The small town of Luleo

In harmony with Northern nature

The Ecoschool is located out of town, virtually in the forest. Children can see footrpints of moose and snowbike tracks in the snow.

Multi-purpose wooden school building

Available for permanent studies or just for stay for a couple of nights, the school building is environmental friendly, made of wood from the school's own lumber mill

Magic cabin around the tree

This handmade transformer wooden cabin is built around the trunk of the tree. It serves to study the tree in every aspect: ecology, math, art, etc.

Natural design

The "Welcome" sign invites into the building, whose style is close to nature

First steps inside

Shoes must be changed for handmade woolen slippers

International meeting starts

Advanced separation of waste

Waste is thoroughly separated into many compartments

Ring the bell!

The ancient bell announces the start of the lessons

Presenting ecological monitoring

Igor Ryzhov demonstrates the results of ecological monitoring of urban environment carried out by schools

Taking turns

Each participant contributed to the workshop

The program "Nature is Our Home"

Dr. Ryzhov presents the basic outlines of the probram

Simple tools for observations

Swedish colleagues demonstrated simple equipment for monitoring water in rivers, lakes, and so on

Testing water quality

At the water supply station in Luleo water purity passes the final test

Ground for old house appliances

All old washing machines, fridges and other appliances in Luleo are taken to the disposal site by a special delivery service

Containers for large waste

Explaining principles of hydraulics

This wooden model was made by the hands of the Ecoschool teacher to demonstrate behaviour of water currents in mountain streams

On the streets of Luleo

In a week Luleo felt like our native town