Learning from Nature at Home: Simple Experiments for Curious Adults
This presentation introduces simple, safe, and accessible experiments that adults can carry out at home to explore nature and environmental processes. Designed especially for people who may not have easy access to outdoor green spaces, the activities use everyday materials and focus on observation, curiosity, and reflection rather than scientific expertise.
The experiments encourage adults to reconnect with nature through small, meaningful actions—such as observing plant growth, tracking weather changes, exploring soil and water, or watching birds from a window or balcony. They are suitable for individual learning, group activities, or intergenerational use, and can be easily adapted for older adults or people with limited mobility.
The presentation shows that environmental learning does not require special equipment, large spaces, or prior knowledge—only attention, time, and curiosity.
Birds in Malta
Species, Migration, and Everyday Birds Around Us
The presentation also focuses on everyday birds—those you can easily observe from a window, balcony, or garden—and offers simple tips on how to recognise them by their appearance and behaviour. No prior knowledge of birds is needed.
It is suitable for community groups, care homes, NGOs, and anyone curious about the wildlife around them.
The talk encourages simple bird observation at home and highlights how understanding birds helps support conservation and appreciation of Malta’s natural heritage.
Explore Malta’s birdlife and learn how to recognise the birds around you.
Watch the presentation or download the slides to discover why birds matter and how you can connect with nature in your daily life.
Neighbours in the City
15 Bird Species You’re Likely to Encounter in the City
Cities are home to an impressive variety of birds that have found suitable conditions to live and breed even within the urban environment. From colourful small bird species such as the Blue Tit and the Great Tit to larger, noisier birds like the Eurasian Magpie, urban birds are a daily reminder of the wildlife with which we share our cities.
Their presence enriches everyday urban life and offers countless opportunities to observe and connect with nature—provided we take a moment to look around us.
But which are the bird species we are most likely to encounter in the city? Below are some of the most characteristic permanent residents, as well as occasional visitors, that bring moments of wild nature into our daily lives.
Vravrona Wetland: a nature escape just a short distance from the heart of Athens
Between Artemida and Markopoulo, in a fertile plain crossed by the Erasinos River, the Vravrona wetland, protected under the Natura 2000 network, constitutes one of the most important wildlife refuges in Attica. Located only 30 kilometres from Athens, it offers a remarkable landscape of outstanding historical value, which has remained almost unchanged from antiquity to the present day.
The great diversity of habitats, combined with the low-impact forms of human land use, has contributed to the creation of an ecosystem of exceptional ecological value. Situated along the eastern coast of Attica, the protected area of the Vravrona wetland has a distinctive character that has largely been preserved throughout the centuries.
Spoznajme spolu tajný svet vtákov, s ktorými zdieľame svoje mestá.
Ranné kráčanie do práce či školy, pitie kávy je sprevádzané hlukom áut, električiek, autobusov či obyčajným ranným zhonom. Avšak ak sa na chvíľu zastavíme a pozrieme sa nad seba, zistíme, že slovenské mestá nie sú len betónovou džungľou ale sú plné štebotajúceho života. Priamo nad našimi hlavami sa odohráva príbeh o prežití, inteligencii a neuveriteľnej prispôsobivosti.
Budovy v mestách nahradili vtákom skalné útesy či parky ale stali sa aj novými lesmi. Divoké vtáctvo sa zmenilo a začalo žiť s nami. Naučili sa hnezdieť pri či v bytovkách a hľadať potravu na miestach, ktoré v prírode nie sú bežnými.
Z nuly na záhradkára. Základné kroky ako si vybudovať svoju vlastnú oázu pokoja.
Záhradkár 101 (autorka Stela Olejárová) je úvodný vzdelávací materiál o pestovaní vlastnej zeleniny a bylín, určený pre úplných začiatočníkov v záhradkárčení. Postupne prevedie divákov základnými krokmi – od výberu vhodného miesta a typu záhona (v zemi, vyvýšený záhon, nádoby), cez prípravu pôdy a kompostovanie, výber plodín podľa ročného obdobia a sadenie zo semienok alebo sadeníc, až po zálievku, hnojenie, ochranu pred škodcami a burinou.
Druhá časť sa venuje praktickým témam ako striedanie plodín, spoločenská výsadba (companion planting), zber úrody a jej uskladnenie, ako aj riešeniu bežných problémov začiatočníkov (napríklad prelievanie rastlín alebo nesprávne umiestnenie na slnku). Prezentácia pôsobí ako prehľadný „návod pre prvý rok“ v záhrade, kombinujúci jednoduché vysvetlenia s vizuálnymi ukážkami a checklistami, aby si nový záhradkár mohol krok za krokom vybudovať sebadôveru a vlastnú úrodu.
