Filotopie

École des Jeunes Pousses: environmental education programme in the school environment

The Filotopie association works to support environmental and eco-citizenship education to empower young people and populations to take action and undertake initiatives. École des Jeunes Pousses, supported by the Air France Foundation since 2022, is an environmental education project in the school environment, the pilot test of which is taking place in the El Palmar rural school group, in the town of Ovejas, at the heart of the Tropical Dry Forest. The two-hour agro-ecology lessons aim to foster a better understanding and skills for young people in the area about the environment, climate, food and agriculture. They are integrated into a school programme that runs from nursery school to secondary school. The grant provided is used to fund teacher training and the development of practical spaces for lessons.The project enables 230 pupils to become eco-citizens.