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Friends, we are happy to invite you to a virtual tour of our green school!

March 12, 2019, 12:39 p.m.

We conduct all our sessions in the Carpathians, in the picturesque village Kosmach of the Kosiv district, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (a suburb of Stavnyk). All participants and teachers of the International Green School (hereafter -IGS) live, eat and study in one house (if there are not enough room, it is possible to place teachers and family members in houses of IGS’ friends nearby).

The International Green School is NOT a house for green tourism and recreation. This is an alternative school with a full board, in which the main thing is a friendly joyful atmosphere and an innovative curriculum. At the same time, living conditions are modest.

The school's building is a three-story farmstead with a porch, gallery made entirely of wood, clay and environmental wax. Here there is no assembly hall, club, gym, swimming pool, sauna, TV, stable mobile communication, expensive furniture, air conditioners, and more, which are usually available at recreation centers or in star hotels. Some rooms do not have high beds, but there are low pallets and modern orthopedic mattresses instead. The height of some rooms on the 3rd floor is less than 2 m. The rooms and bathrooms are small.

Accommodation in rooms is for 3-6 persons. There are no rooms for 1-2 persons in IGS.

The school has fiber optic internet, WI-FI. No TV. A telephone connection is limited (only Kyivstar and partly Vodafone mobile operators).

However, best Ukrainian folk craftsmen and artists performed the premises, kitchenware and decorations of the school. There are 7 modern bathrooms (toilet and shower) with special Hansgrohe eco-equipment for economical use of water. Hot water is available for all year, around the clock, but its absence is possible because there are water shortages in the Carpathians, which is caused by environmental problems related to climate change. Therefore, showering is on schedule sometimes.

All house is heated in winter. Separately there is a living room with a traditional Hutsul oven, where the training takes place in winter. The floor at the entrance is additionally heated in the autumn and winter period in order to dry shoes.

There are a waterfall and a river not far from the school; a detached house and a pottery workshop are on the territory of IGS. There is also a garden where so-called green schoolchildren grow organic vegetables in summer. The center of the village is at a distance of 4.5 km from IGS.

The IGS premises and the territory need further improvement. Therefore, we will be happy to make our green space better.

The meals are provided 4 times a day. IGS has an eco-food. The local mistress is preparing food according to the best home traditions of the West-Ukrainian cuisine. There are also traditional Hutsul dishes in the menu, as well as a vegetarian one. Our highlights are coffee outdoors with Hutsul cheeses for adults and “Space Cocoa” for children. The meals for inhabitants are provided only on schedule; rules of self-service are established. Some dishes are cooked in the oven.

Water in the IGS house and in the pottery workshop is ecologically friendly, from the mountain springs, so it can be used for drinking. In case of excessive and frivolous use of water in the house, there may be interruptions with its delivery because the building is located in Kosmach, a high-altitude settlement. Therefore, the rational use of all resources is a must.

There is a first aid kit with appropriate medicines in the house, and there is an ambulance in Kosmach. But if you need special medicines, please take them from your home.

And here you can find impressions of the last year participants.

Address of the International Green School:

128 Stavnytska Street

Kosmach of the Kosiv district

Find on the map

 

GPS Coordinates: 48.308176, 24.832688

 

Contacts:

+38 (067) 454 4516

igskosmach@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/IGSKosmach/