Stop Climate Change – Together Europe Achieves More Erasmus Project

Project Title

Stop Climate Change – Together Europe Achieves More

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; Environment and climate change; Energy and resources

Project Summary

Climate change is and will be the most serious problem in the whole world. Most countries have already experienced disastrous effects of global warming, such as extreme weather, extreme heat, floods, droughts, forest fires, rising sea level. UN has a Development Programme with 17 sustainable development goals and goal number 13 is Climate action. Goals 14 – Life below water and 15 – Life on land, are also connected with fighting climate changes. There are other documents, like Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, Europe 2020 Strategy, in which countries are urged to mitigate the effects of climate change. World Health Organization also warns about negative effects of limate change on human health. The project entitled “Stop Climate Change – Together Europe Achieves More” was implemented by six partner schools from diferent parts of Europe: Croatia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland. This project stems from the climate change experiences of all participating schools and recognizing the common problem. The main objective was to expand their knowledge and exchange good practices in this field to achieve greater competences needed in daily life in the 21st century. Project objectives were:
– to show pupils different approaches to mitigating climate changes and raise the level of climate literacy
– to improve awareness about climate changes from all aspects and angles not only for students but also for families and local communities
– to encourage pupils and parents to engage in energy-saving activities
– to connect the curricula of different subjects by implementing project and involving all teachers, to develop an interdisciplinary knowledge
– all students will realize the importance of belonging to the EU by participating in this project and by cooperating with different nations
– to increase openness of pupils to other cultures, enable pupils to make formal and informal contact with foreigners
– to increase competence in the use of English language and ICT and (digital competences) for pupils and teachers
– to increase recognition of schools in the local environment
– to disseminate and exploit the results, ensuring future generations have access to simple, science based toolkits which support their learning
– to strengthen teachers’ skills through transnational cooperation and by adopting new, innovative and effective methods of teaching
Partner schools have 3820 pupils and 378 teachers. They all took part in project activities and benefited from them. Pupils aged 5-18 took part in activities, pupils aged 13-16 went to mobilities. All teachers are well trained and experienced. Four schools have taken part in Erasmus+ projects and two schools were inexperienced in Erasmus+ projects.
In the framework of the project we carried out : 4 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils, measuring the weather, studying global warming and greenhouse effect, introducing measures to reduce CO2 emmisions, taking measures to reduce carbon footprint, studying endengered plants and animals, invasive plants and animals, learning about renewable sources of energy, production of a functioning water mill, solar powered car, wind turbine, game creation, learning about 1st aid and rescuing disaster victims, rehearsed and performed 4 climate based school plays, conducted 24 climate based lessons.
In our project we used the following methodology and pedagogical approach: Content and language integrated learning, project based learning, learning through experience, experimentation, mathematical processing of results from research, videoconferences, educational games, stimulating creativity through educational trips, visits and excursions to several different institutions.
We achieved the following results during the project: 6 presentations about participating countries and schools, 60 presentations related to climate changes ( waste management, RRR, water consumption, weather measurements, endangered species, invasive species, renewable sources of energy, climate change and human health, ), project logo, web pages, 6 watermills, 6 solar powered cars, 6 wind turbines, 2 e-books, exhibitions, 6 games, 4 school play performances, bookmarks with climate slogans.
Long term impacts are: the increased interests of students in science, in environment and mitigation of climate changes, the increased tolerance to social and cultural differences, the increased willingness of teachers to take on new challenges and projects, the increased openness of the teachers to educational cooperation, perception of the teaching staff as active and involved in lives of local people, the use of effective solutions to reduce socio- economic differences between disadvantaged students, improved educational offer of the schools, the increased experience in implementation of EU projects, the opportunity to use examples of good practices by other organizations. We cancelled 2 LTTAs and 2020 Erasmus Days due to Covid-19.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 128677,41 Eur

Project Coordinator

Osnovna skola Bartola Kasica & Country: HR

Project Partners

• 1st Gymnasium of Cholargos
• BC Broekhin Roermond
• Istituto Comprensivo Sant’Elia a Pianisi
• SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA NR 12
• Alytaus r. Simno gimnazija