Opening up dialogue on sustainability is part of the mission that Education for Sustainable Development (E.S.D.) possess to act against some of the challenges of today’s world. Despite widespread practice in schools we can also see E.S.D. in other forms of non-conventional education such as holiday camps which offer different types of assets sometimes lacking in schools: A strong connection to the outdoors and a stronger sense of communal life. Story circles have been used here as a tool using storytelling of personal life experiences. The aim was to look at how would stories and discussions about sustainability be shaped during a Story circle. Two research questions were form: 1.     How do story circles with camp counselors combine to shape discussions about sustainability? 2.     How do these discussions compare to sustainable competencies? Could story circles in holiday camps be a resource to enhance staff’s sustainable competencies? Participants were staff from two camps in France and the United States. Three interventions took place with a total of fourteen participants. Story circles were treated as focus groups and analyzed using thematic analysis used to shape a follow-up questionnaire to achieve an embedded mixed-method design. Results showcased how participants shared personal life experiences regarding sustainability through their stories and how they were able to reflect on these in a group effort. Additionally, they revealed how Story circles could be an interesting resource to enrich staff’s sustainable competencies at the condition to have a well-trained facilitator leading the activity. / <p>The presentation was done online.</p>