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Our 4th 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: 4th PULCHRA School NewsRead more

By Lora Cassidy, a member of PULCHRA team from Gymnázium Postupická, Czech Republic Friday’s meeting took place in Tereza’s educational center right in the middle of Prague, where several other students and I were given the opportunity to discuss our projects and plans concerning the environment with educators and scientists from around the world. WeRead more

In order to find out the reason why Limbaži residents do not dress in countless sweaters during the winter months and do not wear several socks from their grandmother, it was decided that the students of the Limbaži Science Team will conduct an interview with Valters Mardoks, Production Director of Limbažu siltums LTD. Limbazi isRead more

By Drimnagh Castle PULCHRA students Benamrane Nekrouf & Adam Sterio As part of their PULCHRA project, students from Drimnagh Castle partnered with An Choill Bheag. An Choill Bheag is a long-term education program set up by LEAF Ireland. An Choill Bheag is small and biodiverse woodland habitat on the school grounds which acts as outdoorRead more

We completed this investigation because we are doing the PULCHRA City Challenge 3 on regenerating urban space to connect people in a healthy environment. Within the PULCHRA challenge we specifically looked at water pollution and the quality of water. Our hypothesis is to examine the water of our local stream to see if the waterRead more

By Student Naomi McCullagh On Thursday the 5th of May a group of 30 PULCHRA students from Portmarnock Community School travelled down to Portmarnock beach, where we worked on our Marram grass project as part of our PULCHRA City Challenge 3. We departed for the beach at 9:30am and arrived down to the sand dunesRead more

This year marks the 52nd International Earth Day with the theme “Invest in our planet!”.An online event with teachers, students and experts took place on 21 April as part of the PULCHRA project. Each science team had prepared a special greeting on Earth Day and invited everyone to remember and appreciate the Earth and allRead more

On Thursday, 28th April PULCHRA Ireland hosted an online sharing event to honour the students, teachers, and stakeholders who have engaged with the Irish element of the European-wide project. The PULCRHA project aims to bring together school students, local experts, community members, and other stakeholders to learn more about different sustainability challenges in the cityRead more

Arsakeio High School in Greece is participating in the 2nd City Challenges under the theme “Regenerating Urban Space to connect People in a Healthy Environment”. The PULCRA science team, consisting of the Arsakeio teachers and students and three stakeholders (University of Athens and two researchers) took land surface measurements in order to study the schoolRead more

Ornithologist Petr Bartes came to the park at TGM elementary school, Moravske Budejoviceand and gave valuable advice on how to attract more birds to the school grounds. We invited the ornithologist to the park because there are currently only a few species of birds. The aim is to increase the number of bird species. CurrentRead more