Program for schools
Learn by doing, in the forest we care for.
Environmental education · Children and youth
The classroom is the forest.
It's not a decorative field trip. Students plant, feed, observe, and come back with questions that came from the work, not from the slideshow. We design each day with the school so it connects with curriculum and the group's age.
Purpose
That each student has a direct, unmediated experience of how conservation works: what it means to care for a wild animal, what restoring an ecosystem requires, why tropical dry forest matters for Colombia.
How students take part
The group splits into rotating subgroups guided by a caretaker or biologist on the team. Each subgroup carries out a specific mission of the day — planting, monitoring, feeding, enrichment — and at the end of the day there's a joint closing where students share what they learned.
Days run between 4 and 6 hours, depending on the group's level. They include a walk through the forest, hands-on workshops, and observation records they can work with back in the classroom.
What you do, what you learn
Five practices, five learnings
Walk through the dry forest
Recognizing native plant species, reading tracks, listening to birds. Learning what makes a forest healthy.
Planting a native tree
Each student plants their tree with their name attached. They learn what species it is, why it belongs to the dry forest, and how it will keep growing afterward.
Wildlife monitoring
Recording what the biologists see every day: birds, reptiles, small mammals. Understanding why data matters as much as images.
Food preparation for birds
Chopping fruit, mixing seeds, measuring rations. Seeing where the real care of a recovering animal comes from.
Environmental enrichment
Building perches, hiding food, assembling elements that stimulate natural behavior. Learning why a bird needs to think in order to be wild again.
Students don't remember what you tell them. They remember what they did with their hands.
Logistics
We work with groups of up to 40 students split into subgroups. Suggested ages: 10 and up. For younger groups we adapt the content and the length of the missions. The day includes water, snack, guides, and all materials — the school only organizes transportation.
Contribution
Each day leaves a material trace: trees planted, observations recorded, food prepared, enrichment built. But the most important contribution is awareness from an early age: students who understand, from their bodies, that conservation is something you do.
Want to bring your school?
Message us on WhatsApp. We coordinate dates, content, and logistics based on your group's level.