EcoMINEd: Building a sustainable green Europe through Minecraft

Objectives

• Strengthen the capacity of youth workers in Finland, Spain, Belgium and Serbia to use structured, game-based digital methodologies built on Minecraft.
• Design and validate a transferable Minecraft-based educational model for immersive sustainability learning.
• Empower young people through transnational initiatives that combine sustainability, participation and teamwork.
• Ensure long-term impact through a sustainable support network and an online community.

What BACKSLASH does in this project

BACKSLASH brings its game-based and digital learning experience to the development of the Minecraft learning modules, where it carries the largest share of the work, and to the training of youth workers as digital facilitators. It also connects the project with local and regional stakeholders in Valencia for dissemination and advocacy.

Activities

• Co-creation of five immersive Minecraft worlds addressing real-life sustainability challenges.
• A structured game-based curriculum and a Training of Trainers pathway for youth workers, followed by national trainings.
• International game events for young people from the partner countries.
• A web platform and a Discord-based community to ensure long-term use of the model.
• Advocacy actions and an online campaign to extend the project's reach.

Results and outputs

• A transferable Minecraft-based educational model for immersive sustainability learning.
• 65 youth workers trained in game-based methodologies and able to deliver high-quality sustainability education.
• Transnational youth initiatives that enhance participation and teamwork.
• A scalable blueprint and a peer-to-peer online community for long-term use and replication.