The project involves the planning and delivery of a European seminar for practitioners and academics working in the fields of youth, connecting nature and outdoor education with formal and non-formal education. The seminar aims to consider a diverse range of current European approaches to the understanding of young people's interaction with outdoor education and encourages cross cultural dialogue and critical reflection on current practice. The seminar will examine different ways and purposes of approaching and using nature in outdoor education. The theme is based on the generally accepted educational philosophy of outdoor pedagogies that a stay in natural landscapes and confrontation with and exploration of natural phenomena can provide a positive stimulus to the formal and non-formal educational processes of individuals. During the seminar there will be series of lectures and workshops focusing on the main theme Encountering, Experiencing and Exploring Nature in Education. Nature as bridge between formal and non-formal education. It will involve a number of keynote speakers from England, Norway and Slovenia and other countries providing an overview of policy and practice.The seminar will also try to build up networks of practical cooperation and knowledge transfer. The intention is to disseminate the proceedings as a working document to guide future practice. The seminar will be delivered during 22th and 25th September 2010 in CSOD centre in Planica, Slovenia. Participants will come from 12 European countries.