In the project, we wanted to explore and specify the topic of rural life and countryside from the point of view of the younger generation. In context of changes of economic and agricultural systems, one can observe a strong exodus from the countryside to cities, and a subsequent dying-out of villages. Having this in mind, the project team wanted to evaluate the current situation in remote mountain regions in three different EU countries, Italy, Austria, and Germany. A special emphasis was put on projects that counter these tendencies, offering social, cultural, environmental and political infrastructure and community space to involve the local population, especially the young. The participants were youth and social workers and trainers. As city and village inhabitants were asked to bring in their own background and experiences as city, mid-city, and village inhabitants, respectively. The key questions the participants answered connected the needs to make people stay or come back with the already-existing offers and projects by the young. We elaborated on the question which sort of networks and infrastructure are necessary, which are thinkable and which do young people wish for to foster their ties with an area and empower them to seek ways of building up a liveable, sustainable future for all. Together, we wanted to rediscover what can make life in rural areas worth living, how we can contribute to breaking down social and economic barriers through participatory infrastructure and networks of solidarity, empowerment, and care and, thus, make rural areas more attractive and liveable for young people again. We aimed at providing creative learning methods and tools and expert knowledge to youth workers that were conceptualised to build an equal-footing learning environment where everyone can contribute and learn in ways of non-formal education according to their private and work experiences so that they benefit in their professional development. Also, creative methods and best practices of combining and synchronizing the needs of old locals and newly arrived people were examined, especially with regard to the existing village communities and infrastructures. There, a key pattern was to stick alongside projects for and by younger people who went from the city to move (back) to the countryside; furthermore, we centred the aspect of social inclusion within the workshop and the projects we examined. This is why we highlighted an intersectional perspective by consciously reflecting on our own positionality, privileges, and socialisation to create discussion spaces where everyone can participate on equal terms. Thus, in the discussions and presentations, the diversity and marginalisation of young people in rural areas in terms of class, race, gender, abilities was reflected. These objectives were complemented by the necessity to address current exploitation of nature and environment through mass-tourism and, out of this, a homogenisation and commercialisation of mountain areas. Having visited local projects that embrace a communal and sustainable vision, we aimed at putting the theoretical foundation from the workshops on socio-ecological transformation on the countryside into practice and seek for collaboration and inspiration for the participants’ own projects and visions.