Green Team
The LIS Green Team is a group of passionate students, staff and community members dedicated to making our school more sustainable. From reducing waste and saving energy to promoting eco-friendly initiatives, we work together to create a greener future.
LIS actively supports the development of the school garden; an inviting 800m² green space that serves as outdoor classroom and gathering place for community activities in collaboration with our Green Team. Here, we learn, grow and celebrate together as a community.
- Exploring in an ecological context
- A space to build, create and get messy
- Edible classroom
In the LIS School Garden our learners actively engage with nature. Besides teaching the students gardening basics, they automatically improve personal and social skills as well as explore other subjects, such as math, science, art, health and physical education in a different context. Our learners annual harvest is shared at our Farmers Markets.
We are very happy that most of our educational elements in the garden are developed, designed, built and looked after together with the LIS Green Team.
Activities & Projects
The LIS Green Team is dedicated to making our school more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Not only do they actively care for our beautiful school garden, but they also lead initiatives to reduce waste, promote recycling, and raise awareness about eco-friendly practices. Through hands-on projects and creative ideas, they inspire our community to take action for a greener future.
It is always worth taking a look at the LIS OBSERVER – our online school magazine. In the Green Team section you will find interesting articles worth reading about all the wonderful projects and activities we have done so far. Please browse through the various articles written by our students and community members.
Our School Garden Coordinator
Gitte Vogel-Sirin grew up in her grandparents’ garden, always surrounded by passionate gardeners. She studied Kultur- und Medienpädagogik and worked as a marketing and project manager in schools and non-profit organisations in Leipzig before moving to Istanbul with her family in 2011. There she started advising schools and kindergartens on developing school gardens, held many art workshops for children using only natural materials, and taught how to build sculptures out of clay.
She has been back in Leipzig since 2018 and is actively engaged in our School Garden and the Green Team. As the initiator of the LIS Green Team, she seeks to cultivate a strong sense of community, exchanging information, forming relationships and expanding networks.
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