There’s another attempt to involve schoolchildren in agricultural biodiversity at a site called GeBaPro — Gene Bank Projects. Like one we linked to a while ago, this is also about peas and is also supported by Het Hof van Eden (whose site seems to be undergoing a rebirth). Maybe they are two aspects of but a single project?
The idea is terrific. Get children interested in diversity using a simple subject, of great historical interest, and with all sorts of ramifications that good teachers could use to range widely across almost any curriculum. Link classrooms in Europe with counterparts in Thailand and Bolivia, for example. But — and I hate to be a worry-wart — there just doesn’t seem to be any follow-up. So what’s up? Lack of support? Lack of schools? Lack of something, that’s for sure. If I can help in any way, I’d be happy to, but it is impossible to know what to do for the best.
I suppose they could also try this: “The door is now open for everyone to participate in conservation with this simple activity called e-Conservation. You are invited to participate and to innovate on the content into your area of concern.”