CIGL Esch - Kalendula / Escher Geméisguart

The association takes respect for the environment into account when setting up and developing its socio-economic activities. Respect for mankind implies respect for and protection of natural resources and the environment, which is why ESD plays a fundamental role. Through our educational gardens, we aim to raise children's awareness, from an early age, of their impact on nature, their potential to influence their environment and the role they can play in protecting natural resources.

• Groups of children and young people (from crèches to high-school students and senior citizens) can visit our gardens.
• Setting up and monitoring a network of educational gardens in schools and extracurricular establishments (www.leierenamgaart.lu).
• Training for teachers working with their classes in a school garden.
• Training people in community gardens.

CIGL Esch is a social economy association with two main objectives. The first is to help unemployed people find work and reintegrate into society. The second is to develop services that meet the population's unmet needs. The Kalendula and Den Escher Geméisguart educational gardens promote healthy, sustainable food and contribute to the local development of the region. With the «Léieren am Gaart» project, the Luxembourg network of educational gardens xxx

Fantastic Food« workshop group (Frères des Hommes, Chrëschte mam Sahel, Îles de Paix, Fondation Partage Luxembourg), SICONA, SIAS, SEED asbl, Transition Minett, Plateforme nationale EEDD, Interreg Project: InteGRaVert

• Raising awareness of healthy, local food.
• Help protect biodiversity.
• Set up short circuits.
• Develop children's civic awareness by forging close ties with nature.