Challenges of Sustainability – Towards a Good Life Erasmus Project

Project Title

Challenges of Sustainability – Towards a Good Life

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Energy and resources; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

The aim of the project is our continuing incentive to engage students and teachers at the involved schools in a wide range of activities concerning the ideas of “sustainability” and “citizenship”. As the challenges of a sustainable lifestyle are so manifold, we shifted our focus to the complementing areas ‘food’ and ‘participation and responsibility’ and ‘the good life’. Broader issues such as ‘responsibility of the individual in society’ and ‘social justice’ in each partner’s home countries – as well as on a European level – were addressed, and have hopefully impacted attitudes and inspired hands-on ideas for local solutions.
In addition to the regular courses at the schools, the preparation for the project, the exchange and evaluation of the exchange visits were the core element and centrepiece of the project. They have served as powerful motivators for students and project partners to identify with the project. Each partner school had its own arrangements as to how and where students were engaged in preparation and on-going development of the themes. In Berlin, the implemented course has been a regular platform for working regularly on the topics. The result of the activities has been distributed among Emmy Noether students in workshops, exhibitions, cooking classes, and a summer party event involving the whole school.

Schools: Emmy Noether Gymnasium Berlin and St. Columb’s College Derry
Partners in Berlin: Slowfood Germany, Restlos Glücklich, Markthalle IX, Endorphina
Partners in Ireland: Far and Wild, Foodovation, Tamnagh Foods, Butterlope Farm

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 34700 Eur

Project Coordinator

Emmy-Noether-Gymnasium & Country: DE

Project Partners

• St. Columb’s College
• Gimnazjum nr 25