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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

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

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

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

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

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

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