Step into a week where writing, landscape, and imagination meet. This workshop is more than journaling—it’s an invitation to listen deeply to yourself and to the places that host you. Between the classroom and the sea cliffs of Balestrate, you will explore how emotions, memories, and geography intertwine. Through mindful walks, geopoetic writing, drawing meditations, and sensory immersion—from quiet notebooks to the open sea—you will learn to map your inner landscapes while discovering the genius of Sicilian places.
Designed as a creative and non-judgmental space, the workshop connects journaling practices with emotional geography to awaken presence, ecological sensitivity, and new ways of storytelling. By the end, you’ll not only have a notebook filled with personal reflections but also a renewed sense of connection—to yourself, to others, and to the living world around you.
Learning time: 35 hours / 7 days
Certification details
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of attendance in accordance with quality standards, along with a Europass Mobility Document and Learning Agreement.
Language used for the training: Italian / English
meet your trainer
Target group: kindergarten teachers, pre-school teachers, primary teachers, secondary teachers, adult education providers, head teachers, deputy heads, future head teachers, trainers, councilors, librarians, researchers, NGO workers, volunteers in the education sector, as well as university professors and lecturers.
“The course was conducted professionally by well-prepared trainers who created a friendly atmosphere and built great relationships with us. They presented innovative techniques to foster self-reflection and a positive classroom climate.”
Agnieszka, Poland
Choose a location and find out the course dates
29.03.2026 – 04.04.2026 ENGLISH CONFIRMED
26.04.2026 – 02.05.2026 ENGLISH PLANNED
24.05.2026 – 30.05.2026 ENGLISH PLANNED
07.06.2026 – 13.06.2026 ITALIAN PLANNED
12.07.2026 – 18.07.2026 ENGLISH CONFIRMED
19.07.2026 – 25.07.2026 ITALIAN CONFIRMED
Our courses in Italy are run in cooperation with:
AMFI International OID E10034731
Join this course
2026: € 560 per person / 7 days
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Learning Objectives
- Promote a situated approach to writing and knowledge by reconnecting body, landscape, and imagination
- Develop observation, listening, and place-based storytelling skills through sensory immersion and eco-reflective writing
- Foster an emotional and conscious relationship with places (ecoliteracy)
- Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge (geography, ecopsychology, aesthetics, pedagogy)
- Encourage the reconnection between body, territory, and language
- Stimulate self-narration and personal reflection through biogeographic writing
- Create a generative and non-judgmental laboratory space, focused on presence and creativity
- Educate towards planetary citizenship and ecological ethics (inspired by Edgar Morin)
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Apply basic journaling and mindful writing techniques for personal reflection and emotional landscape exploration
- Use emotional geography tools (affective maps, biogeographies, inner mapping) to interpret landscapes symbolically and narratively
- Connect sensory and spatial experiences with creative writing and self-narration
- Recognize and interpret emotional atmospheres of places, valuing their affective and cultural dimensions
- Develop an affective and conscious relationship with the environment through observation and reflective writing
- Integrate diverse knowledge and languages (artistic, geographic, narrative) for experiential learning paths
- Enhance listening and relational skills through collective sharing and writing practices
- Use digital tools for journaling, mapping, and multimedia storytelling to document and share personal and collective reflections
- Develop digital literacy and creativity by combining analog and digital methods (e.g., online journals, collaborative platforms, and visual mapping apps).
- Develop transversal skills such as emotional awareness, reflective capacity, ecological sensitivity, empathy, responsibility, and digital confidence in creative and educational contexts.
Methodology
Workshops and Collaborative Learning, Pair work, Group work, Learning by Doing, Outdoor and Experiential Learning, Theory to Practice: Minimal theoretical input balanced with practical application.
Pre-course activities
- Prepare a short presentation about yourself, your region, your school, and your projects for friendships and networking.
- Search for typical, traditional snacks symbolic of your country.
Costs
7-day course – 560 EUR
The fee covers the course tuition, coffee breaks, and issuing the required Erasmus+ documents.
We offer full assistance with organizing your stay during the training. Our services include help with airport transfer reservations and accommodation arrangements at a historic residence by the sea, where you will be treated to a delicious breakfast at an affordable price.
Additionally, we provide a rich cultural program that includes outdoor activities on Fivigana Island, as well as excursions to Palermo, Monreale, and Erice. We ensure that all costs are covered within the Erasmus grant.
“I will work on the emotional landscape during my lessons. I also plan to strengthen team-building activities so that our school becomes a place where every teacher can develop and inspire others.
The trainers’ passion, knowledge, and sensitivity to participants’ needs created an atmosphere full of kindness and warmth – and the Sicilian family spirit was unforgettable.”
Sylwia, Poland
“I plan to introduce journaling with my students. I found the exercises engaging and inspiring, helping teachers understand their students better. I appreciated the trainers’ openness, flexibility, and well-chosen materials.”
Szymon, Poland
