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As part of the PULCHRA project, a 2nd annual online opening event for City Challenges took place on December 9, with school teams and experts inspiring science teams to launch new research projects. Seven experts from different fields took part. Inta Dimante-Deimantoviča and her colleagues Astra Labuce, Māris Skudra and Atis Labucis from the LatvianRead more

The 3rd issue of our PULCHRA School News is out! A huge thanks to all the PULCHRA City Science Reporters who contributed. Read all about the amazing work being done by school students working with communities and experts in exploring cities as urban ecosystems here: December PULCHRA School NewsRead more

The PULCHRA students of Kingswood Community College, Dublin, Ireland want to increase biodiversity and replenish the outdoor space around their school as part of City Challenge 3 – Regenerating Urban Space to Connect People in a Healthy Environment. The newly built school is currently surrounded by urban infrastructure with little green-space and biodiversity, this providesRead more

The students of the ISIS Bassa Friulana involved in the PULCHRA project took part in the Summer School held from 14 to 18 of June 2021 in Cervignano del Friuli (Italy). The 23 students of the ITT Malignani-ISIS institutes of the Lower Friuli did outdoor and laboratory activities working with researchers and being actively engaged,Read more

On November 30th the PULCHRA project held a second all stakeholder workshop. The aim of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for schools to share their experiences with PULCHRA City Challenges and present their results. 100 participants representing 14 different countries attended the event. Participants were interested to hear from keynote speaker, Alise Oļesika, from the UNESCO National Commission,Read more

The 2nd Open School Event «Share your PULCHRA challenges» was successfully held on November 22, 2021, organized by the Open University of Cyprus, in order to highlight the actions and the way of implementation of the five (5) schools participating in the European Horizon 2020 Program ‘PULCHRA: Science in the city : Building Participatory UrbanRead more

How are your projects getting off the ground? When you are looking for the best solution to your problem, do you use the inquiry-based learning method? Are you unsure? Try it, it’s worth it! Inquiry based learning has been a part of the PULCHRA project since the beginning, click here to read more . InRead more

The simulation game – what to do to save our community Students from the Ag. Ioanni Lyceum in Cyprus were contributing to creating a PULCHRA game for the environment and circular economy. Read their article below to find out what the City Challenge Team creates and the game simulation. The first question that we haveRead more

Silver award at the Cyprus Education Leaders Awards 2021, in the category “Bonding with Society”, was secured by Paralimni Lyceum through its action in the research project PULCHRA Science in the City. The award winning project “Innovative actions for regeneration and improvement in issues of accessibility of the area around the Paralimni Lyceum” aims atRead more

The ideal sustainable city should have a balance between growth, quality of life, environmental sustainability, and human values.  To achieve that a variety of urban dimensions should be explored, so the PULCHRA project of the students from the 1st Arsakeio High school (Athens, Greece) tries to assess the impact of our daily life activities onRead more