Centro Ricerca Educazione Documentazione Ambientale - CREDA

Fondazione CREDA ETS – Centro Ricerca Educazione Documentazione Ambientale is an Italian non-profit foundation dedicated to environmental protection, environmental education and sustainable development. According to its own institutional profile, it has operated since 1987 in the field of environmental protection, promoting research, communication and environmental and sustainability education projects. It is based in Monza, in the Lombardy region, and serves as a reference centre for the territory of the Province of Monza and Brianza and of Milan. The foundation is a member of the national and regional INFEA system for environmental education, promoted by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and the Region of Lombardy, and it collaborates with public and private bodies, environmental laboratories, associations and enterprises at national and international level. Its work is organised into three main areas of intervention: sustainable development projects, education and teaching, and cultural events and summer camps. It is constituted by four major Italian environmental and civic organisations — AGESCI (Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani), Italia Nostra, Legambiente and WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) — and is registered in the Italian RUNTS register of the third sector (no. 157188). CREDA's mission is to protect and enhance nature and the environment by involving local communities through educational actions and active participation, encouraging changes in attitudes and behaviours that are harmful or ineffective for the environment, and offering quality services that adapt to the evolution and complexity of environmental and social issues. Its educational offer includes environmental education and STEAM activities for schools, often hosted at the Mulini Asciutti in the Parco di Monza, where an nineteenth-century stone mill houses the centre for sustainability education. The foundation also runs the Mulino delle Energie, a didactic apiary, and Spazio Invento, a venue for workshops and corporate events. Each year more than 13,000 children and young people take part in the activities proposed by the centre. Beyond school programmes, CREDA participates in European projects. Among them are "Imagining a climate just future" (Imagining), a CERV project running between 2024 and 2026 that networks communities, organisations and citizens to build a fairer and more sustainable Europe, and TRACE – Tracing Colonial Legacies in Climate Vulnerabilities, a European project dedicated to memory and participation. Another initiative, "Change the Story", was an Erasmus+ project for primary and lower-secondary schools focused on civic education, particularly environmental and digital citizenship, developed with teachers and centred on UN Agenda 2030 Goal 13 on climate change. As a foundation rather than a commercial company, CREDA operates as a non-profit entity in the Italian third sector. Its "brand" is that of a trusted environmental education provider and territorial hub, working with schools, public authorities, companies such as Impresa Sangalli and BrianzAcque, and European partners. Its activities combine pedagogy, scientific communication and community engagement, with a strong local footprint in Monza, Sesto San Giovanni and Varese, and a growing European project dimension.

Fondazione CREDA ETS – Centro Ricerca Educazione Documentazione Ambientale has operated since 1987 in the field of environmental protection, promoting research, communication and environmental and sustainability education projects. Its institutional profile describes it as a reference centre for the Region of Lombardy for the territory of the Province of Monza and Brianza and of Milan, and as a member of the national and regional INFEA system for environmental education, promoted by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and the Region of Lombardy. The foundation is constituted by four major Italian organisations: AGESCI (Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani), Italia Nostra, Legambiente and WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature). It is registered in the Italian RUNTS register of the third sector under number 157188. This multi-stakeholder structure gives CREDA a distinctive position among Italian environmental education bodies, linking scouting, heritage protection, environmental activism and nature conservation traditions. Over the decades, CREDA has developed three main areas of intervention: projects for sustainable development, education and teaching, and cultural events and summer camps. Its educational activities are closely tied to the Parco di Monza and the Parco Regionale della Valle del Lambro. At the Mulini Asciutti, a nineteenth-century stone mill in the Parco di Monza houses the centre for sustainability education, known as the Mulino delle Energie. The site hosts environmental education and STEAM activities for schools, with programmes organised into six thematic areas: Fauna, Mondo rurale, Acqua, Terra, Ecosistemi and Cielo. A didactic apiary illustrates the essential role of bees for ecosystems, biodiversity and agriculture. CREDA's school offer has expanded to include free proposals for schools in Monza, Sesto San Giovanni and Varese, developed with partners such as Impresa Sangalli, and free STEAM laboratories for schools in collaboration with BrianzAcque. The foundation also runs Spazio Invento, a venue that supports the Laboratori Invento e Ingegno and can be chosen for corporate events, with a focus on sustainable solutions. At the European level, CREDA has participated in several projects. "Change the Story" was an Erasmus+ project for primary and lower-secondary schools aimed at designing, testing and evaluating new resources for civic education, with particular reference to environmental and digital citizenship. It was developed with 12 teachers during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, and centred on UN Agenda 2030 Goal 13 on climate change, using digital storytelling to promote student action, commitment, responsibility, creativity and empowerment. "Imagining a climate just future" (Imagining) is a CERV project running between 2024 and 2026 that networks communities, organisations and citizens to build a fairer and more sustainable Europe, promoting reflection through intersectional, decolonial and transdisciplinary perspectives. TRACE – Tracing Colonial Legacies in Climate Vulnerabilities is a European project dedicated to memory and participation. Each year more than 13,000 children and young people take part in the activities proposed by the centre. CREDA's mission remains to protect and enhance nature and the environment by involving local communities through educational actions and active participation, fostering changes in attitudes and behaviours that are harmful or ineffective for the environment, and offering quality services that adapt to the evolution and complexity of environmental and social issues.

• 2026

  End of the 'Imagining' project; school proposals for 2026-27 at Mulini Asciutti in Parco di Monza announced.

• 2024

  Start of the CERV project 'Imagining a climate just future' (Imagining), running between 2024 and 2026.

• 2021

  Second school year of the 'Change the Story' project (2021-22).

• 2020

  Start of the Erasmus+ project 'Change the Story' with 12 teachers during the 2020-21 school year.

• 1987

  CREDA begins operating in the field of environmental protection, promoting research, communication and environmental education projects.

Non-profit environmental education foundation and territorial reference centre for sustainability education in Lombardy, combining local school programmes with European research projects.

• Environmental education programmes for schools at Mulini Asciutti

  Programmes organised into six thematic areas: Fauna, Mondo rurale, Acqua, Terra, Ecosistemi and Cielo, offered by the Parco Regionale della Valle del Lambro.

• Mulino delle Energie

  A nineteenth-century stone mill in the Parco di Monza housing the centre for sustainability education.

• Didactic apiary

  An educational apiary illustrating the essential role of bees for ecosystems, biodiversity and agriculture.

• Spazio Invento

  A venue supporting the Laboratori Invento e Ingegno and available for corporate events, focused on sustainable solutions.

• Free STEAM laboratories with BrianzAcque

  Free STEAM workshops for schools in collaboration with BrianzAcque.

• Free school proposals with Impresa Sangalli

  Free sustainability education proposals for schools in Monza, Sesto San Giovanni and Varese.

• 2022-01-14

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