The youth-exchange “Ecological Culture Orientation LIFE” (“ECO LIFE”) will be organized by all-Ukrainian Association for Youth Cooperation "Alternative-V" in Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine within Youth in Action program in August-September 2012. The project will last 9 days, including travel days. The involved 8 countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Finland, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine (32 participants + 8 group leaders + 2 support staff).The main aim of the project is raising awareness about the importance of behaving more consciously to protect the environment and to ensure the sustainable development inside and beyond Europe.Furthermore, this activity will allow participants to better and deepen their knowledge, acquire new abilities and tools for personal development and to meet and create partnerships with others who share the same objectives and goals of enlarging their field of activity in the European and Caucasian regions.During the project there will be implemented the following methods and activities of non-formal education: getting-to-know-each-other, ice-breaking and team-building games, language course of basic phrases (Ukrainian), pedagogical games, intercultural evening, discovering the environment through outdoor activities, varied workshops, visits and activities in the local culture, presentation of Youth in Action program and Youth-pass.