Desert-Adapt has worked with students and teachers from primary schools, students from Universities to learn more about important societal issues like, climate change, desertification, sustainable land management and many more, by taking direct involvement into Desert-Adapt actions to disseminate the fundamentals of sustainability at all educational levels

 

 

  
   
  
    COLLABORATION PROJECT FOR SCHOOLS 

FIGHT AGAINST DESERTIFICATION, IMPORTANCE OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ROLE OF BIODIVERSITY

 

  
 

The Desert-Adapt project has proposed a training activity for schools on the themes of climate change and desertification, ecosystem services and the fundamental role of biodiversity.

The students were involved into 3 specialistic lessons on the main themes of the proposed activity and of the DESERT-Adapt project

  •  desertification and climate risk
  • the role of biodiversity and ecosystem services
  •  how to create a refuge for the pollinators to support biodiversity and ecosystem functions  

The hours of commitment foreseen were:

  • 4-6 hours of frontal lessons for the 3 lessons.
  • 6-8 hours of work for the students to collect materials and build hotels to be managed as any homework.
  • 2 hours to create a dossier with photos and a small description of the material placed in the field.

Teaching materials were provided to teachers, in form of ppt lessons with a briefing from the Desert team.

 

  
 

Students were then directly involved in practical activity with teachers to create their own insect hotel following the instructions learned during the lessons, using materials provided by the nature and easily collected around.  

 

Children have contributed to the protection of biodiversity by building and setting up shelters for wild pollinating insects, which are essential for safeguarding the environment, becoming themselves testimonials of sustainability.

 

Click here to view the bug hotel concept leaflet.

  
 

 PARTECIPATING SCHOOLS      

  
 

Scuola IC 57° San Giovanni Bosco (Naples, IT) AA 22/23, 2 classes (53 students).

Scuola Secondaria di I grado Galvani-Opromolla di Angri (SA) AA 2021/2022 classes 1G (22 students) 1I (16 students), 2I (19 students), 1F (22 students), 1L (15 students), 2L (24 students).

Convitto Nazionale “T. Tasso” di Salerno (IT) and L’Istituto Comprensivo Medaglie d’Oro di Salerno (IT), overall 5 classes and 92 students  engaged in the educational activity. 

  
   
 

Above a detail of the materials used by the children to create their bug hotels. The students then positioned their newly created bug hotels in open places, at home and at school in the garden (below). The students were also involved in explaining what they learned and did to younger children from primary schools.They all did a great job and were full of entusiasm! We hope they can be our young testimonials for a sustainable world!

  
   
 

Spain, the I.E.S.O Val de Xálima de Valverde del Fresno has participated in the project. 28 students of 2nd of the E.S.O (children of 13 years) and of 1º of P.M.A.R. AA 21/22 and AA 22/23. Teachers responsible for the project:David Narciso Repilado - Olga Simón Blanco.

Below materials used, students engaged in the construction of the bug hotels and final products!

 		  
 

Portugal 02/03/04.2022 – Environmental education activity with classes from Mértola school and bug hotel construction (around 61 students, ages between 13 and 14)

  
 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF EDUCATION

  
 

ITALY

Primary and secondary schools

  • 40 students/teachers - Paola Quatrini worked with Liceo Failla di Castelbuono (PA) for the competition Mad For Science 2019 focusing on Desert-Adapt topics: soil quality and desertification. The Liceo Failla was classified among the first 8 schools and invited to present the project to a larger public in Torino.

