The 13th Science Festival will be held in Pécs at the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter E78 building complex on 19-20th September, 2024. The UP Green University Program will also be present at the event, welcoming enthusiastic participants with a Green Aura terrain table and online game. The event presents the technological developments and IT tools of the 21st century in an unusual, playful, and spectacular way, including robotics and virtual reality elements that can be used in education.
The No.1 Practical Primary School of the University of Pécs and the UP Green University Program launched an environmentally conscious, playful camp for children aged 6-10 years from 1-12th July 2024.
Extreme weather conditions in recent years, including intense rainfall events and dry spells, have increasingly highlighted the need for effective water management. Flooding and rapid run-off in urban areas is a major problem and new innovative solutions are needed. This is the theme of the conference "Runoff or water retention? The role of rain gardens in urban run-off", held on 21st May by Dr.
In line with the Sustainability Week, and with the support of the Green University Program of the UP, the Deák Ferenc Primary School of the UP joined this year's "YouPick! - Voluntarily for a Clean Hungary" campaign, the largest voluntary waste collection movement in Hungary. On Earth Day, 22nd April, the students cleaned up the school's surroundings.
Nearly 50 people collected rubbish on 11th April in Mecsek, organized by the Green University Program of the UP. Class 2/c of the No.1 Practical Primary School of the University of Pécs, the Chancellery, the Teacher Training Center, the University Library, the Green University Program and the colleagues of Mecsekerdő Ltd. took part in the action. The enthusiasm of all of them was needed, because without their hard work, the area around the popular Mecsek excursion site would have remained a very sad sight.
