Some of the results:

• The more open the living-lab approach is the stronger the motivation and engagement among students are.
• After having been involved in SALL, students tend to consider learning science as a means for future career choices.
• Students showed greater control over their learning of science.
• The schools involved succeeded in widening their network and managed to engage societal actors, and for 30% of the societal actors to be involved at a co-construction level.
• Societal actors involved developed pedagogical knowledge and gained experience in schools operation which offset their initial apprehensions.

Within the SALL project, the Hénaff high school launched a Garden Club where students and teachers meet twice a week to maintain and take care of the plants. These working sessions are open to external visitors. Together, they created a seed bank to exchange seeds and produced vegetables.

Last year, the Green Hackathon – a competition organised by the Ile de France Region – rewarded the Hénaff high school for their school garden project. The students decided to use the 4000€ prize to have the school’s soil tested, hoping to get the official authorisation to eat the vegetables and the green herbs they grow. After a heavy rainy summer season and an abundant harvest in the fall, the soil analysis results arrived at the end of December giving the go-ahead for the students to organise the first meal of the year with the vegetables from their garden. On the menu, was a nutmeg squash, pumpkin and butternut squash soup with potatoes. All this from the garden! For the next meal, there are plans to harvest carrots and salads!