Experiential Workshops
In the context of the AUGE Project, a series of Experiential-Interactive Workshops with an environmental focus were designed and carried out.
The Workshops, which addressed primary and secondary school students, were offered for free, and aimed, on the one hand, to cultivate the students’ ecological consciousness, and, on the other hand, to motivate them to express their environmental concerns through a multimodal approach.
In the context of the workshops, the participants had the opportunity to watch the entire paper recycling process and make their own paper, learn about issues related to climate change and soft (renewable) forms of energy, be introduced to the art of animation and make their own “green” film about Antarctica, create their own engravings and make gifts for elderly people who live in Nursing Homes using natural materials, “gifts” inspired by Cyprus tradition, “listen” to nature and use music to help them create audio stories, and much more.
The first Workshop, which was on herbs, was held during the school year (May 2021) in collaboration with the Pernera Primary School, at the Municipal Multipurpose Centre of Nicosia. All other Workshops took place after the end of the school year, during the month of July, at the TSCC and Kimonos Art Center in Paphos.
Although the AUGE Project primarily addresses primary and secondary school students, three experiential music workshops for the 70 children who attend the Lythrodontas Public and Community Kindergarten were also held with great success in the context of the Programme, in October 2022. After the completion of the workshops, with the financial support of the AUGE Project, a botanical garden was created in the school’s premises. As an extension to these environmental actions, the children were asked to create drawings with recyclable and other materials, which were printed in the form of cards, to be sent to elderly people during Christmas.
Topics of the Experiential-Interactive Workshops
Let’s learn about Herbs and let’s make a herb garden (2 hours)
Pernera Primary School in collaboration with the Municipal Multipurpose Centre of Nicosia and Herbalist Mr. George Ellinas
Let’s learn about the herbs of the Bible and let’ s make a herb garden (2 hours)
Primary school students -1st Year High School students
Instructor: Antonis Kalogerakis (Head of the Institute of Ecology of the Orthodox Academy of Crete)
Paper Recycling Workshop and an introduction to Soft (renewable) Forms of Energy with Emphasis on Sustainable Resource Management (3 hours)
Primary school students -1st Year High School students
Instructor: Antonis Kalogerakis (Head of the Institute of Ecology of the Orthodox Academy of Crete)
Music Workshop: “Listen to nature” (3 hours)
Primary school students -1st Year High School students
Teachers/Animators: Giorgos Kallonas (Musician), Elli Michael (Music Teacher)
Art Workshop: Getting acquainted with our “roots”: The embroidery lace of Athienou as a means of acquiring knowledge and developing intergenerational and environmental relations (3 hours)
Primary school students -1st Year High School students
Teacher/Animator: Dr. Tereza Markidou (Elementary School Teacher – Art Educator and Scientific Collaborator)
Animation Workshop: A Journey to Antarctica (16 hours)
Secondary school students and young people up to 22 years old
Teachers/Animators: Charalambos Margaritis (Artist/Animator) & Alexandre Gautier (Artist/Animator)
Music Workshop “Listen to nature” and the creation of a botanical garden (8 hours)
Children who attend the Public and Community Kindergarten of Lythrodontas
Teacher/Animator: Giorgos Kallonas