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Within the PULCHRA project, pupils from the elementary school Štefcova in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) have decided to discover the green areas around their school. They wanted to learn about the insects that live there, the flowers that grow there and how to improve them and care for them to improve the biodiversity. They namedRead more

PULCHRA school students last month proudly presented at the National Symposium of Geography Students in Romania. Below is the record of the experience from the teachers viewpoint and the student’s. The Teacher In March, two brave teams from the National Bilingual College “George Cosbuc” made history at the National Symposium of Geography Students, XXVII edition,Read more

In celebration of International Earth Day on April 22, Bernu Vides skola held an online event for PULCHRA school science teams with four great experts to inspire students to research a healthy urban environment. Viesturs Ķerus, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Ornithological Society, described with illustrative examples how to organize bird watching inRead more

Watch this fantastic video to find out how students in Ashbourne did their air quality PULCHRA project including: Measuring air pollution outside their school Communicating the results and working with stakeholders on a map. Creating a ‘No Idling’ Campaign outside the school Future plans for creating bollards and working on less polluting transport optionsRead more

The following article is written by the PULCHRA Science Reporters of the Model High School of Anavryta in Greece. Our school tries to build its own telescope!!! But big cities like Athens affect the astronomical observation due to its lights and air pollution. We want to learn about these effects, find the best places inRead more

The below article was written by the PULCHRA City Science Reporters Team of Paralimni Lyceum in Cyprus Sustainable mobility, free access, enjoyment of a peaceful environment are the basic human rights of all citizens, including people with reduced mobility or other disability, the elderly, people who want to have access to public or private spaces,Read more

We are the students of the 2Alsa and 3Alsa classes of the  Scientific High School “N. Copernico” of Udine (Italy).  Our PULCHRA project aims to preserve and favor the  biodiversity in the city through the study of pollinating  insects and the host plants. Before starting our practical  activities we followed the seminars held by the professors of the University of Udine to learn how to recognize insects, plants and the importance of biodiversity in the city.  

Watch this moving video created by Daniel Dvořák, a PULCHRA student of 7th grade of Elementary school T. G. Masaryka Moravské Budějovice, Czech Republic as he describes how some beautiful local hills are being ruined by litter.Read more

As part of our project for PULCHRA, our Transition Year class have been monitoring air quality around ACS for 2 years now. The findings show concerning levels of nitrous dioxide both along the main road in front of the school and more worryingly in the drop-off zone or car park area immediately in front of reception. The EPA reports how dangerous air pollution is for our health, but particularly for children most notably for asthma sufferers or anyone with a heart or lung condition.

PULCHRA yesterday hosted an Inspiration Session for Open Schooling Together. Open Schooling Together is a collaboration of several projects in Europe working with open schooling. The theme of the session was ‘Exploring the positive impact on the environment that open schooling is having and has the potential to have’. The project co-ordinator for PULCHRA, ConstantinosRead more