Parco Alpi Apuane

Environmental Education Proposals for 2021/2022

The Apuane Park's educational offer has developed over the years through its many and different proposals, building a real knowledge "path" which, through the observation, the direct testing and the discovery, makes the protected area a real didactic laboratory in the open air. Little by little in the Park area you will discover natural environments and peculiarities, but also history and ancient traditions with a particular attention for the agricultural-food products. They are integrated structures directly involving some of the Park's structures (the agricultural nature center of Bosa di Careggine and the Apuangeolab of Equi Terme), the Cooperative associations managing the visitor centers, the Park's guides and the economic operators of the territory, able to convey basic knowledges on biodiversity, on the conservation of nature on the geological sites, on the sustainable use of the resources, in order to help children thinking about the value and the need of new development models, and to foster aware behaviors in harmony with the environment.

The teaching and education offer for 2021-2022 proposes a return to the in-presence and outreach mode, which was unfortunately interrupted by the Covid19 epidemiological emergency, following the abrupt stop of educational trips and school outings. We hope that, in the coming months, there will not be another resurgence of the virus and the need to relive closures, restrictions and distance learning. The Apuan Alps Regional Park thus wants to pick up where it left off in 2019, with initiatves that have been tried and tested over the years, and that have reached their own validity and organisational security. The choice is once again in favour of the more traditiona area of activity, i.e., the territory of the park and/or its near area, where it is easier to implement project ideas in the field of nature didactics and environmental education, with the only constraint being that they should be implemented during the school year of reference. The 2021-2022 offer is therefore similar in approach to the pre-pandemic editions, although it does not lack the appropriate updates, necessary optimisations and inevitable developments, which are above all the consequence of the experience gained and indications received from the different operators involved in this project (teachers, guides, managers of accommodation, reception, transport and tourist-environmental information services)

Click here to find all the Environmental Education Proposals (Italian text)