Le “Aule Verdi” per Educare all’Ambiente e Intercultura: Uno Studio di Caso

Abstract

Environment is not only the ensemble of elements that is present in a context, but it is
also the ensemble of relationships between these elements. For this reason, in the
complexity’s society, educate to environment entails to pay attention to people, to
relationships and to dialogue opportunities among them.
This case study underlines intercultural dialogue opportunities that could be created by an
educational path of environmental education in a Primary School. This experimental
research has lead to the construction of a Mediterranean Garden in outward space of
school. Through education to environment and biodiversity it is possible to put
foundations for dialogue between different cultures, as different are biological species that
form Mediterranean Garden.

Keywords: educazione ambientale, educazione interculturale, aula verde, laboratorio,
biodiversità