The Restoring the Shire project aims to comprehensively address some of the most pressing challenges facing Europe today, while creating a strong international community of individuals who are ready to take their own initiative in issues such as sustainable growth, environmental protection, youth unemployment and the loss of orientation experienced by young people. It is based on the works and ideology of J. R. R. Tolkien, who depicted the land of the Shire as one having a sustainable, environmentally-conscious economy, and is inhabited by a folk at harmony with nature and yet enjoying life’s simple pleasures to their fullest. Our goal is to show precisely this: that with good planning, foresight, cooperation, trust and management, and with an open-minded attitude, many of the above-mentioned issues can be successfully tackled, resulting in an elevated standard of living and health mental and corporeal.The central element of the project, the summer camp planned between the 15th and 24th of July, 2015, will invite participants to join in discussions and activities which will enable them to acquire the skills and knowledge to approach the above-mentioned problems. Our lectures will partly focus on topics which are of long-term, or large-scale interest, such as harvesting solar power, recycling, or mastering trades; the other themes will consist of Tolkien’s thoughts on agriculture, industry, crafts, and sustainability. Workshops and collective animations will be hands-on tutorials. Our methodology is peer-to-peer, experiental learning: the leaders of the workshops and the lectures are not, in any sense, official persons, but rather ones who have considerable experience with the practical aspect of each trade, craft, or subject of study, and are enthusiastic to share that knowledge with participants in a friendly, unreserved environment. Our aims are to promote self-reliance and confidence in the participants, as well as the wish to develop further by using the skills acquired during the RTS project. By placing self-development into the framework of peer-to-peer, informal learning, we will be founding local, national and transnational groups based on the sharing of best practices and traditional/rediscovered knowledge about topics which are essential to a sustainable and responsible lifestyle. We will also invite a very wide audience to experience the project, and partake of its results, on the Visitor Day, which will hopefully magnify the impact of the project to a great level.The camp will take place in Pénzesgyőr, in the Breuer László Educational Centre. The establishment is eminently suited to our needs, provided with sleeping quarters, kitchens, and several small workshops, but also for example with beehives, herb gardens, etc. The Pangea Foundation, which runs the house, also consists of young experts who are willing to teach us.A central element of the project will, naturally, be its internationality. The Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian participants will all bring their national traditions, points of view and interpretations with them. The discussions and activities will also be led by participants from each ethnic group. The project will thus create a cohesive international group, ready to share knowledge, ideas and experiences even after the camp is finished, and staying in contact, and by putting into practice the skills they obtained, spreading the net of knowledge established during the camp further.