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Below is an article written by the City Science Reporters in a school in Prague on their PULCHRA  project on waste. We study at the Postupická secondary school in Prague. Within the environmental education classes, we participate in the PULCHRA project. Our topics of choice are waste management, collection and separation and raising public awarenessRead more

Below is an article written by members of the PULCHRA team in a school in the Czech Republic on their school’s fantastic PULCHRA project looking at how their town deals with litter. Within the PULCHRA project, our team of researchers from the elementary Czech school in Ledeč nad Sázavou decided to explore the workings ofRead more

The University of Udine, through a team of the department of Agro-Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (DI4A), coordinates the PULCHRA project in Italy and has identified as a general theme (City Challenge) “Regenerating urban space to connect people in a healthy environment” From biodiversity in the city to soil-plant relationships, there are many topics ofRead more

PULCHRA Webinar Video At an online webinar yesterday four schools from Ireland presented their results from part of their PULCHRA projects which involved measuring the air quality outside their schools. At the start of the school year the schools explored PULCHRA City Challenge Five: Moving around the City – Green Transport and Mobility Patterns thatRead more

Better jobs and opportunities are pulling more and more people to cities. By the year 2030, two-thirds of Europeans will live in cities1. But urbanisation has created a unique set of problems, such as environmental degradation and poverty. Urban life is far from ideal, and it has become crucial that we develop new solutions to tackle rapid urban expansion, especially given the current climate crisis. New methods of city planning and governing is essential in managing environmental, social and economic problems in cities.

On November 25th, 2020, teachers and students from PULCHRA project pilot schools in Latvia gathered at a Virtual Opening Event on the ZOOM platform and met with project experts from different fields. Experts greeted participants and wished success to the project. Latvian National Commission for UNESCO introduced Sustainable Development Goals, and other experts explained differentRead more

Great news!!! The PULCHRA school network is rapidly forming up! Don’t forget to visit the Pulchra City Challenges Platform to follow the City Challenges! The currently* selected schools for the 1st year of the project are: School Agios Ioannis Lyceum, Limassol Apeition Lyceum, Agros Ethnomartiras Kyprianos Lyceum, Strovolos Agios Georgios Lyceum, Lakatamia Paralimni Lyceum FotiRead more

Today we are launching PULCHRA to the EU media. Please find below our media release: European School Students Work with Experts to Do Science in the City Schools students across Europe are beginning an exciting new project this academic year where they will work with experts, including those in their communities, to explore the scienceRead more

Τhis is a pre-announcement of a forthcoming call for applications. The call will open in the first half of February 2020 and will be provided in English as well as in the national languages of the PULCHRA partners. Open Call for Schools   About project The project “Science in the City: Building Participatory Urban LearningRead more

We are happy to release the PULCHRA project website!Read more