Plant&Paint – Natural paints for sustainable art and crafts

Objectives
The green and digital skills are now key to navigating a fast-growing and changing world . Young professionals need to obtain an initial qualification and continuously update their green and digital skills to enter, re-enter or remain in the labour market. Seven VET institutions join their efforts to integrate use of natural paints to their design and arts training programs to encourage artists, designers and other creative professionals to become an active agents of sustainability.

Activities
The partnership of 7 school intends to undertake regional studies in order to estimate the traditions and opportunities of plant-based dyeing/painting. For better understanding of the future applications of natural paints in arts and design and their commercial potential the partners will organize series of training events and establish experimental school gardens. The results of the innovative project will be published on developed open resource -digital Plant&paint platform.

Impact
-Increase the digitalisation, internationalization and competitiveness of VET organizations through institutional cooperation and cross-border mobility of learners and staff;
-Development of green skills of students and increase of the individual contribution to the sustainable economy;
-Development of open educational resource Plant&Paint platform with extended digital opportunities and quality information about natural paints and their potential applications.