Caiubi Program
Klabin is running several environmental education projects, to disseminate the ideas of ecological awareness among both teachers and students. The best example is the Caiubi Program, which has already benefited 188 thousand students and 2479 teachers in 565 schools of Parana, Santa Catarina and Minas Gerais. This has been one of the most significant actions in environmental education in the country.
The Caiubi Program not only contributes to the education of discriminating conscientious citizens, but also qualifies teachers to run their own environmental programs in schools, covering the local fauna and flora. It also serves to stimulate holistic and ecological awareness in the region.
In Parana, where the Caiubi Program has been run since 2001 in cooperation with the Municipal Secretary of Education from Telemaco Borba and the Regional Nucleus of Education, activities are held on the Monte Alegre Farm in four stages. The first is a one-day visit to the local Ecological Park.
Following this, a theoretical-practical course is held with the participation of one teacher from each school. The third stage is the preparation of environmental projects by each school, and finally a workshop is held where the schools present their projects and the work they have been doing during the year.
In Minas Gerais, where it started in 2004, the Program held training workshops (in biology, recycling, preservation and environment) for 12% state school teachers.