Festivals

Location: [Trikala & Thessaloniki, Greece]

Duration: [June-September 2024 & 2025]

Target Group: [students, teachers, families]

Partners: [Primary Education Directorate of Trikala, Municipalities of Sykies & Kalamaria]

Project overview

The European Outdoor Education Hub designs and delivers educational activities tailored to the themes of cultural and community festivals. Our approach combines outdoor learning with creative, participatory formats that adapt to each event’s focus, ensuring relevance and engagement for diverse audiences.

We have collaborated with multiple festivals across Greece, integrating activities that range from nature-based workshops and intergenerational games to environmental challenges and storytelling sessions. Each festival partnership is designed to highlight the event’s theme while promoting experiential learning, inclusion, and community participation.

These collaborations have proven highly successful, reaching large numbers of children, families, and educators and demonstrating how Outdoor Education can enrich public events. Through festivals, the Hub extends its educational mission into the wider community, creating shared experiences that connect learning, culture, and sustainability.

Project highlights

  • Participation in major festivals: Παραθινούπολη, Trikala Environment Festival, Balkaniki Plateia
  • Reached over 6,000 children, 200 teachers, and 2,500 parents/community members
  • Activities tailored to diverse festival themes: environment, culture, intergenerational learning

“One of the most beautiful activities I’ve ever attended! My children, along with their grandmother, had a wonderful creative time, screen-free, enjoying every moment outdoors.”

-Mother of participants

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