About
A space for young people to search, question, and build, together!
What is the Youth Section?
The Youth Section exists for anyone between 14 and 28 who is drawn to the big questions: about themselves, about the world, and about the spiritual dimensions underneath both. We're part of the anthroposophical movement and the School for Spiritual Science, and we believe that search is better when it's shared.
We're a gathering place, for exchange, for deepening, for initiative. We support young people who are curious about anthroposophy, about the School for Spiritual Science, and about what it means to bring spiritual life into the world we're actually living in. We open doors to conversation, to community, to the kind of work that starts because someone young decided to start it.
What We Believe
The School for Spiritual Science is built on contemplative practice: on taking seriously the idea that there's more to know about the human being and the world than what's immediately visible. That knowledge isn't meant to stay abstract. It's meant to renew how we work, create, and live together.
We think young people have a unique role in that renewal, as people already doing the work.
The Global Network
We're 20+ groups around the world, each shaped by the people and culture around it.
Every year, delegates from the Youth Section groups come together to share insights and expertise with one another. This happens at local and global levels to foster the spiritual search of youth and to offer spaces where young people from all backgrounds can meet, work together, and learn from one another.
The hub of it all sits at the Goetheanum, in Switzerland, and the work happens wherever our groups are.
What it means to be part of the network?
Affiliated groups aren't franchises — they're independent, but they agree to a few shared commitments:
- Ongoing, regular work with young individuals connected to anthroposophy
- Staying in contact with the network and the team at the Goetheanum
- Contributing annually to the Global Access Fund — a youth-led fund, with no national ownership, that keeps this work accessible everywhere it happens
Our method
- Youth-led, always. Activities are organized and led by young people, not for them.
- Intergenerational, by choice. We build bridges with the wider anthroposophical community, not walls.
- Many forms. Events, research, publications, media, whatever fits the question being asked.
The Team at the Goetheanum
The team at the Goetheanum is dedicated to supporting the local and global work of the Youth Section through hosting and co-creating online and in-person spaces where young people can meet.