Household waste treatment and valorization: positive energy Erasmus Project
General information for the Household waste treatment and valorization: positive energy Erasmus Project
Project Title
Household waste treatment and valorization: positive energy
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: Research and innovation; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Environment and climate change
Project Summary
The Erasmus+ project “Household waste treatment and recovery: positive energy” (TDMVEP), coordinated by the Paul KAPEL College, brought together four European partners (Spain, Italy, Portugal, Romania). The 5 partner establishments are interested in the topic of Household Waste Treatment in their territories as well as outside their borders and they want to propose sustainable solutions to reduce the impact of waste on the environment, through their enhancement. To do this, at the beginning of the project, the team of reference teachers from each partner country set “ambitious” objectives for the Planet, achievable at the level of every school and every home=> it has kept us at heart to involve the families of students. Thus, through school education, pupils have acquired skills from official programmes and then in workshops in each country (European section, language workshop, European opening workshop, EEDD workshop, etc.) the students carried out activities leading to concrete productions. It should be noted that due to the weather, technical, logistical and other hazards, we had to adapt our schedule and do according to the experience feedback of exchanges and mobility. As a result, some changes have been made to the actual output defined upstream in the framework of the calendar of activities. Most of the objectives set out in the “Project Summary at Application Stage” have been achieved and exceeded. The students wanted to show that by having more resources at their disposal they could unite around a citizen theme, sublime. The Erasmus+ project in the Budget section comprises 25 units, or 25 participants, and we have not been able to involve more people in the various Learning and Training Activities (AEF) because of the remoteness of Guyana from the European continent. Indirectly, through the 25 students directly involved in each country (125 students in total), we reached their families, institutions (local, regional, national, European, international), elected officials, educational authorities (rectorate, Ministry of National Education), environmental agencies (ADEME Guyana, DEAL, CACL, CTG, and other partners). The consultation of the entities made it possible to validate consistent actions. It is in this sense that the team of the five European schools proposes innovative measures aimed at helping pupils with school difficulties who show a negative vision of the school. By carrying out the project activities, the aim is to promote the validation of most of the skills required at the end of compulsory schooling. With regard to the knowledge, skills and culture base, the activities and final achievements contribute to the validation of the following items:
– Knowledge of each other: discovering different cultures within Europe=> feeling of European identity;
– School environment: timetable (timetable), school organisation (classroom, number of pupils, etc.), uniform=> school characteristics
– Leisure: traditional sport, relations between young Europeans, folk music, dance=> European leisure activities
– The typical dish: composition of a transnational festive menu (each delegation proposes a dish from the terroir)=> the expression of tastes
– Imagination: knowing the local folklore (Dracula castle, visiting historic sites, etc.)=> building legends
– The environment: formulating ideas on the preservation of the planet (video spot promoting the connected waste bin, knowing the sorting sector, proposing solutions for organic recycling), installing devices; (composter, henhouse, small soap factory, ecological garden, solidarity market, etc.) => Submission of proposals at climate events
– New technologies: design of a connected waste bin and its management program=> object automation for autonomy;
– Language Practice: A Written Conversation Guide for the Preparation of Physical Mobility=> Foreign Language Proficiency
– Contribute to the well-being of people with disabilities, children (primary school), the comfort of the greatest number (presentation of the interactive garbage can by a person with a disability)=> integrate all students into the school project
– Establish partnerships with cities, urban communities, Maison des personnes handicapées (MDPH), CANOPE Guyane network, GDI, DANE and other partners=> network weaving
The benefits are numerous and reusable in the long term. Several institutions are seeking a partnership in order to benefit from our results.
EU Grant (Eur)
Funding of the project from EU: 134475 Eur
Project Coordinator
Collège Paul KAPEL & Country: FR
Project Partners
- Agrupamento de Escolas de Ferreira do Alentejo
- SCOALA GIMNAZIALA GRIGORE HAGIU
- ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO I. CALVINO
- Instituto de Educación Secundaria “Cardenal Cisneros”