 

  • 20 children at Lampedusa, partner L1 with association ACUNA MATATA in the field with UNIPA  (Rafael da Silva) on September 2021 to learn about nature and sustainability

  • 20 students at open day of partner L11A&T from the Agrarian School of Caltanissetta

 

 

  • 30 children - Partinico primary school (2 classes) visited the STEBICEF Laboratories on 15th December 2022 and followed presentation on exploration of soil biodiversity at Desert-Adapt sites
  
 

ITALY

Students of Universities

 UNIVERSITY OF CAMPANIA LUIGI VANVITELLI

  • Prof. Castaldi, Course of Applied Ecology, Desert-Adapt framework and methods presented and analysed with students of Scienze Agrarie e Forestali AA22/23 (6 students)
  • Prof. Castaldi, Course of Applied Ecology, Desert-Adapt framework and methods presented and analysed with students of Scienze Ambientali AA22/23 (17 students)
  • Prof. Castaldi, Course of Applied Ecology, Desert-Adapt framework and methods presented and analysed with students of Scienze Ambientali AA21/22 (7 students)
  • 3 bachelor theses (Scienze Ambientali), 3 Master thesis (Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Ambiente ed il Territorio, Biologia)
  • 1PhD Thesis 37° Cycle
  • 3 Months interniship from University of Paris-Saclay AA 21/22

UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO

  • 9 students - UNIPA Forestry course visited Partner L02/L11 on Nov.14, 2018
  • 100 students – September 26th 2019 LIFE activities presented during the seminar “Cambiamenti Climatici, formazione, ricercara ed impegno sociale” University of Palermo

  • 30 students - Training with prof. Tommaso Lamantia, techniques used in Desert Adapt presented at the seminar “Le risposte agro-forestali e territoriali alla Desertificazione” to students of Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, University of Palermo, 3 Aprile 2023.
  • 5 students - UNIPA thesis work on Desert Adapt case studies, 3 for bachelor Degree in Scienze e Tecnologie Forestali ed Ambientali and 2 for master Laurea Magistrale in Scienze e Tecnologie Forestali e Agro-Ambientali.

1.Nuovi approcci per il controllo alla desertificazione: il progetto LIFE DesertAdapt

2.Interventi di lotta alla desertificazione a Lampedusa nell’ambito del progetto LIFE Desert Adapt

3.Simbiosi micorriziche in aree desertificate: il caso studio della gariga  di Lampedusa.

4.Rinaturalizzare le aree desertificate: le tecniche e le misure di adattamento applicate nell'ambito del progetto life Desert-Adapt

5.Analisi degli strumenti pianificatori operanti in Sicilia per la tutela dell’ambiente e valutazione del ruolo svolto dalla salvaguardia della biodiversità: il caso studio di Lampedusa

  
 

PORTUGAL

Primary and secondary schools

  
 

2022.03.05         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 8

2022.03.22         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 34

  
 

 

2022.04.07         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 18

  
 

 

 

 

  
 

 

2022.04.12         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 23

  
 

 

 

 

 

  
 

2023.04.19         Environmental Education Almodovar    Students 18

2022.04.22         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 23

2022.04.26         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 11

2023.03.03         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 56

2023.04.28         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) (Inauguration of Nature Interpretation Center in the pilot-area)          Students 40

2022.04.01         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 61

2023.03.02         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 15

2023.02.28         Days of environmental education at Cabeca Gorda park (L8) Students 14

  
 

2023.07.01-02   Workshop: "Bio-ilhas"    Students 33 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

2022.09.30 Environmental Education Beja Educa Students 100

  
 

2023.03.14         Environmental Education L9 (Madeira) Ourique              Students 12

  
 

 

 

 

 

  
 

2023.05.09         Practical class in pilot-area L9 to Master students from University of Algarve Students 5

2023.04.19         Environmental Education Almodovar    Students 18

  
 

PORTUGAL

Students of Universities

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

presents Desert-Adapt at

2022.01.06 Doutoramento em GPT Geografia e Ambiente: A importância de uma relação Global ( 6 students)

2022.10.25 Mestrado Porto Universidade do Porto "Desertificação: A relevância do trabalho Experimental- (20 students)

2022  Doutoramento IGOT/IGPT/ Mudanças Climáticas, Solo, Erosão e Desertificação (20 students)

2023 Aula aberta  Universidade do Porto  F Letras Resiliência e Serviços de Ecossistemas: Vegetação, Água e Solo (40 students)