In 2024/2025, Porto City Council is continuing the programme of activities at the Falcão school (Campanha), a pilot school where Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for climate change adaptation and energy sustainability were implemented as part of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE programme.

Following on from the lessons learned in the previous school year about NBS in schools, how they work and how they help to make the school more resilient to climate change, during this school year the primary school pupils will have the opportunity to explore how these solutions help to maintain the environmental balance in the school and around it, improving the well-being of the educational community of this pilot building.

The green roofs, green facades, the Horta da Oliveira pond and different ecosystems of the Alameda de Cartes Park will be the study area where pupils will be able to observe, identify and study local biodiversity and the environmental balance of soil, air and water, using bio-indicator species.

The programme includes a field trip for each class and three sessions of research, production and communication of results in conjunction with the Essential Learnings, the Profile of the School Leaver and the Education for Sustainability Framework. Presentation of research results is also foreseen.

The 2024/2025 education programme is only available in Portuguese via this link and contains information that may be useful for teachers in other schools.

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