Circular economy for future community: reduce, reuse, recycle Erasmus Project

Project Title

Circular economy for future community: reduce, reuse, recycle

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Energy and resources; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Theme of the project is crucial theme in nowadays and future society – Circular economy: reduce, reuse, recycle. The project aims to achieve better knowledge about preservation of environment and implementation of skills which are needed to prepare students and local communities for sustainable development targets such as ensuring healthy lives, well being for all ages, inclusive and equitable quality education, gender equality, critical thinking with ecological approach toward respect for the environment and responsible behaviour in the direction of reducing and recycling waste, sustainable production of food, new bio materials, renewable energy, natural resources, reusing of clothes, water and waste.
Aims of the project are to improve quality education, student`s skills and cultural, social and ethical approach of future European community to Circular economy, cultural diversity, sustainable growth, social inclusion and prepare them for a global world in continuous change. We will promote Circular economy in our own school organisations and local communities by implementing new strategies, approaches and technology use for improving and preserving clean environment.
Background of the project is statement that preservation of environment and healthy is one of the human rights, modern technology IT should be designed and used to help preserve the environment. The potential of IT is very high, because technology is very well received by the new digital generations. IT can be incorporated in formats better accepted by all students and helps them to better observe reality, to share the knowledge, stimulate creativity, initiative, and empower students in their own learning.
Objectives of the project are achieving schools sustainability through waste management, recycling, reducing, reusing and implementing circular economy in the curriculum, learning IT skills which transfers reality of schools and local Circular economy into virtual environment: transforms observations to data and information. These allows teachers to use data for teaching guides, linking physical world to the virtual and build educational resources.
Number and profile of participants: 5 educational organisations which are Primary school Šmartno pod Šmarno goro (10 teachers + 100 students), Ljubljana, Slovenia, Lucina Hagmanin School (6 teachers + 120 students), Kokkola, Finland, Istituto Comprensivo – SM Imbriani L. Piccareta (5 teachers+ 100 students), Corato, Italy, Szkola Podstawowa nr 360 w Warszawie (13 teachers + 80 students), Warsaw, Poland, Adam Ries – Grundschule (5 teachers + 90 students), Berlin, Germany.
Activities will vary from transnational project meetings, exchanging students for students knowledge, providing data for web page and manual, researching school`s waste management system, reusing and reducing of materials used in schools and transforming real data into virtual world to implement circular economy in the school curriculum.
Methodology consists of series of overlapping phases, experimental work, on – going assessment and evaluation, research and analyse with the help of technology, connecting local and transnational, dissemination of projects objectives into local community and on the national level.
Results of our project are actual results like the web page, Circular economy manual for schools, students and local community , expositions in the school and on the national level, implementation of real life topics in curriculum to increase quality education, implementation of Circular economy in schools waste management and in local community, organising first conference about Circular economy in schools and school`s environment in Šmartno pod Šmarno goro, Ljubljana and other results like critical thinking, decision making and responsibility to the environment, integral development of the students, improvement of student`s self-esteem, personal, social, language and academic skills.
Impact and long term benefits of the project are better school`s waste management, new approaches to dealing with materials and waste by students, presentations on national conferences and projects (Healthy or Eco-schools, articles in journals, multiplier events on different educational organisations like faculties and secondary schools (Pedagogical faculty, annual event of cooperation with local community Spring carousel, Secondary school Biotehniški center Naklo, Secondary school of Arts and craft , Corato ( Italy), Let’s clean Terlizzi – non profit organisation).
In summary, project 3REconomy improves the relationship between community and the school through the social and educative networks, good practices, tools and resources, fostering the feeling of belonging to a greater European community sharing same interests, taking into account cultural diversity and environmental, climate differences.
The project transforms Circular economy into circular knowledge which expands throughout European community.

Project Website

https://www.3reconomy.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 107993 Eur

Project Coordinator

Osnovna sola Smartno pod Smarno goro & Country: SI

Project Partners

• Szkola Podstawowa nr 360 w Warszawie
• Adam Ries – Schule(Grundschule)
• Lucina Hagmanin koulu
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO – SM IMBRIANI L. PICCARRETA