Our projects
BluoVerda designs and implements projects and initiatives in Europe and Latin America. Our projects in Latin America support community empowerment for the benefit of people and nature and are conducted in close coordination with our local partners. In Europe, our work includes aware raising, education for sustainable development and training on natural resource management, biodiversity conservation and related skills and knowledge.
FoodTure: Education for Green Skills
The FoodTure project, implemented in Germany and Slovenia, engages young people in climate change and food-related education through an integrated approach combining Education for Sustainable Development and Systems Innovation.
Bamboo for integration (Guadua para la integración)
This project aims to strengthen the bamboo production chain in the Quindio region of Colombia by improving forest owners entrepreneurial skills and training young people in vulnerable situation to promote social reintegration.
LATAM-EU Sustainable Food Systems Academy
The project aims to promote the inclusion of green skills for sustainable food systems in VET institutions of Colombia and Chile through co-designing tools, sharing best practices, and delivering capacity-building online training to teachers and staff.
Sustainability Co-development Lab: Tourism program for environmental education organisations working with youth populations
The mission of the project is to increase the capacity of local environmental education organisations in Germany and Spain to educate and raise awareness among young travellers about tourism, its social dimensions (diversity and inclusion) and environmental impacts (especially climate change).
Climate-Bites: Nurturing Youth Agency through Food Awareness
The Climate-Bites initiative is a project in Germany and Hungary that aims to empower young people by raising awareness about food systems and dietary habits. This is achieved by training teachers, informal educators and organisations dedicated to environmental education for young people.
Resilient Water Supply in the Paraguayan Indigenous Community Ajoicucat – Mistolar
This project aims to make an essential contribution to securing the drinking water supply of a community threatened by drought in the semi-arid Chaco of Paraguay, thereby improving their adaptive capacity.
Conservation of "roble" (Amburana cearensis) in the Bolivian Chiquitano forests
This research project aims to contribute to the conservation, sustainable use, and management of Amburana cearensis populations by assessing their current conservation state after the mega-fires of 2019 and 2020 in the Bolivian Chiquitano dry forest.
Climate Action Academy: Food systems and dietary habits
This project aims to strengthen the capacity of environmental education organisations working with youth on the topic of food systems and dietary habits.
Empowering Indigenous Women in the Peruvian Amazon through Sustainable Fashion and Entrepreneurship
This project supports the financial independence and entrepreneurship of indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon.
Local Monitoring of the Amazon Rainforest using Open Source tools
This pilot project develops low-cost and user-friendly methods to timely detect forest disturbances, including illegal deforestation and forest degradation activities.
Containing the spread of Covid-19 in Indigenous Communities in Peru
In collaboration with our local partners, we are actively containing the spread of Covid-19 in several indigenous communities in Peru.
My Corona Free School
In partnership with Weltweit e.V., we help a school for people with learning disabilities in Peru to prepare for re-opening and securing a safe return to school