THE WISE AND ECO-FRIENDLY CONSUMER Erasmus Project

Project Title

THE WISE AND ECO-FRIENDLY CONSUMER

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: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Environment and climate change; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

We implemented ‘The Wise and Eco-Friendly Consumer’ project with a focus on consumerism and environmentalism. We investigated cause-effect relationships between the two concepts. For this reason, we have thoroughly examined all of the activities that we have implemented, why our target audience, preschool children and young people, are directed to consume so much and the environmental damages caused by consumption. We received information presentations from experts on this issue. It has emerged by sharing our experiences in the transnational project meetings with the project leaders, where there are changes in the participants’ view of life in every mobility and dissemination of this project. The relationship between nature and human is important for our project. The love of nature and the information that we need to protect the nature of the mobility of our project have been imposed on the participants’ consciousness. The participants realized that excessive consumption caused too much harm to themselves and the environment, began to make wise choices about consumption and to try to improve the quality of the environment in which they live. Our participants used social media effectively with their shared awareness videos on this subject. And we continue to share on our facebook page. We provided financial trainings to our target groups in our Italian mobility, and gave information presentations on how to manage personal budgets and time, evaluate the quality of goods and services, and learn about the rights of consumers. We have set up our 3R recycling and sharing room that we have organized in each partner school and have organized it together. We have tried to deliver the products in each partner school’s 3R recycling room to individuals in need with different applications and we will continue to use this recycling room. In order to change our consumption habits, we carried out studies on a different consumption issue in each activity. Today, we aim to instill the love of nature for our young people who give more importance to technology. With our hobby garden event, we put responsibilities on the youth. We have given the task of protecting the fruit trees we planted together and transferring them to new generations. We also visited local factories every time we mobilized. In this way, the students observed the stages of a product before it came to our table and the difficulties of producing it. Our goal was to see the difficulties in the production phase and to think again when consuming. We believe that when our participating students set up their own companies in the future, they will remember these experiences and shape their lives accordingly. After Erasmus + “LET’S PEDAL”, “I HAVE A DREAM” and THE THE WISE AND ECO-FRIENDLY CONSUMER projects, the institutional relationship between our schools became stronger. And together we prepared ‘EAT RIGHT BE LIGHT’ project. Together we will perform our work finds contributing to the European education system and Turkey education system.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 158450 Eur

Project Coordinator

Sehit Mustafa Serin Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• I.I.S.S. “Carlo Maria Carafa” Mazzarino
• Szkola Podstawowa Nr 2 im. Oskara Kolberga w Opolu Lubelskim
• Scoala Gimnaziala, comuna Pietrari
• AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DO LEVANTE DA MAIA
• Joan Ekzarh Specialized Language School