Pioneers of sustainability and civic responsibility
At a time of unprecedented environmental challenges, the Green Team project wants to turn concern for our planet into concrete collective sustainable actions that are good for the environment and our communities. We want to integrate sustainability education into the school curriculum, developing the practical skills needed to cope with the climate crisis. The goal is to provide young people with the tools to deal with the environmental crisis, promote sustainable lifestyles and green skills.
Green Team is more than a project: it is a collective mission to protect and enhance nature in our cities. In this challenge, everyone plays a key role: citizens, teachers and associations committed to nature conservation in Milan's Municipality 3 are actively participating in a green action path.
Our goal is ambitious: to lead the transition to an ecologically sustainable society. Education, civic engagement and environmental awareness come together to forge a culture of environmental and social responsibility. Teachers, young people and citizens become the protagonists of this change.
Transformative education and ecological literacy
We invest in training the educating community for lasting impact. We offer resources, workshops and ongoing support to enrich the teachers' curriculum and turn every classroom into a living laboratory of sustainability. Through citizen science activities and active citizenship workshops, students become not only protagonists in building a more sustainable school, but also aware and responsible citizens.
Community connection and activism
Green Team wants to create deep links between young people, citizens and their territory. Citizen science initiatives, environmental civic monitoring and immersive cultural walks involve everyone, stimulating care for the environment. The Lambro Observatory APS, with the University of Insubria, leads this scientific and civic exploration. We stimulate civic activism and the co-design of Small Ecological Initiatives. Schools, families and civil society come together to improve and enhance the territory: a collective effort for a more conscious and active community.
Active territorial networks
In order to protect biodiversity and promote education for sustainability, it is essential to know and value the resources already present in the territory. Through a careful mapping of the actors and initiatives active in Milan's Municipality 3 we want to create a shared archive of available resources, which will become the basis for collaborative territorial initiatives. The process is being carried out in close collaboration with the Municipality of Milan and the thematic Working Tables in which Oikos is an active participant (Biodiversity Table of the Municipality of Milan and Environment and Green Table of Municipality 3). The various local actors will thus be able to actively participate in participatory planning workshops promoted by the project to implement environmental care actions. The aim is to build a solid and cohesive network of actors committed to the environmental sustainability of their area.
Green Team is realised thanks to the support of the Fondazione di Comunità Milano Città, Sud Ovest, Sud Est and Adda Martesana and in collaboration with the University of Insubria, the Lambro Lucente Observatory and Municipality 3. The associations active in the area, such as Il Vespaio, WAU - We Are Urban Milano, Vivi Lambrate, MIA - Milano Informata e Attiva and GuardaMI, have also joined in.