Tree of Life is a project to raise awareness about sustainability and empower young people to take initiative at local level and be change agents for a more sustainable world. The project uses diverse and highly-participatory methodology, in order to engage the participants and together with them create a more sustainable world, where young people take initiative and solve the challenges they face themselves and their communities. Type of activity: Youth Exchange Venue: Hopeland, Argos, Greece Dates: 2-9 September 2019 Countries involved: BG, CZ, ES, GR, IT, LV, SK Participants: 35 (1 group leader and 4 participants per country), 28 people with fewer opportunities Partners: Hopeland, Greece, Ticket2Europe, Spain, Smokinya Foundation, Bulgaria, Youth for Equality, Slovakia, PG, Latvia, Brno Connected, Czech Republic, L'Arca Del Blues, Italy In the YE, 35 people from our partners’ countries and Greece will gather to experience and learn about sustainability. They will live together in an environment conducive to exchanging, cooperating, learning about sustainability and building new projects for them and the community around them. The objectives of the project are: -to raise awareness about the global situation and the sustainability challenge, the specific social, environmental and economical developments -to connect to nature, the people around us and our own inner motivation -map the way to build and empower youth to be active agents in their community -to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes to be the change agents in our everyday life and in our communities -to enhance partnerships between the partner organizations for more sustainable cooperation and future initiatives on the topic. -to promote the results of the YE to the stakeholders and the local community Participants and profile Participants will be young people aged 18-30 years old interested in the environment and to be active agents of sustainability. 28 out of 35 participants will be young people with fewer opportunities and other obstacles. Gender balance and no discrimination of age, culture, race or sexual orientation will be ensured in the selection process.