Eco-Active for Planet Erasmus Project

Project Title

Eco-Active for Planet

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Environment and climate change; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Nowadays we face a lot of environmental concerns. The environmental problems like global warming, acid rain, air pollution, waste disposal, ozone layer depletion, water pollution, climate change and many more affect people in every country. Over the last few decades, the exploitation of our planet and the degradation of our environment have gone up at an alarming rate.
Consistent, proper education and support of common people and citizens may result in raising their ecological awareness, changing their every-day practice, influence their neighbours, and pressurizing politicians into changing countries’ green policy.

The Eco-Active for Planet project aims for inventing and disseminating a new model of eco- and climate adult education which will be focused on enhancing active citizenship for preventing climate changes and protecting the environment. It empowers and equips trainers and other education activists in necessary knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to make citizens active for the planet’s wellbeing. The project is to give the set of practical nuggets to professional adult educators and activists for the environment. It also aims at shaping their eco mindest and developing their professional competencies related to environment protection and supporting citizens in being active for Planet on the local level.

Regarding all identified needs, the Eco-Active for Planet project’s specific objectives are as follows:
– Identifying and describing the basic and advanced environmental competences consisting of knowledge, practical skills, and attitudes that adult learners need as citizens in everyday life to reduce their environmental footprint and have a positive impact on changes in their local societies/ groups
– Elaborating the Planet Friendly Educators’ code of practice that will take into account European, national, local cultural aspects and implementing it among project’s partners
– Elaborating the manual for trainers and education activists which will guide how to develop the eco competencies among adults learners and enhance civic activism for Planet on an individual and local level.

This set of educational nuggets that is to be elaborated for trainers and education activist will focus on taking advantage of any opportunities to provide new environmental competences to adult citizens, to reduce the negative environmental foot-print that every person makes in everyday life.

The Eco-Active for Planet will take into consideration following environmental concerns:
– Climate change
– Global Warming
– Increased Carbon Footprint
– Pollution of air, water and soil
– Deforestation
– Loss of Biodiversity
– Household and Industrial Waste
– Ozone Layer Depletion
– Natural Resource Depletion
– Acid Rain
– Agricultural Pollution
– Light and Noise Pollution
– Littering and Landfills

Planned Intellectual outputs:
IO1 – Competences for the Planet
IO2 – The Code of Conduct of Education Activists for the Planet
IO3 – Toolkit for trainers
IO4 – The Active Citizenship for the Planet manual for education activists
IO5 – “How it works” video-publication

The project approach is be based on the UNESCO Climate Change Education (CCE) for Sustainable Development program (CCESD), and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The UNESCO Climate Change Education (CCE) for Sustainable Development program (CCESD), aims to help people understand climate change by expanding CCE activities in nonformal education through the media, networking, and partnerships. It is grounded in the holistic approach of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which incorporates crucial sustainable development issues such as climate change, disaster risk reduction, and others into education, in a way that addresses the interdependence of environmental sustainability, economic viability, and social justice. It promotes participatory teaching and learning methods that motivate and empower learners to change their behavior and take action for sustainable development. The program seeks to help people understand the impact of global warming today and increase ‘climate literacy’, and aims to make education a more central part of the international response to climate change. The project aims are also in line with Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, especially with the goals: 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 12. Sustainable Production and Consumption (in the theme of zero waste), 13. Climate Actions and also goal 4. Quality Education

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 273103 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stowarzyszenie Trenerow Organizacji Pozarzadowych & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Asociace odborniku v andragogice CR, z. s.
• Green European Foundation
• KANSANVALISTUSSEURA SR.
• Latvijas Permakulturas biedriba
• Federacja Polskich Banków Żywności