EcoSchools

Benefits of greener schools

Green school grounds encourage students to be more well-mannered and tolerant

Interaction with nature increases academic performance

EcoSchools increases levels of concentration

Children spend more awake hours in school than they do at home. Therefore, it is important that schools are designed in a way that encourages relaxation and that the climate is as healthy as possible for children. However, most schools use concrete to construct spaces for young learners. This kind of environment has a harshness that is unsuited to the playful nature of children.

Schools will hardly have any green areas or encourage children to interact with nature. Research shows that learning environments with a greater number of plants, greener views, and access to natural play areas demonstrate a lower level of stress for children.

GARDARICA’s eco school’s solution aims to create a nourishing and relaxing school environment.

We implement vertical gardens around the school making use of our Gro-Wall^TM technology to install living walls in the interior and exterior of schools. These green walls have a myriad of benefits including improving air quality, reducing dust and increasing stress resistance. They will also create a sound barrier making the school a more ambient environment for children. Green roofs can be added to schools giving children a place to garden. Gardening will increase learning focus in children as well as equipping them with useful skills.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CLIENT INFORMATION

1) SCOPE OF APPLICATION

1.1 These Terms and Conditions of the company Gardarica ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Seller”) shall apply to all contracts concluded between a consumer or a trader (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) and the Seller relating to all goods and/or services presented in the online shop of the Seller. The inclusion of the Client’s own conditions is herewith objected to, unless other terms have been stipulated.

1.2 A consumer pursuant to these Terms and Conditions is any individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession. A trader pursuant to these Terms and Conditions is any person acting for purposes relating to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf.

2) CONCLUSION OF THE CONTRACT

2.1 The product descriptions in the Seller’s online shop do not constitute binding offers on the part of the Seller, but merely serve the purpose of submitting a binding offer by the Client.

2.2 The Client may submit the offer by the online order form integrated into the Seller’s online shop. In doing so, after having placed the selected goods and/or services in the virtual basket and passed through the ordering process, and by clicking the button finalizing the order process, the Client submits a legally binding offer of contract with regard to the goods and/or services contained in the virtual basket.

2.3 The Seller may accept the Client’s offer within five days by transferring a written order confirmation or an order confirmation in written form (e- mail); insofar receipt of order confirmation by the Client is decisive, or by delivering ordered goods to the Client; insofar receipt of goods by the Client is decisive, or by requesting the Client to pay after he/she placed his/her order. Provided that several of the aforementioned alternatives apply, the contract shall be concluded at the time when one of the aforementioned alternatives firstly occurs. Should the seller not accept the Client’s offer within the aforementioned period of time, this shall be deemed as rejecting the offer with the effect that the Client is no longer bound by his statement of intent.

2.4 The period for acceptance of the offer shall start on the day after the Client has sent the offer and ends on expiry of the fifth day following the sending of the offer.

2.5 The contract’s content will be stored by the Seller and will be sent to the Client in writing including these Terms and Conditions and Client Information (for example via e-mail, letter) after the Client has submitted his order. In addition, the contract’s content will be stored on the Seller’s website and can be found by the Client in the customer login via the password-protected customer account, provided the Client has created a customer account in the online shop prior to submitting his order.

2.6 The Client can correct all the data entered via the usual keyboard and mouse function prior to submitting his binding order. In addition, prior to submitting the order, all data entered will be displayed in a confirmation window and can be corrected here as well, via the usual keyboard and mouse function.

2.7 The contractual language is English.

2.8 Order processing and contacting usually takes place via e-mail and automated order processing. It is the Client`s responsibility to ensure that the e-mail address he/she provides for the order processing is accurate so that e-mails sent by the Seller can be received at this address. Particularly, it is the Client`s responsibility, if SPAM filters are used, to ensure that all e-mails sent by the Seller or by third parties commissioned by the Seller with the order processing can be delivered.

3) PRICE AND DELIVERY COSTS

3.1 Unless otherwise stated in the product descriptions, prices indicated are end prices and include the statutory value-added tax. Any possible additional delivery and dispatch costs are specified separately in the respective product description.

3.2 Payment can be made using one of the methods mentioned in the Seller’s online shop.

3.3 If payment in advance has been agreed upon, payment shall be due immediately upon conclusion of the contract.

3.4 When payments are made using a payment method offered by PayPal, handling of payments takes place via the payment service provider PayPal ((Europe) S.a. r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter called “PayPal”) subject to the PayPal terms of use which can be viewed at: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full?locale.x=en_GB” . In case the Client has no PayPal account, the conditions applicable for payments without PayPal account will be effective. They can be viewed at: https://www.paypal.com/gb/webapps/mpp/ua/privacywax-full.

4) SHIPMENT AND DELIVERY CONDITIONS

4.1 Goods are generally delivered on dispatch route to the delivery address indicated by the Client, unless otherwise agreed. For the transaction procedure the delivery address specified by the Client in the ordering process shall be applicable.

4.2 Should delivery to the Client not be possible, the assigned transport company returns the goods to the Seller and the Client bears the cost for the unsuccessful dispatch. This shall not apply if the Client is not responsible for the event that entails the impossibility of delivery, or if he/she has been temporarily impeded to receive the ordered goods, unless the Seller has given notice to the Client in an adequate period of time prior to the delivery.

4.3 The Seller reserves the right of partial delivery. In this case the Seller informs the Client at which point of time all instalments will be delivered. Delivery should be completed within a reasonable period of time. Additional costs will not be claimed for such partial delivery. However, if the Client has asked for partial delivery, the Seller reserves the right to charge the Client the additional delivery costs.

4.4 The risk of accidental destruction and accidental deterioration of the sold goods shall in principle be transferred to the Client when they come into the physical possession of the Client or a person identified by the Client to take possession of the goods. Should the Client act as a trader, the risk of accidental destruction and accidental deterioration in the event of a sale by dispatch shall be transferred upon delivery of the goods to a qualified transport person at the Seller’s place of business.

4.5 The Seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper self-supply. This only applies if the Seller is not responsible for the non-supply and if he has concluded a concrete hedging transaction with the supplier. The Seller shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the goods. In case of non-availability or partial availability of the goods he shall inform the Client without delay and payments made by the Client will be immediately refunded.

4.6 Collection by the Client is not possible for logistical reasons.

5) LIABILITY FOR DEFECTS

5.1 The statutory consumer rights will apply.

5.2 If the Client is a consumer and he uses his short-term right to reject the product, he has to return the product at his cost.

6) LAW AND JURISDICTION

6.1 If a Client acts as a consumer pursuant to Section 1.2, any contractual relationships between the parties are governed by the law of the country where the Client has his habitual residence, excluding the UN-Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods and the courts of the State where the Client is domiciled will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute relating to these relationships.

6.2 If a Client acts as a trader pursuant to Section 1.2, any contractual relationships between the parties is governed by the law of the country where the Seller has his place of business, excluding the UN-Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods and the courts of the State where the Seller has his place of business will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute relating to these relationships.

7) ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

7.1 The EU Commission provides on its website the following link to the ODR platform: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

This platform shall be a point of entry for out-of-court resolutions of disputes arising from online sales and service contracts concluded between consumers and traders.

7.2 The trader is neither obliged nor prepared to attend a dispute settlement procedure before an alternative dispute resolution entity.

As of: October 2019