EUPiH – 2nd learning event in Sweden
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The Learning event of the Erasmus + KA210 project, “European Partnership in Hydroponics”, took place in Sweden from May 30 to June 3 with the participation of teachers from Tknika and the Arkaute Agriculture School.
The NTI Vetenskapsgymnasiet center, located in the city of Helsingborg, was the central venue for the learning event. Two NTI Vetenskapsgymnasiet centers participate in this Erasmus project: Helsingborg and Gävle. As part of the event, a workshop was organized with the aim of designing sensor programming according to hydroponics parameters, where the students were teachers of the visiting professors.
Together with the garden managers of the Helsingborg City Council, several infrastructures of the city that use the hydroponics technique were visited. In the city center there is a self-regulating irrigated lawn area designed by the company Capillary Hydroponics. The presence of IoT (Internet of Things) in the design and maintenance of urban gardens is very important as new technologies combine proper plant maintenance with occupational safety for workers.
In Helsingborg there are interesting places to visit. Sophiero Palace and park, for example, summer seat of the Swedish kings for years, has a spectacular collection of the genus Rhododendron. In the north of the city IKEA has created a space where the development of urban agriculture is explained in the exhibition H22 City Expo, the new meeting place for the community. It includes urban gardens and a small laboratory for obtaining hydroponic sprouts.
We also went to the town of Alnarp to visit SLU (the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) to learn about the “Cultivating City Bazaars” initiative, a commitment to sustainable urban development in Helsingborg.
Finally, we learned about the work of the Blue Green City Lab organization in the city of Malmo. Its main objective is to increase, promote and develop the use of blue-green solutions and products, such as green facades or green roofs.
