What does the forest school offer?
At the Forest School Innsbruck, Tyrol's compulsory schools can teach their pupils about the importance of the forest and raise environmental awareness. The forest classroom can be booked by schools as an extracurricular place of learning both as part of educational programmes and for self-organised lessons. It is possible to book a morning, afternoon or full-day slot in the forest school.
The Forest School Innsbruck by Service Unit Nature and recreation - Forest school offers a unique learning environment in which pupils can recognise the importance of the forest and acquire practical skills to actively contribute to the protection and sustainable use of the forest. In addition, the relationship to flora and fauna should be actively integrated into the school curriculum.
There is a covered forest classroom with a wooden structure in the shape of a leaf and a grandstand with seating steps in a large clearing in the Mühlau municipal forest. The forest school also has an outbuilding with sanitary facilities and a store for teaching materials.
The construction of the forest school was subsidised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, the province of Tyrol and the European Union
You can find more information about the forest school in the forest school folder:
What are the aims of the Forest School?
The aim of the Innsbruck Forest School is to combine education, closeness to nature and sustainability. A comprehensive education helps to understand nature and makes people aware of how the environment, economy and society are connected. As a result, pupils learn to think holistically and act responsibly so that they are equipped for the future.
A visit to the forest school can be seamlessly integrated into lessons, as the forest as a learning environment offers the ideal space for skills-orientated teaching in line with the curriculum.
Where is the forest school located?
The forest school is located on the municipal Erlerwiese in Innsbruck's Mühlau district.© Stadt Innsbruck/RK
Here you will find a link to the Waldschule Innsbruck in the city map:
Who can use the forest school?
A visit to the Innsbruck Forest School and use of the infrastructure is generally possible for all Tyrolean compulsory schools .
A date reserved for one class at a time and, if desired, an accompanying educational programme can be organised via Service Unit Nature and recreation - Forest school
Compulsory schools in Innsbruck can book the external environmental education programme at the Forest School, which is funded by the City of Innsbruck, directly online.
Interested compulsory schools (outside Innsbruck) should contact Service Unit Nature and recreation - Forest school to organise a visit to the Forest School.
Who are the partners of the Forest School?
The City of Innsbruck's Service Unit Nature and recreation - Forest school aims to give pupils the opportunity to learn outdoors in nature, to move freely, to play, to discover new things and to feel nature and themselves as part of it. Other partners of the forest school are
- Tyrolean Hunters' Association
- Innsbruck Alpine Zoo
- Green School Innsbruck
- Karwendel Nature Park
- Province of Tyrol: Bergwelt Tirol - Experience together
- natopia!
- Other freelance forest, nature and adventure educators
The teachers in the forest school are people who take care of the forest and work in it: Forest workers, botanists, biologists, forest educators, foresters, hunters and rangers.
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, the European Union, EAFRD and the Province of Tyrol.
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