Nature as a Best Friend Erasmus+ course: October 2026

🌲 Are you interested in transforming your teaching or team practices into something that is more sustaining both for you, your target audience – and the planet?

🌲Wanting to bring nature’s well-being benefits into everyday work in an inspiring way?

🌲Dreaming of taking your biodiversity teaching or team activities to new environments, perhaps outdoors, into diverse real-life learning environments?

🌲Needing pedagogical tools and hands-on activities for biodiversity education?

🌲Hoping to get more motivation on biodiversity actions and nature’s well-being issues both in your teaching and with your colleagues and other adults?

Wondering how to get started? Come and join us on this course in Helsinki! This Erasmus+ course is about education for ecological sustainability and a showcase on various methods and focus areas on green competencies, especially those of biodiversity and nature literacy.

When?
5-9 October 2026. Course includes five training days (6 h / day) and the opportunity for two self-guided excursion days. 

Where?
In Helsinki, Finland, and nearby environments.  

Target group:  
The course is applicable for all teachers working in basic, secondary, vocational and adult education. The methods introduced during the course can be applied to many different age and target groups. We also welcome all professionals in the field interested in the course topics.

Topics

• Basics of Biodiversity
• Human-Nature Relationship
• Nature’s Well-being Impacts
• Nature Literacy skills
• Protecting Biodiversity and Biodiversity Positive Actions

During this course, you will...

• Improve your understanding of biodiversity, nature’s well-being impacts, nature literacy skills and how those are tied to sustainability education.
• Try out various inspiring methods you can directly apply in your own teaching. 
• Gain practical tools for biodiversity education.
• Learn how to use authentic learning environments in your teaching. 
• Exchange with and learn from other teachers from all over Europe.
• Learn how to do Nature actions.

Training Institution

SYKLI Environmental College is a national specialist vocational college. We train professionals in different sectors to take concrete steps towards sustainability. Our aim is to build green competencies and increase the quality of sustainability education at all levels of the education system and throughout society. In Finland, SYKLI is known as a pioneer in environmental and sustainability education. SYKLI is the only institution in Finland offering a one-year-long study program in Environmental Education for teachers and other education professionals, as well as programs in Circular Economy, Water Management, Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development. 

OID: E10001261  
SYKLI Environmental College PIC: 866835360

More information:

Terhi Liettilä, SYKLI Environmental College
Phone: +358 46 922 7696
e-mail: terhi.liettila@sykli.fi

After registration, you will receive more information about the course and guidance on planning your trip to Finland. You will also receive an invoice according to the information provided in the registration form.

The course will be confirmed one month before the start date. Please do not purchase travel tickets before you have received confirmation.