‘Healthy human in the healthy environment’ Erasmus Project

Project Title

‘Healthy human in the healthy environment’

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Health and wellbeing; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Our schools started the project owing to a common interest in human being’s impact on the Earth and vice versa. Thinking about the future we decided to make the students aware of the fact that it is a man, as an individaual, who is responsible for wathever is happening to our planet and for its sustainable development. Through our actions we wanted to encourage them to become ecologically active.Moreover, observing our students, we noticed that they were not always able to choose appropriate products. Instead, they preferred reaching for fast foods or unhealthy snacks. As a result, we aimed to expand our students’ knowledge of healthy lifestyle and diet and to encourage them to do sports regularly. We also wanted to give them more detailed information about saubstances which influence our body negatively and, finally, to outline a sensible approach to health and environment, which they would be able to put into practice now and in the future.
Groups of about 20-30 students, 16-19- year- old teenagers, shared their knowledge concerning local and international ecological problems, prepared interactive posters getting in touch via the Internet, created brochures and films about their actions and prepared insturctional materials – the recipes for traditional dishes of the regional cuisine. The students became each other’s teachers and partners in caring about the Planet and sharing their knowledge of their culture and traditions. The additional value of the project was popularising consumption-conscious approach , limiting food waste and air and water pollution, as well as learning about renewable sources of energy.
Doing the project tasks gave students the opportunity to develop their language skills by working in international groups and their TIC skills by using new technologies and programs.They acquired information by attending interdisciplinary classes, meeting dieticians and conservationists and undertaking various initiatives in their local communities. The teachers developed their professional skills.
The main effect of our cooperation is an online blog with a manual for young people containing a wide range of recipes for healthy eating and various articles about sustainable development. Thanks to new applications we have created a lot of materials such as interactive posters, e-books, films, presantations, newsletters and apps to learn vocabulary as well as brochures, leaflets, infographics, CDs and teaching aids.
The project had a positive influence on all the participating schools. All the planned tasks have been acomplished. The atmosphere of cooperation and understanding and the coordinators’ creativity were the highlights of the project, which made it even more successful. The schools are going to continue some ecological actions like: Earth Day, Water Day, cleaning the world, planting trees or a picnic on a bike.

Project Website

https://unhommesaindansunenvironnementsainblog.wordpress.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 122320 Eur

Project Coordinator

Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Janka Bytnara & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas Augusto Cabrita
• Colegiul National Lucian Blaga Sebes
• Istituto Istruzione Superiore “Enrico Fermi”