To mark the International Day of Education (24 January 2023), Prada Group and UNESCO launched “Kindergarten of the Lagoon”, an innovative outdoor education experience for pre-school children in Venice, taking place today on Torcello Island. Presented in May 2022 at Ca’ Corner della Regina – the Venetian headquarters of Fondazione Prada – Kindergarten of the Lagoon is part of SEA BEYOND, a 2019 project led by Prada Group and UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), aiming to promote education for the preservation of the sea and its resources. The programme included outdoor activities throughout the morning for 40 pupils from six schools joining the project, with attendance from Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, UNESCO representatives Vladimir Ryabinin, Ana Luiza M. Thompson-Flores and Francesca Santoro, as well as local institutions, Massimiliano De Martin, Councillor for Urban Planning, Environment and Private Building and Laura Besio, Councillor for Education Policies of the Venice City Council. The first cycle of classes will end in June 2023; the new programme will start again in September, coinciding with the schools’ calendars.
Kindergarten of the Lagoon lessons gets underway
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