Webinar: A Lesson in Resilience from the Paris Municipality: What's Between the Schoolyard and Preparing for Climate Change

The webinar will explore the vision of transforming schools into climate resilience centers, featuring Paris’s Oasis project as a model of green school “islands.” This innovative approach positions schools as vital community hubs for climate emergency preparedness and year-round sustainability education.

Schools are strategic hubs for community climate resilience, serving as shelters, resource distribution centers, and first aid points, while also offering space for practical climate and sustainability education.

The meeting will host:

ז’וזפין בוסייר, מנהלת תכנית אואזיס בעיריית פריז, שתשתף על השלבים המאתגרים בפרויקט הירוק ותציג את השפעותיו על הקהילה החינוכית בעיר.

Charlotte Van Doesburg, architect and urban planner from Paris’s Council for Architecture, will present a vision of collaborative design that blends educational spaces into the public realm.

Philippe Bassereau, a Paris school principal, will share how redesigning the playground built community and highlighted climate values.

Following that, a professional panel will discuss how to adapt the lessons from the Oasis project to Israel, incorporating principles of sustainability, community resilience, and climate learning.