Economy is a wheel: Apitour

Description

• Age of pupils: 11-13 years

The school garden, Apitour, engaged the whole school community in the project Economy is a wheel. The theme of the project was reusing and recycling materials, and the need to change our habits to create a fair world. 60 secondary school students were involved in the first phase which includes creating a blog, setting up a garden and to create artefacts of recycled materials. In the second phase, the same pupils who were engaged in the first phase became tutors for 300 pupils in the age of eleven to thirteen and used their accumulated experiences and skills to involve the younger students in the circularity of the project.

The topic of soil was discussed in terms of exploitation for mineral exploration, agriculture, livestock farming, construction and transport. During the project, students engaged in activities on e.g. how to take care of plants, how to make compost and how to sustainably use water resources.