According to the EEA - European Environment Agency (SOER 2020 report), European environment and climate policies have helped to improve the environment over recent decades. However, Europe was not achieving its sustainability vision of 'living well within the limits of the planet' by promoting economic growth and seeking to manage the environmental and social impacts. Therefore, it was necessary to rethink how we could foster development into sustainability and how we could stimulate changes in consumption patterns and ways of living. A successful transition to sustainability requires societies to acknowledge potential risks and opportunities and devise ways to manage them. As stated by World Youth Report: Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the active engagement of youth in sustainable development efforts were central to achieving sustainable, stable societies and averting the worst threats and challenges to sustainable development, including the impacts of climate change. The need for the active involvement of young people in protecting the planet, reaching sustainable consumption and production, and sustainable management of natural resources was expected and proven by several strategies (2030 Agenda) reports (WBA, EEA) and surveys (Eurobarometer 2019). Despite the indisputable necessity of youth engagement in sustainable development efforts, it was believed that education, awareness-raising, and spreading of relevant information among young people still needed to be enhanced urgently. Young people from Zalasowa and their surroundings reflected the lack of opportunities to be eco-active and educate themselves on this matter after finishing local schools. There were few or no workshops in the region instructing them how to live more sustainably, e.g., workshops on how to use and reuse waste, minimize individual consumption or practical tips on energy-saving that they could practice. As very few public eco-events were organized in their villages, they felt that the adults did not hear their opinions about sustainability and environmental protection. To test these impressions, they made their local reality check - a survey conducted among 103 young people aged between 15–19 years, students of three high schools in Tarnow. The results showed that 62% of respondents considered the level of education towards environmental protection and sustainability as Low, 70%did not know about any local eco-event or eco-educational activity in which they could participate, 83% were determined to re-cycle and reuse waste materials, and 47% % were motivated to reduce individual consumption. After participating in several Erasmus + youth mobilities dedicated to the environmental topic, they contacted their friends and asked them to do similar surveys in their communities. To their surprise, the results weren't much different. The group of young people was eager to take measures to address these particular issues. They attempted to promote Pro-Environmental Awareness, Behaviors, and Sustainable lifestyles among 48 young Europeans and their peers by providing them with the mobility opportunity. This should enable them to develop environmental competencies, share practices and habits they could easily pick up, and experience simple eco-events directly transferable into their local communities. By involving 8 partners (in total) with different backgrounds, various experiences, and activities developed in relation to the project topic, they expected to foster cooperation between groups of active young people across Europe. As a part of the exchange, they planned to leave room for planning future initiatives with the involved participants. This Youth exchange was linked with The European Commission 2050 long-term strategy - calling for a climate-neutral Europe as well as with Erasmus+ priorities and expected outcomes of its Key Action 1. In particular, the exchange would increase the sense of initiative and self-esteem; improve foreign language competencies; enhance intercultural awareness; and increase active social participation among young people. Objectives of the project were: • Develop participants' knowledge about actual challenges of environmental protection, emphasizing the ones present in their communities, • Share experience and practices in environmental protection from regions of partner organizations, particularly successful eco-activities, • Share with participants ideas and suggestions on how to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle and decrease their ecological footprint /tips for re-cycling, upcycling waste, practical tips for renewable energy sources, for minimizing individual consumption/, • Promote a sense of initiative among young people from our communities, showing them the possible impact of simple eco-events, • Raise awareness about the importance of environmental protection and sustainable lifestyle among young people from our communities – our peers.