LéierLabs for children and adolescents
Nature Explorer
One-off workshops lasting one morning or one afternoon,
for children and adolescents aged 6 to 19
‘Nature Explorer’-LéierLabs offer young participants an immersive, hands-on outdoor experience, inviting them to explore and learn directly in nature. Participants’ curiosity and critical thinking are stimulated through interactive (e.g. artistic) and/or playful activities.
These one-off workshops can be organised around a specific topic, or in the form of a dynamic trail covering several environmental aspects.
Minetter Woll
Where does our wool come from, and how is it processed? In this hands-on workshop, led by Nicolas Meiers, pupils discover the wool of the Minett sheep, the red Ardennes sheep. These sheep graze in our nature reserves and thereby help preserve biodiversity and landscapes.
Through experiments, the children learn about the properties of wool and experience the different steps of processing it: from carding and spinning to weaving and felting. The children also discover which products can be made from wool as a material.
Dates 2026:
13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 October
Target audience:
Primary school classes
Cycles 2 – 4
Duration:
2.5 hours
(9:00 – 11:30)
Location (free choice):
Centre Nature et Forêt Ellergronn
(Esch-Alzette)
Escape Game Minett
Through two escape games, young people aged 10 to 14 (or older) discover the secrets of the biodiversity, geology and industrial history of two magnificent nature reserves, ‘Giele Botter’ and ‘Haard’, and the importance of preserving them.
On a journey through a former open-cast mine, teams solve puzzles at seven different stations and learn fascinating facts about the environment around them.
The games, available in German, are packed in specially designed backpacks.
Target audience:
Children and young people
(10 to 14 years)
Duration:
± 4 hours
Location:
Nature reserve “Giele Botter”
(Niederkorn)
Nature reserve “Haard”
(Dudelange)
Minett INK
A graphic exploration of biodiversity
How to develop communication material to promote environmental education in an environmentally friendly and creative way?
Risography workshop using a Japanese printing procedure that works with soy-based ink (without the use of solvents). This can be used to create unique and unexpected brochures, flyers and posters.
Target audience:
Children from elementary school
and young people from high school
(6 to 19 years)
Duration:
on request
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Location:
Ellergronn Nature Conservation Centre
(Esch-Alzette)
D’Minetter Schof entdecken
Key animals in maintaining biodiversity
We go in search of the “Minetter Schof”, the red Ardennes sheep, which moves through our biosphere reserve and thus helps the existing nature in various ways.
By observing and analyzing the behavior of the sheep and their surroundings, we become more aware of their essential role in maintaining biodiversity in the landscapes of the Minett UNESCO Biosphere.
Dates 2026:
Dates will be announced soon.
Target audience:
Children from elementary school
Duration:
± 2.5 hours
Location:
In the Nature reserves
of the Minett UNESCO Biosphere
