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Children & community

When Children Learn, Whole Communities Grow

Children often carry what they learn home: a reminder to close the tap, a question about where the rubbish goes. In this way, environmental learning travels from children to families and from families to neighbourhoods.

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Children as curious learners

We see children as active participants who observe, ask and propose — not as passive recipients of rules.

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The role of families

Habits are built at home. Simple shared activities, like separating waste together, reinforce what children learn elsewhere.

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Educators and schools

Teachers can bring nature into everyday lessons, use school grounds as outdoor classrooms and support school gardens.

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Neighbourhoods and shared spaces

Parks, streams and streets belong to everyone. Caring for them together builds both environmental quality and community trust.

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Safe and respectful participation

All activities involving children must follow our safeguarding principles and applicable Colombian law, including the Code of Childhood and Adolescence (Law 1098 of 2006).

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Inclusion

Activities should be accessible to children of all abilities and backgrounds, with adaptations wherever they are needed.

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