Toulouse. To green schools, the town hall is developing “Oasis courses”
By Leo Couffin
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This 1uh September 2022in the school playground Anatole France in Toulouse, we notice the presence of a vegetated space in which about ten trees will be planted during the fall. This is the community project, “Cours Oasis”, which aims to make schoolyards greener.
Pictures by children
This project was born during the first mandate of the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc. In September 2022, five schools made their comeback with these environmental adjustments.
A work of consultation
“This work was carried out in consultation with students, parents, school staff, but also the municipality,” repeated Jean-Luc Moudenc, Mayor of Toulouse. Indeed, the “Oasis courses” were particularly imagined by the children.
The city councilor also added: “We had thought about that with the arrival of global warming. Most of the establishments were concreted and did not have a shaded corner. »
Five schools concerned this year
For this new school year, the town hall has decided to install five “Oasis courses” : Paul Bert, Anatole France, Sauzelong, Alfred de Musset and Georges Bastide schools. “Until the end of the mandate, our objective is to create 5 to 7 lessons vegetated per year”, say Marion Lalane de LaubadereDeputy Mayor for Education.
Jean-Luc Moudenc continues:
We have designated about fifty schools concerned by the “Oasis courses”. In the new establishments that have been integrated in recent years, this project has been integrated directly.
Three zones in the courtyards
During the various meetings, the municipality wished to create three different areas in playgrounds:
We wanted to do a first sporting part with basket hoops while keeping the concrete, a second composed of playful games with wood chips and trees, but also a last one for rest times with logs to relax. sit.
According to the town hall, “there is a desire to put nature at the center of schools”.
30% concrete removal
Thus, by revegetating these spaces, the municipality decided to withdraw near 30% of the concrete. “We are also doing this project to filter the water,” emphasizes Marion Lalane de Laubadère.
And to detail: “There is everything that we do not see. The water will be collected and will pass into the ground to water the vegetation. »
48 trees planted in five schools
Results, 48 trees have or are going to be planted in these five schools: “It’s not just that, we have also arranged 1500 shrubs. On a area of 3,100 m2 which includes all of these schools cited. »
In total, this environmental project in schools was budgeted at 1.3 million euros.
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