Generation of Sustainability Erasmus Project

Project Title

Generation of Sustainability

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: Energy and resources; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

Due to the industrial revolution, globalization and consumer society influx our planet is going to be affected by a relevant climate change. The issue of climate change has become very important and places great challenges on societies and thus also on schools.
The young generations are stimulated to run a new path and recently the impulse of the Swedish student Greta has been followed by millions of teenagers. They want to show the whole world the importance of facing the problem and the need for younger generations to follow a common route. While “School Strike for Climate” focuses on demanding action from the authorities, we strongly believe that personal responsibility has crucial significance too. Unfortunately, it seems that many of us are still not aware of the fact that our behaviour and attitudes in everyday life are changing our climate and our ecosystem in an irreversible way.
In the schools’ curricula, national focus is not properly set to tackle this relevant problem. The current strategies of sustainability movement are assessed quite differently in the partner countries, and even a split in Europe is often evoked. We would like to inform ourselves about the motivation and consequences of irresponsible attitudes, discuss the relevant Goals set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and shape a positive point of view towards sustainable approaches.
With a total of 5 partners from general secondary schools and vocational schools, we are a team of 4 long-term partners and a recent one. Through the different perspectives and approaches of the partners, we can deal with the project theme in a wide variety of facets.
The project language is English.
Each school grants the mobility of 20 students and 4 teachers, with a staff of other 4 teachers cooperating at the activities.
During each meeting a particular sustainable aspect is approached, such as sustainable energy, sustainable food, sustainable products and waste management,sustainable tourism and transport, sustainable school.
The participants work project-oriented in multinational teams, which simulates the later professional activity of today’s students. They decide, organize and control independently and on their own responsibility with regard to the project tasks and the use of the relevant documentation. Using digital media, they communicate and cooperate transnationally and realize the effective cognitive interaction in peer groups during the international meetings. Participants exchange and expand their existing expertise and fact based knowledge profiting from the international approach. They apply scientific analysis and interpretation methods and get so prepared for their university career.
Social interaction with people of different origins, social behaviours and attitudes and different cultural backgrounds might lead to a reduction of reserves and prejudices, of stereotypical thinking and lead to a higher sense of responsibility towards this topic.
We carry out expert surveys, interviews with local and regional authorities, members of some companies operating in the related sectors and realise workshops to produce our results.
We have also planned to realize a Carbon Footprint Calculator to make everyone aware of their personal impact on the environment and how a simple little change by anyone can produce a relevant impact on the planet.
We undertake special work assignments for the participating students in preparation for the meetings which aim to provide documentation in form of sets of statistical data, presentations, reports and videos, teaching sequences for pair-teaching of the partners in order to have maximum input during the meetings.
As possible products, we elaborate videos and video guides, posters, photo collages, online brochures, a robot and a carbon footprint calculator which can be accessed on the project website and the project TwinSpace. The created material may be used at schools or youth organizations for educational purposes as well as for personal interest.
As a result, we expect an increase in knowledge of the problem, its causes, culture and social behaviours of the home country, the partner countries and parallels in the development of Europe.
In addition, we want to improve the competencies of the participants in the critical reception of media contributions in focusing on the real problems and the strategies of the EU for facing the issue. We encourage differentiated thinking, stimulate the students to face and discuss the topics and the use of their language skills (mother tongue and foreign language).
We also promote the general education of the participants, the development of a common sense of European citizens for a new identity of our own countries and our society respectful of the sustainable choices.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 133410 Eur

Project Coordinator

I.T.E.T. Leonardo da Vinci – Milazzo & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Vilniaus Zveryno gimnazija
• 3 Geniko Lykeio Galatsi
• Gymnázium, Ul.1.mája 905, Púchov
• Gimnazija Josipa Slavenskog Cakovec