Cross-border sustainability day in Mezzana

Context

In brief

• Over 70 teachers at the Mezzana event
• Theory and workshops on sustainability
• Classroom projects by mid-March 2027
• Award day scheduled for May 2027

• Where → Mezzana, Centro professionale del verde
• Participants → over seventy teachers
• Origin → Regione Insubrica
• Theme → Communicating sustainability
• Deadline → mid-March 2027
• Award day → May 2027

Mezzana hosted, at the Centro professionale del verde, the cross-border training day entitled «Communicating sustainability». More than seventy teachers from preschools, special schools, primary schools and lower-secondary schools, coming from throughout the Regione Insubrica, took part. The initiative was promoted by the Comunità di lavoro through the group «Giornate Insubriche del Verde Pulito», established to carry out activities supporting environmental protection.

The program alternated between an in-depth session and a workshop component. In the first phase, qualified experts from the Divisione della scuola del Cantone Ticino and the Ente Regionale per i servizi all'agricoltura e alle foreste di Regione Lombardia, known by the acronym ERSAF, addressed the topic of sustainability. The contributions explained how to promote a culture of sustainability in the classroom and how to explain to pupils what purpose responsible forest management serves.

The Centro professionale del verde thus became a meeting point for teachers from several school levels. The day connected theoretical discussion with proposals designed to be implemented in schools, following a path that leads from the general topic of sustainability to work with pupils.

The transition from theory to workshops

After the two theoretical sessions, the participants actively took part in a series of practical workshops. The activities were carried out by teachers and environmental educators from éducation21, Cooperativa Sociale Koinè, Cooperativa Valgrande and the Energia futuro project of SUPSI and Dipartimento del territorio del Ticino.

The workshops offered a range of concrete proposals and ideas that could be applied with school pupils. The cross-border character of the event is reflected in the teachers' origins, as they came from throughout the Regione Insubrica, and in the collaboration between organizations from the Cantone Ticino and Regione Lombardia. For general information about vivere in Svizzera, the topic is covered in a section separate from this report.

Operational details

The planned follow-up for the classes

The most practical part of the programme lies in the planned follow-up for the classes. The day is not described as an isolated event: the proposals addressed in Mezzana must become the starting point for further study and the development of an educational project in the classroom. The objective indicated by the source is therefore to transfer the topic of sustainability from the training session to schoolwork.

From proposal to project

To read the process without adding elements that were not announced, the steps can be reordered as follows:

The form is not a separate detail of the project. It is the document through which participants will describe the work carried out and indicate the selected classes. The approach keeps the pupils' activity at the centre and organizes the follow-up by Provinces and Cantons, according to the structure envisaged by the programme.

For a teacher, the practical outcome consists of selecting from the ideas in the workshops those to explore further with their own class and turning them into an educational pathway. The source refers to a range of concrete proposals, not a single activity: the project must therefore draw inspiration from the material covered during the event.

The cross-border dimension can be seen in the school network involved and in the exchange between Provinces and Cantons. For the reader in the border area, the verifiable fact is the continuity of the work between the training meeting, the classes and the subsequent award day. To explore other professional topics in the area, the annunci di lavoro are available.

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Key points

The operational calendar

For participants, the continuation of the program can be followed through a sequence already indicated in the source. The first step is to revisit in class the proposals addressed during the day and use them as inspiration for an educational project. The second is to develop the project with the class and collect the elements useful for describing it.

The steps indicated by the program

1. Develop the educational project in class, taking inspiration from the proposals covered at the event. 2. Describe the educational pathway carried out in the form. 3. Indicate in the same form the primary/elementary school classes selected for each Province/Canton. 4. Submit the form by mid-March 2027. 5. Participate in the awards day scheduled for May 2027 in a location in the Insubric Region, which the selected classes will attend.

The mid-March 2027 submission is the deadline set for the work following the meeting. The requested document combines two pieces of information: a description of the pathway already completed and an indication of the classes involved in the next phase. The venue for the awards day is indicated as a location in the Insubric region, and the event is scheduled for May 2027.

This calendar distinguishes three moments: the workshop held in Mezzana, the educational work carried out in the classes, and the subsequent awards event. For a cross-border reader interested in the cross-border dimension, the point to follow is the continuity between Provinces and Cantons through the selected classes. To orient yourself on other aspects of cross-border work, consult the annunci di lavoro and use the calcolatore fiscale.

Source: ticinonews.ch