About the Youth Section

Organisation

The YouthSection is one of eleven sections or departments of the Goetheanum School for Spiritual Science. The School was founded, along with the General Anthroposophical Society, in Dornach, Switzerland in 1924 by Rudolf Steiner and several colleagues.

The purpose of the School is to perform spiritual scientific research into all the fields represented by the sections and bring these results into practical initiatives that help heal present world conditions.

Towards this purpose, the YouthSection organises seminars, small study groups and international conferences throughout the world; supports initiatives, facilitates internships, and conducts research on world youth issues.

People

The YouthSection consists of a team of dedicated people working together towards serving the needs of youth. Elizabeth Wirsching took on the leadership of the YouthSection in 2000, and since then has built up an international group of young people who have connected with the worldwide focus and emphasis on individual initiative.

A growing worldwide network of volunteers and committed supporters has also emerged as a result of the YouthSections increased activities.

International Focus

The YouthSection has connections all around the world and friends who are actively engaged in organising both small and large events in their countries:

Brazil, England, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine and USA.