Environment: launch of a greening program for public schools

Under the leadership of Mrs. Bernadette DAVIS , of the DGA Isabelle GORIZIA and her teams, José CARTI, head of the "Quality of Living Environment" department, Sylviane BENJAMIN, director of major projects and Alizee PALPIED who has taken on the school greening program, the work has just started and will be completed at the end of 2024.

The Collectivité has launched a public procurement contract over a period of 4 years so that all public schools benefit from this beautification program. The objective is to re-green schools and promote an ecological environment, through new plantations and natural irrigation and shading systems. Through this action, the Collectivité has decided to beautify the school environment while respecting environmental protection and biodiversity.

During the first phase of work, starting this summer, four neighborhood establishments in Orléans will benefit from this program. These are the Eliane Clarke, Clair St Maximin, Omer Arrondell schools and the Roche Gravée college in Moho. The Jérôme Beaupère schools in Sandy Ground, and Ghislaine Rogers and Elie Gibs schools in Grand Case, as well as the Marie-Antoinette Richards schools in Rambaud and Siméone Trott schools in Concordia (public land near the school), will also be planted during the summer holidays.

The other schools will be dealt with during the upcoming All Saints and Christmas holidays.

The Major Projects department, which is piloting this program, has been working on it for several weeks, under the leadership of Vice-Presidents Bernadette DAVIS for the Living Environment delegation and Dominique LOUISY for the Human Development and Citizenship delegation, determined to finalize this project, which is highly anticipated by the school community before the end of this year.

In total, the Collectivité will plant 83 trees in public schools, including 23 fruit trees, 42 endemic Caribbean trees (9 different species) and 37 ornamental palm trees. A long-standing project taken over by the Cadre de Vie delegation for effective implementation from July 2024 to December 2024.