Social activities
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Educational Gardens Program for school youth
The aim of the program for school youth is lively and practical learning about vegetation and it’s proper care, as well as co-responsibility for the sustainable development of the city and the commune. The action will contribute to raising public awareness in the field of climate change.
Each of the primary schools in the city of Gryfino will be given care of one green area in order to conduct live nature lessons and engage students in the practical teaching of greenery care. Each area will be equipped with appropriate gardening and irrigation equipment. The project provides awards for children, youth and teachers which will be engage in the activity.
Click here for more information – The Educational Gardens program (NEWS)
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Training on setting up home rain gardens
The action is addressed to the inhabitants of the town and commune of Gryfino. The aim of the training is to learn how to set up home rain gardens and to provide knowledge on the importance of rainwater recovery.
It is planned to train 100 people annually during the 2 years of the project. Each training participant will receive brochures and training materials on the establishment of rain gardens and a hydrophyte-filtering plant seedling.
Click here for more information – How to make home rain garden (NEWS)
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Training in building houses for insects and bees
The aim of the course is to teach children and parents how to easily prepare a box for insects, and to learn the importance of protecting flora and fauna. During the training, the useful meaning of insects in nature will be discussed.
These will be practical and technical classes for children and schoolchildren together with their parents, concerning the construction of boxes for insects and bees. During the classes, each person will receive materials to make a booth and, under the supervision of a trainer, will make a booth, which they can later install in their home garden or in urban green areas.
Clike here for more information – The first training on building insect houses (NEWS)
Clike here for more information – The fascinating world of inscects (NEWS)
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Tree adoption program
The program is addressed to the inhabitants of the Gryfino Commune and aims to teach responsibility for public green areas, in particular greenery care.
Every inhabitant of the Gryfino Commune who wants to take care of a tree (for example: water it regularly) will sign a tree adoption agreement. The contract will include care conditions. The tree will be marked with a plate (the inscription on the plate will be agreed with the person signing the contract).
Click here for more information – First Tree Adoptions (NEWS)
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Green Public Forum
The Green Public Forum aims to familiarize the inhabitants of the Gryfino Commune with the problems of climate change and education on the importance of urban greenery (elimination of the “urban heat island”) and rational water management. Each time the Green Forum will be held in a different location in Gryfino.
The event will be an educational campaign on climate change and the importance of trees and plants in the city as well as waste segregation and sustainable consumption, during which the following activities will be carried out: educational performances for children; workshops for adults on setting up rain gardens and plant care, educational campaign on sustainable consumption and joint planting of flower bulbs by participants. Each forum will end with a music event.
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Bicycle picnics
Events inaugurating the cycling seasons in 2022 and 2023, finished in an educational picnic aimed at promoting cycling as an alternative form of communication for the car.
The rally and the picnic will take place each time in a different place in the Gryfino Commune. At the start, event participants will receive starter packages. At the finish line, there will be a family zone with refreshments, educational games and artistic animations.
Click here for more information – Eco bike rally “I choose a bike” (NEWS)