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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

This is a piece written by Kandava Regional Secondary School`s Science Reporters, looking back on the first meeting of their PULCHRA project. So, it happened that on a beautiful and quite sunny Thursday afternoon, the gathering of a peculiar team consisting of Kandava’s Regional Secondary School’s headmistress, four teachers, four students of class 12, eighteenRead more

The Open University of Cyprus hosted the Webinar «Making a PULCHRA World» earlier this year. The webinar was attended by the stakeholders of OUC team who presented issues of promotion of Sustainable Urban Mobility in Cyprus, Sustainable Development and Urban Planning as well as Zero Waste to Landfill actions. Presented by Ms. Vana Gkania (TransportationRead more

How to tell and explain science? How to have fun with science? These are the questions that gave rise to the “Pulchra Dissemination Hack” organized by WAYouth, Globe Italia and the University of Udine. Laboratories and brainstorming with the students of the italian schools ISIS “Bassa Friulana” of Cervignano del Friuli, IIS “Il Tagliamento” ofRead more

An effective method used in our project. One of the tools available to our students within the PULCHRA project is the Remote Sensing (RS) Tool. The tool allows students to explore satellite imagery and obtain data that can support or complement their own research. Remote sensing provides us with data acquired by sensors on satellites,Read more