We don’t just teach, we experience, reflect, and grow. Our unique approach blends MBCT mindfulness, nature-driven action, and creative awareness campaigns to spark change, both within and beyond.
Participants live the rhythm of experiential learning. Tasks range from upcycling to permaculture, from clean-ups to storytelling. Each moment offers a chance to lead, reflect, and grow – not in a classroom, but in the heart of the land. These aren’t lessons; they’re transformations.
Focus on reconnecting mind and environment. Morning sessions of mindfulness (MBCT) set the tone, while days are filled with real work – planting, restoring, building, and rewilding. This isn’t just for nature; it’s for your mind. Resilience isn’t taught; it’s built
Built on solidarity – with the earth, with each other, and with those still finding their path. You can be part of this by sharing knowledge, volunteering, or supporting us in our mission. Together, we create a future rooted in connection, action, and hope.
Spending time in green environments reduces stress and supports mental well-being.
Supports physical health, reduces chronic disease risk, and contributes to sustainable living.
Combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness to reduce depression and anxiety, and prevent relapse.
Linked to improved resilience, mental health, and overall well-being.
When you’re surrounded by nature, supported by a conscious community, and engaged in meaningful action, you rediscover your true rhythm. This is how resilience is built – not through instruction, but through experience.
Our learning path is guided by the seven universal stepsand the four key pillarsthat shape Eco Resilience. These steps – Discovery, Wonder, Connection, Creation, Direction, Action, and Integration – unfold naturally in a setting where awareness, experiential learning, human-nature connection, and inclusivity are our foundation.
Here, Resources & Learning means living the journey, reflecting on your experiences, and finding your own way forward. We don’t offer a fixed list of downloads or lessons. Instead, we offer a living space where you can discover your own insights, surrounded by a community that supports you, and a natural environment that challenges and inspires you every day.
If you have any questions we're always ready to help!
The Route 66 Foundation is a Dutch ANBI-registered non-profit organization based in Diepenveen (The Netherlands) and Arteara (Gran Canaria).Through our main platform r66gc.com, we connect young people, volunteers, and partners within one shared mission: ecological restoration, awareness, and collaboration: from EGO to ECO.
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All organizational details, policy documents, and official registrations can be found centrally on r66gc.com.
The Route 66 Foundation
Voorhorsterbrink 18,
7431 ZD Diepenveen,
The Netherlands
Registered with the Chamber of Commerce (KvK):
80876145 | RSIN: 861834227
The Delegation in the Canary Islands of the Foundation Route 66
Calle Arteara 17,
35108 San Bartolomé de Tirajana,
Gran Canaria, Spain
Registered in the Register of Canarian Foundations: 399 | Spanish VAT: G44689545
In cooperation with:
Oceans4Life · Everlast SDG Consulting · Municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana · Stichting ZieMens · Earth4Life · GranCanariaCleanUp
Part of the European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+ network.
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