A Bug’s Life is designed as an innovative educational journey that combines science, non-formal education and personal growth, using the world of insects as a starting point to work on wider competences, values and awareness. From the perspective of youth work practice, the project aims to: - Make scientific and laboratory experiences accessible to young people who, not being enrolled in STEM academic pathways, would normally not have the chance to use tools such as microscopes, taxonomic keys or biodiversity monitoring activities. - Offer young people already involved in scientific fields the opportunity to integrate their knowledge with ethical, philosophical and social reflections, overcoming disciplinary fragmentation and linking science with active citizenship. - Support the overcoming of fears, anxieties and stereotypes related to insects, transforming initially negative emotions into curiosity, confidence and critical thinking, with a direct impact on personal development. - Experiment with cooperative dynamics inspired by insect eusociality (complementary roles, interdependence, non-verbal communication) to strengthen teamwork, inclusion and collective responsibility. - Promote ecological and antispeciesist awareness, shifting from an anthropocentric to a biocentric perspective, where every form of life is recognised as having intrinsic value. - Valorise rural and mountain areas, often perceived as marginal, as real laboratories of non-formal education where young people can discover new opportunities for growth, innovation and active citizenship. In this way, the project reinforces the role of youth work as an educational practice capable of connecting scientific competences with human development, providing inclusive and transformative learning spaces, and stimulating new narratives on the relationship between young people, nature and society.