Rupert's Alternative Education Programme (AEP) is a para-academic learning initiative embracing transdisciplinary exchange, intersectional practices and decentralized knowledge exchange. In 2022 the 10th edition of AEP activated part of former sewing factory, where for five month participants-led temporal project space DSL transformed empty spaces into dynamic experiment of urban regeneration.
A former industrial building in Copenhagen is redesigned to house an open learning community, The Green Free School. Focusing on interaction between innovative, traditional and new ground-breaking competences, students develops courage and skills to be a part of creating a sustainable future.
Long innovative learning projects enables students to solve challenges in the real world. Environmental, social and economic sustainability are included in various forms in every learning project.
Up-Wonder merges fashion, experiential education and entertainment with a zero waste approach.
It is a system to up-cycle clothes, a multi-sensorial experience where the attendees are part of a live performance with paint. As a result, all their clothes are renewed and acquire a symbolic image of co-creation, sustainability and beauty.
It is a proposal that not only tackles the waste issue, but also educates, entertains and empowers people from all walks of life to be part of the solution.
How can you be active in learning about your town? FirstLife is a local civic social network we use for innovative forms of community mapping and media&digital education based on a Neogeography approach. It gives a voice to young citizens with the aim of fostering their participation in the co-creation of the places where they spend daily lives. We have used FL in schools over the years, inspiring thousands of teenagers to be protagonists of a sustainable, inclusive and beautiful environment.
EKOA is a Learning Community, a group of families searching for a better learning environment for them as parents, for their children and the community. We have been working on the autonomy, sociocratic relatioships, community involvement, ecological practices on agriculture and healthy food with children. And
in moment, we have an open window to act on Carbon Zero construction with HempEcoSystems, across borders, to be ambassadors of Climate change on Circular Economy goal.
Preschool institution "Naša radost" participate in Erasmus projects since 2017. We realize 7 Erasmus projects. In 2022. we got EITA award for one of them. 4 Erasmus projects are closely connected with reconnection with nature and sharing knowledge to parents, local community and wider ( "Play and learn in Nature", Children in Action against Climate Change", Wild Horizons- Outdoor Learning Experience" ). Early years education about climate change and nature is a very good base for the future.
Looking to Understand Inclusion is a European partnership project that aims to support educators from local communities to use the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) methodology and training pathway to promote social inclusion with seldom heard children and young people. The partnership in the project is a mix of organisations with teaching and art museum backgrounds from across Europe. VTS is an art facilitation methodology that supports viewers to build critical thinking skills.
Our mission is to accelerate the green transformation through inner development and reconnection to nature.
We cultivate skills and values that enhance sustainable action and foster habit change. We offer programmes in nature as well as online.
The programmes were co-created with scientists and show significant increases in nature connection, pro-environmental action and confidence in the future.
We are excited to be part of this and work hard to be active in all EU countries by 2025!
In the “HERE” project, we intend to use existing infrastructure and resources to renovate and refurbish furniture, giving them a "second life". Similar activities will cover the issues of traditional processing and culinary, with the use of ingredients that are specialties of the region (mainly vegetables, fruits and honey).
We will pay a special attention to the habits, souvenirs and objects whose origin constitutes and restores the memory and heritage of the region.
The University of Silesia acting as the leader of the acad. consortium K-ce-City of Science in cooper. with the Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis and the City of K-ce, is preparing the assumptions for the redevelop. of the Green Science Zone in K-ce, which incl. the renaturalization of a section of the Rawa River valley and the transform. of related publ. spaces within the univ. campus. The aim of these activities is to strengthen the recreat. ecolog. and research funct. of the design. area
