naturebasedlearning | REAL School Budapest

REAL School Budapest students gather in the school dining room, looking up at the newly installed botanical periodic table. The colour-coded display covers the wall, with plant cards arranged in the classic periodic table grid. The children are discovering the display for the first time after their spring break.

The botanical periodic table

What if each element in the periodic table has a plant partner? The stars made the elements, the earth holds them, the plants harvest them - and now they hang on the dining room wall. A project where botany meets chemistry, and lunch becomes a lesson on the universe.

Apr 12 min read

Promotional banner for the CLARITY project, co-funded by the European Union and led in partnership with REAL School Budapest. The title reads "From Climate Anxiety to Climate Resilience" in bold white and green text against a dark green background. On the right, a young person sits reading inside the hollow base of a large, ancient willow tree beside open water. Partner logos along the bottom include Lund University, One Resilient Earth, Climate Creativity, Legacy17, and The Vision Works.

From climate anxiety to climate resilience - The CLARITY Project

REAL School Budapest is a founding partner of CLARITY (Transformative Climate Resilience Education for Children and Youth), an EU-funded Erasmus+ project (2023–2026) with Lund University, One Resilient Earth, Climate Creativity, Legacy17, and The Vision Works. CLARITY equips educators with a 50+ activity toolbox, a trauma-informed teachers' guide, and a free certified online course — all CC BY-SA 4.0 licensed, in five languages, at transforming-climate.education.

Mar 232 min read

A REAL School student in Budapest works on a laptop in a sunlit classroom, wearing sticker-covered headphones, glancing back with quiet confidence. Technology is present, but so is she - curious, grounded, and fully herself.

AI at REAL School

REAL School International Primary School in Budapest takes a principled approach to AI in education - focusing on five commitments: honest integration of AI tools, deep human skills, entrepreneurship, student wellbeing, and adaptability. The school believes that in a world of intelligent machines, the purpose of education is to help young people know they matter - and develop the capacity to act on that.

Mar 132 min read

Over a hundred students, parents, teachers, and community members stand in a circle around the newly planted REAL Tiny Forest, arms raised in celebration, photographed from above in Graphisoft Park, Budapest, on community planting day, 14 March 2026. The heart-shaped mulched forest bed is visible at the centre of the group.

The REAL Heartwoods Project

At the edge of REAL School in Graphisoft Park, Budapest, a Miyawaki microforest will take root. Two hundred native Hungarian trees and shrubs, planted densely, will rise together into a vibrant young woodland. This will be a sanctuary for biodiversity, a classroom without walls, and a quiet act of climate courage - proof that even small spaces can grow great hope.

Feb 287 min read

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Reimagining climate education - 4 March 2026

Budapest climate education event - join the CLARITY Showcase at REAL School Budapest on 4 March 2026 for expert-led workshops, the CLARITY Toolbox, and educator networking

Feb 42 min read