeugd for this fantastic opportunity.
Stay tuned. 🇪🇺 a KA205 funded project.

Thomas Albers over Youthgoal #5: Geestelijke gezondheid en geestelijk welzijn | Erasmus+

🥳🤩We staan op de website van het Nederlands Erasmus+ agentschap met ons project over het bevorderen van de Geestelijke Gezondheid jongeren.

Wil je meer weten over dit project kijk dan op de projectwebsite of op de Facebook pagina van het project (die vindt je in het artikel). 🦋🍀

erasmusplus.nl Youthgoal #5 gaat over de geestelijke gezondheid en het geestelijk welbevinden van Europese jongeren. Maar wat is dat nu eigenlijk en hoe kun je jongeren daar effectief in begeleiden? Dat is waar het Key Action 2-project ‘Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing’, waar de Nederlandse stichting Anatt...

De eerste nieuwsbrief van het Erasmus+ project WISE mind waar we partner in zijn is online!

Lees hieronder meer over waar we mee bezig zijn.

De eerste nieuwsbrief van het Erasmus+ project WISE mind waar we partner in zijn is online!

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The first newsletter of the Erasmus+ project WISE mind we are partner in is online!

We are happy to be involved in the international Wise Mind project.

This project aims to develop crisis management skills of traumatised young people and youth workers working with them. As a result of the traumatic period, young people experience high levels of emotional, psychological, and physical distress that temporarily disrupts their ability to function normally in day to day life. This is like an ‘emergency mode’ that needs to be cured by developping their Well being, Improve and practice, Stress management and Emotional intelligence (WİSE) skills.

Wise Mind Project is an Erasmus+ programme funded by Turkish National Agency. It has partnership of 9 partners from 6 European countries. Among the partners, there are A.Ç.S.H (Turkey), İstanbul Governorship (Turkey), İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (Turkey), New Beginnings (Turkey), Youth for Equality (Slovakia), Anata Foundation (the Netherlands), YOUNET (Italy), DROSOSTALIDA (Greece) and Human&Longevity (Bulgaria). The project started on the 1st of November 2020 and will last for 24 months till the 31st of October 2021.

Proud to be part of this project!

In these days of lockdown we're asking ourselves what will be the impact of this situation on young people. How can we as adults support them? How can we promote positive mental health? Now more than ever we feel this is a very relvant topic that has motivated us to work even harder. We were supposed to be in Ireland for our partner's meeting and for the first multiplying event at NUIG Galway with the project's main stakeholders (youth organizations, youth workers, young people, policy makers). The theoretical framework on promoting positive mental health in youth work is ready and we'll share it with you soon. We're now working on the guidelines for youth workers and youth organizations and on special audio video material that can promote PMH among young people.
Stay tuned for more news
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Positive Mental Health - PMH

Our new project on Positive Mental Health promotion in the European youth setting is going great! We've created an FB page and soon our website will be live.
Follow the page to stay updated about the project activities and developments.

"...when you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!
It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard."

On the social domain of positive mental health, communication is one of the most important skills. Communication consists of a give and take or speaking and listening. Real listening, especially in our usually fast moving society is a skill that is sometimes difficult to find. Carl Rogers gave a fantastic speech in 1964 about communication explained on an intuitive level. This way of communicating is one of the components that we think is important for our positive mental health.

Enjoy reading!

https://www.awaken.com/2016/04/experiences-in-communication/

INFO KIT EI TC.pdf

🇪🇺🤩 We hebben nog 1 plekje vrij voor een deelnemer aan een training over Emotionele Intelligentie in Slovenië.

👉🏽 van 19 - 26 november 2019
👉🏽 midden in de natuur in Ajdovščina
👉🏽 reiskostenvergoeding tm €275
👉🏽 leeftijd minimum 18 jaar

In de info kit vind je meer informatie over de cursus.
Heb je interesse schrijf ons een berichtje en we vertellen je meer.
🤩🌳

Met Sebastian Weesjes en Thomas Albers

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From 3-11 august the Anatta Foundation organised at Erve Aaftink a great intercultural youth exchange for young people who stutter, together with stuttering organisation from all over Europe. The theme 'Natural communication' inspired us to look what communication means in nature but also how we can communicate in a natural way. Partcipiants organised workshops and activities on intercultural body language, non-verbal communication, acting and public speaking. We laughed and learned a lot at the interactive and sportive and muscial national evenings. And cried at the touching and personal public Open Mic sessions by the end of the week. We visited a typically Dutch craft market. And foremost we showed our true self in a natural way and made many new international friendships and connections.

Thanks to Erasmusplus-NL to help making this possible!

Pride of Place, the promotion civic engagement rural youth

We gaan naar Brussel!
Op 8 oktober geven we een workshop op European Week of Regions and Cities, georganiseerd door de Europese Commissie.

We presenteren o.a. ons Erasmus+ gefinancierd project 'Pride of Place' voor de middelbare school over het aanleren van 21ste eeuwse vaardigheden én het bevorderen van de emotionele verbinding van jongeren met de landschappelijke gebieden om de verstedelijking tegen te gaan.

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De Anatta Foundation gaat deze zomer naar Calabria onder in de laars van Italië voor een project over welzijn en gezondheid!
Op deze bijzondere locatie in het dorp Camini komen verschillende doelstellingen samen: de leegloop en leegstand in het dorp aanpakken, de opvang en integratie van vluchtelingen en werken aan het welzijn van de medemens. We zijn trots dat we hier deel van mogen uitmaken.

YEEEAAAAHHHH!
Our grant application for an Erasmus+ strategic partnership on POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH got accepted.

For the next 18 months we're going to develop a new framework on the promotion of positive mental health for the European youth sector, develop a multidisciplinary curriculum and a training course for professionals in the youth sector.

We're super excited and very grateful to Erasmusplus-NL

EQ-O2_final ver 2019.pdf

Yeaaaah hier is ie dan, het handboek met meer dan 60 verschillende oefeningen om te werken met het thema Emotionele Intelligentie. Gratis te downloaden.

We hebben er lang aan gewerkt en alles getest. Het handboek is ontwikkeld als onderdeel van een EU gefinancierd project voor de jeugdsector in Europa.

Wil je Emotionele Intelligentie in je organisatie brengen of ben je op zoek naar goede in-house trainingen, schrijf ons gerust een bericht.

Wil je meer weten over het project, kijk dan of de project FB pagina en lees meer over Emotionele Intelligentie en hoe je dat kunt verbeteren.

Facebook pagina:
www.facebook.com/eqinyouthwork

Partners: Ambitia Institute, Euroaccion Murcia, youth4youth, Jugendkulturarbeit e.V,

Erasmusplus-NL

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Children & Nature Network

GREAT infographic from Nature Kids: The Nature Connection Pyramid.

Emotional Intelligence in Youth Work

De Anatta Foundation is betrokken bij het Europese project over Emotional Intelligence in Youth Work.In het project hebben we vanuit verschillende invalshoeken gekeken naar Emotionele Intelligenit en wat je daar in het werken met jongeren mee kunt doen.

Het artikel hieronder gaat over de verbinding met de natuur, en is vanuit de ervaring de Anatta Foundation in het project bijgedragen. Bijdragen van onszelf en de projectpartners zullen we de komende tijd ook op onze eigen pagina posten.

NATURE CONNECTEDNESS

"Nature-connectedness means the (emotional) sense of our connection with the natural world.Nowadays, a lot of western society livesin a densely-built environment with no nature around them. Less than 10% of each day is spent outdoors in our financially-wealthy industrialised nations. Young people are spending less time outdoors and are opting for large amounts of screen time and do not often go to natural places."