School Permaculture Garden Erasmus Project

Project Title

School Permaculture Garden

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; Access for disadvantaged; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

All the schools involved in this project have the environment at heart. We promote a healthy lifestyle, inclusion and lifelong learning in our endeavour to provide a holistic education to our pupils who come from multicultural backgrounds (including immigrants).

The main objectives of the partnership for permaculture in schools are the following ones:
• To develop Care of the Earth, environment and People
• To develop the key competences, such as ITC skills and linguistic competences
• To encourage students to cooperate with European partners since early ages
• To promote a European dimension amongst all participants, develop internationalization and be open-minded.
• To improve students’ and teachers’ communication, group working skills, the use of English language.
• To compare methods of teaching and learning, values of education, school organization and curriculum in order to look for innovative ways of teaching and learning and introduce pedagogical innovations.
• To find a creative approach to special needs / physically impaired students and people in general.

This project will show that Permaculture is much more than environmental awareness or a gardening technique. It’s an ethical design science that assimilates land, resources, people, and nature in ways that supply human needs as well as benefit the environment.

The role of a European school today is to encourage internationalisation. We need to think of a common Europe, be proud of our own culture but at the same time respect the other ones. This is an interdisciplinary project using the subject of permaculture garden in schools to awaken the knowledge on other countries in Europe. It shares knowledge but not in a stereotypical way, it explains and encourages celebration of the unique identity of partner countries but crucially asks children to evaluate these from another’s perspective. By working on this project, as well as improving their knowledge on the environment, pupils will improve their skills in geography, history, the arts, foreign languages and knowledge of other cultures.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 132951 Eur

Project Coordinator

St Joan Antide School & Country: MT

Project Partners

• Opshtinsko osnovno uciliste Dimitar Makedonski Skopje
• Osnovna skola Zlatar Bistrica
• Fondazione Opera Pia Casa Regina Coeli
• Artunsskoli