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Manos en la tierra: siembra en Los Guardianes, Villanueva

Program for schools

Learn by doing, in the forest we care for.

Environmental education · Children and youth

The classroom is the forest.


A field day where students take part in the real work of the sanctuary and leave with more than a visit: a different way of looking at nature.

It's not a decorative field trip. Students plant, feed, observe, and come back with questions that came from the work, not from the slideshow. We design each day with the school so it connects with curriculum and the group's age.

Purpose

That each student has a direct, unmediated experience of how conservation works: what it means to care for a wild animal, what restoring an ecosystem requires, why tropical dry forest matters for Colombia.

How students take part

The group splits into rotating subgroups guided by a caretaker or biologist on the team. Each subgroup carries out a specific mission of the day — planting, monitoring, feeding, enrichment — and at the end of the day there's a joint closing where students share what they learned.

Days run between 4 and 6 hours, depending on the group's level. They include a walk through the forest, hands-on workshops, and observation records they can work with back in the classroom.

Students don't remember what you tell them. They remember what they did with their hands.

Logistics

We work with groups of up to 40 students split into subgroups. Suggested ages: 10 and up. For younger groups we adapt the content and the length of the missions. The day includes water, snack, guides, and all materials — the school only organizes transportation.

Contribution

Each day leaves a material trace: trees planted, observations recorded, food prepared, enrichment built. But the most important contribution is awareness from an early age: students who understand, from their bodies, that conservation is something you do.

Want to bring your school?

Message us on WhatsApp. We coordinate dates, content, and logistics based on your group's level.