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Webinar: Advancing Circular Economy through Quality Environmental Education

Webinar: Advancing Circular Economy through Quality Environmental Education

Join us to explore innovative tools and methods that enhance the quality of environmental education through the lens of the circular economy. Provide an overview of strategies and tools for assessing environmental education quality in Estonia and Finland. Share interdisciplinary circular economy study programs available in Estonian, English, and Finnish. Offer key insights, tips for […]
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Canvas tote bag stencil workshop 10.10.24

Canvas tote bag stencil workshop 10.10.24

Tartu Nature House is hosting a canvas bag designing workshop on the 10th of October at 18:00-19:30. In the workshop, each participant can design a unique shopping bag made of cotton fabric. For the decoration of the bag, we mostly use stencil technique. A range of nature-themed stencils is already available and you can also […]
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Japanese Cultural Evening 17.09

Japanese Cultural Evening 17.09

If you are interested in Japanese culture and language then join the Japanese culture evening in Aparaaditehas on the 17th of September at 6pm! We will play traditional games, do origami, learn some simple Japanese phrases and try Japanese food. The culture evening is hosted by students and their sensei from Sophia University, Tokyo. The […]
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Mushroom Exhibition 2024

Mushroom Exhibition 2024

Tartu Nature House hosts its traditional mushroom exhibition where a wide selection of mushrooms from Southern-Estonian forests, meadows, parks and lodges is displayed. If lucky, 100-150 different species can be seen. In the small mushroom laboratory you can also get acquainted with the mycelium, spore leaves and tubes and animals living in fungi. Mushrooms growing […]
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Summer exhibitions in Tartu Nature House

Summer exhibitions in Tartu Nature House

Tartu Nature House is a small green oasis in the middle of the city. A beautiful park surrounds the centre, where visitors can familiarise themselves with different educational trails, a beaver dam meant for humans, gardens, a viewing platform and children’s play area. The innovative and sustainably built house works as environmental education centre, hobby […]
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New summer exhibition “Fathers and Sons” is open!

New summer exhibition “Fathers and Sons” is open!

This summer Tartu Nature House hosts the exhibition “Fathers and Sons“ which concentrates on fathers as caregivers in the animal and plant kingdom! The exhibition is divided into several major themes and offers something to visitors of all ages. In addition to the roles of fathers in raising their offspring, the exhibition makes complex topics […]
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Summer exhibition “Out of the closet – the stories of our clothes”

Summer exhibition “Out of the closet – the stories of our clothes”

Why can you felt sheep wool but not dog wool? How does Core-Tex material work? Why does drying laundry outside gives it a special smell? What kind of clothes are made from wood and which from plastic bottles? What do the labels on our clothes tell us? Who invented velcro and how? This year’s Tartu […]
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Japanese cultural evening 25.02.23

Japanese cultural evening 25.02.23

If you are interested in Japanese culture and language then join the Japanese cultural evening in Tartu Nature House on the 25th of February at 17:00 o’clock. We will try some origami and calligraphy, learn some simple Japanese phrases, try Japanese snacks and play traditional games. The cultural evening is hosted by students and their […]
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Mushroom exhibition 13.-16.09.2022

Mushroom exhibition 13.-16.09.2022

Tartu Nature House hosts its traditional early mushroom exhibition where a wide selection of mushrooms from Southern-Estonian forests, meadows, parks and lodges is displayed. If lucky, 100-150 different species can be seen. In the small mushroom laboratory you can also get acquainted with the mycelium, spore leaves and tubes and animals living in fungi. Mushrooms […]
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Registration for 2022/2023 hobby classes has begun!

Registration for 2022/2023 hobby classes has begun!

Dear parents and students! We are pleased to announce that the registration for Tartu Nature House 2022/2023 hobby classes is now open! Tartu Nature School is a child and environmentally friendly hobby school. We offer the joy of discovery and new knowledge to more than five hundred children and young people each year. We often […]
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