Let’s look at rivers and ponds, protect freshwater aquatic ecosystems … improve our attitudes and behavior towards the environment ! I adopt a watercourse, a pond, … a freshwater aquatic ecosystem. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s look at rivers and ponds, protect freshwater aquatic ecosystems … improve our attitudes and behavior towards the environment !
I adopt a watercourse, a pond, … a freshwater aquatic ecosystem.

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: Natural sciences; Environment and climate change; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The aim of this project is to promote the use of classrooms and multimedia in order to develop new pedagogical methodologies and to promote European co-operation between teachers and pupils.

The first objective is to increase the skills of teachers and students in the use of new technologies.

The second objective is the training of teachers in the scientific aspects of the study of aquatic environments.

Taking into account the problems of water pollution of our rivers by local structures (schools, peasant cooperatives, youth associations, neighborhood associations, etc.) is an important aspect of the development of society: Is an immediate problem, about everyone, elementary to understand whatever the level of studies, and which empowers young people called to suffer very quickly from neglect of adults. The sanitary condition of our rivers is too great a subject to leave it to politicians, technicians, and businessmen; to take an interest in it is to act as an active citizen; Is a modest but fundamental advance in democracy. That is why it is so important to show how a number of young people’s actions have resulted in recognized successes, suspended administrative decisions or reconsidered the consequences of a policy. The participation of young people, their mobilization and their awareness of sustainable development are therefore at the heart of this project.

The failure of the various summits (Copenhagen on climate, …) underline the gravity of the situation and the urgency of raising awareness.

This environmental education project therefore seeks to contribute to the implementation of sustainable solutions to the problems of river ecosystems. In addition to developing technical skills, this project also aims to develop an environmental awareness based on the voluntary and active participation of students “citizens” (Social Impact).

We have planned seminars for European delegations, meetings with young people in schools and training courses for teachers; The aim is to acquire, with the methods of non-formal education, the knowledge and methods necessary to spread our concerns, denunciations and proposals to young people and the political world, in order to make them aware of the Responsibility for their own choices.

Ultimately, it also aims to create a monitoring network through the adoption of a “flow section” of rivers by organized local groups. Thanks to an observation methodology that is simple but rigorous, standardized and easy to apply and develop, these groups will be responsible for the monitoring and protection of the watercourse on the selected section, thus contributing to a sustainable improvement of the resources Local and global water resources, as well as the process of rehabilitation of their sections, in particular.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 215197,17 Eur

Project Coordinator

Centre Scolaire du Sacré-Coeur & Country: BE

Project Partners

• LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC “VASILE SAV”
• Istituto Comprensivo A.Malfatti Contigliano
• collège Edmond BAMBUCK
• Zakladna skola Dargovskych hrdinov 19
• Zakladni skola, Praha 8, Buresova 14
• 4th Gymnasium of Kastoria
• Ehte Humanitaargümnaasium