Scientific Foundations – Wellbeing & Sustainable Youth Work
This badge recognizes the ability to understand and apply scientific insights on the relationship between wellbeing and sustainable action in youth work.
Rather than treating sustainability as a purely behavioural issue, this badge explores the scientific logic connecting inner capacity with outer action.
Participants examine research from psychology, neuroscience and sustainability science and translate these insights into youth work design.
The badge validates competence in:
- Understanding the scientific link between stress and behaviour
- Recognising wellbeing as a structural condition for sustainability
- Identifying pressure dynamics in youth work
- Translating research into practical programme design
In many sustainability discussions, the focus lies on behaviour change, responsibility and action.
At the same time, youth workers and young people experience:
- increasing pressure
- emotional overload
- fatigue and disengagement
Scientific research shows:
- Stress narrows perception and reduces long-term thinking
- Emotional overload reduces empathy and cooperation
- Depleted people focus on short-term survival rather than long-term responsibility scintific
In contrast:
- Wellbeing broadens attention and perspective
- Emotional regulation supports reflection
- Inner stability enables responsible and sustainable action
Sustainable action depends on inner capacity.- Without wellbeing, sustainability becomes pressure
The diagram visually connects Positive Psychology (individual wellbeing) with Sustainability (systemic wellbeing), illustrating “sustainable wellbeing” as the intersection of both:
Estimated Time: 60 -90 minutes
Required Resources:
📄Promoting Sustainable Wellbeing: Integrating Positive Psychology and Environmental Sustainability in Education
🎥 At least one of the provided scientific explainer videos:
Without inner capacities, sustainable transformation is not possible
Supporting wellbeing is not an optional extra in youth work - it is the foundation of sustainable action.
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Zadatak broj1
Dokaz verifikovan od strane: jedan/na organizator/ka aktivnosti
Complete the Scientific Background Station (Group Task)
a) Orientation -Read sections 1–3 together to understand the core scientific logic & clarify:
- Why is wellbeing a structural condition for sustainable action?
- What happens cognitively and emotionally under stress?
b) Watch at least one of the provided scientific explainer videos. Choose the video that feels most relevant to your . . . current youth work context.
c) Discuss:
- What confirms your own experience in youth work?
- Where do you see pressure replacing support?
- Where are young people expected to “act sustainably” without strengthened inner capacity?
d) Transfer to Youth Work Practice & Reflect together:
- What does this mean for how we design youth work programmes?
- How can we reduce pressure and strengthen inner resources?
- What structural changes are necessary?
e) Create one outcome, share on the padlet and provide the link here as an evidence:
- Short written summary (5–7 bullet points)
- Photo of key insights or diagrams
- Short video/audio reflection (1–2 minutes)
The outcome must include:
- One key scientific insight
- One implication for youth work practice
Zadatak broj2
Dokaz verifikovan od strane: jedan/na organizator/ka aktivnosti
Individual Reflection – Transfer to Your Own Youth Work Practice
Submit an individual reflection addressing:
a) Professional Awareness
- Where do I see sustainability pressure in my youth work setting?
- Where might I unintentionally reinforce pressure instead of support?
b) Structural Thinking
- How does programme design influence stress levels?
- Where can I strengthen emotional safety and inner capacity?
- What small structural change would already make a difference?
c) Methodological Reflection
Which methods I currently use support:
- emotional regulation?
- reflection?
- long-term thinking?
- cooperation and empathy?
Where are gaps in my current practice?
d) Implementation & Challenges
- What would be easy to implement immediately?
- What structural barriers exist?
- What support would I need to redesign youth work more sustainably?
e) Personal Professional Growth
- What did I learn about the link between wellbeing and responsibility?
- How can I model balanced, inner-stable engagement?
- What one concrete action will I test within the next month?
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