The project “SwitchOFF/SwitchON” aimed to involve 37 young people coming from Portugal, Poland, France, Spain and Italy in a Youth Exchange that brought them together to share and reflect on their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, through the lens of their use of media during this period. Using the shared experience of social distancing as a starting point, we raised the participants’ awareness of the influence of media on one’s emotional state and identity. While countries in Europe may have had slightly different policies regarding the pandemic, almost everybody has experienced social distancing in some way or another. While at home, media and the internet in general were the main contact with the outside world for us young people. From one side the feed of information on both social media and traditional media were deeply affecting how we felt emotionally (sometimes even physically) and on the other side, we wondered how these tools were being used to represent our identity or to keep following the others during this period of extremely limited personal contact. This trend was very amplified in the past months, but we were aware that it was something that was strongly present in the life of most young people in Europe. We were convinced that reflecting on this issue would have had the big potential of turning this experience into an important learning opportunity on how we vehiculate our identities, how we feel part of a collectivity and how we use and can have a better use of the media. In order to reflect on this experience and on the topic we wanted to tackle, we decided to create a space in which it was possible to disconnect from the daily life and take a time to reconnect with ourselves and the others and open a reflection on how the media and our identities and emotions are more and more connected in the daily life of most young people and how could we use it in a healthier way. We found in the eco-hostel Monte Barro the perfect place to disconnect from our daily life, the online world, to focus on ourselves. This location gave the possibility to conduct outdoor activities in nature and had various indoor possibilities to make activities. Furthermore, as the structure was run in order to be as environmentally sustainable as possible, it was a great space to promote a healthier lifestyle and direct our attention also to our impact on the environment and our surroundings. The specific objectives of the project were: 1-Reflect on how the media has an effect on us and on our health by disconnecting temporarily from it, take a step back and observe 2-Foster critical thinking observing what we receive from media (in content and form) and how we use it 3-Raise self-awareness by getting in contact with ourselves in a natural environment and reflecting on the differences between our private identity and our digital identity 4-Achieve better mental wellbeing of the participants through activities focused on our thoughts and sharing the feelings after the period of isolation during the quarantine 5-Promoting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle conducting outdoor activities and getting to know the best practices of the venue that will host us 6-Promoting creativity and self-expression by implementing creative activities 7-Enhance the participants’ intercultural awareness through informal exchange and activities that encourage sharing each culture’s specificities 8-Increase the participants’ foreign language competences by communicating and learning with their peers 9-Promote the opportunities of Erasmus+ programme within the participants and local community