The Green Grounds for Health and Learning conference was a great success!
The 220 participants from 16 different countries around the world took part in a wide variety of lectures, seminars and practical sessions, both indoors and outdoors. They also took field trips to exciting outdoor environments in Lund, Alnarp, and Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. All three days of the conference were blessed with wonderful sunny weather and high summer temperatures.
We would like to thank all of you who in various ways participated and helped to make the 5th International School Grounds Conference so successful. International cooperation is important and it became clear these days that the similarities between countries are greater than the differences. In all countries there is a need for nature as a basis for learning and good health.
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Conference directors, Anders Kjellsson and Anna Ekblad from Naturskolan i Lund, opened the conference with a warm welcome to Sweden.
The conference dinner featured great conversation, delicious Swedish foods, and lively music from a local band.
Conference participants toured local schools to see their grounds and hear about their programs.
Some conference tours also visited fantastic local parks, like this one in Malmö, Sweden.