Let´s get green – raising the awareness of ecological problems Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let´s get green – raising the awareness of ecological problems

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: Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Protecting the environment has been a hotly debated topic for many years. With our project we made the students aware of environmental problems, because the problem affects us all. By dealing with the issue, our students became responsible decision-makers with regard to environmental protection. The project wanted our students to recognize the importance of paying attention to the environment and behaving responsibly to preserve a planet worth living in.

In our European project, 5 schools from Spain, Poland, Greece, Turkey and Germany worked together on solutions on how to create or deepen ecological awareness at school level. A total of 96 traveling students and 15 traveling teachers were present at each meeting. The school attended mostly involved many more students and teachers. Due to the fact that many activities (e.g. the implementation of the “International Green Day”) were also carried out in other classes, over 2,000 students and approx. 200 teachers have benefited from this project. Activities carried out: – A teacher meeting for the precise planning and preparation of the two-year project and four project meetings with the students and teachers involved.
In the respective partner countries, we dealt with the following topics together: the problem of water scarcity in Spain, urban air pollution in Istanbul, Turkey, healthy eating and ecological cultivation in Poland and concrete measures for environmental protection in school and everyday life in Greece and Germany. These subject areas were worked out by the project participants in a variety of workshops and should be integrated into the future school curriculum.

The project’s results and its expected longer-term benefits included:

– Production and Distribution of a brochure which includes guidelines for schools to get greener
– Establishment of a school garden as a future place of learning
– Design of “green” school yards
– Establishment of a waste separation system
– Production of bio plastic
– Annual climate day as an integral part of the school curriculum
– The greatest possible avoidance of plastic materials
– Car-free day for teachers and students (arrival by bike and public transport)
– School party on the topic of “Let’s get green” including campaigns for environmental protection
– Methodological curriculum on environmental protection in almost every subject
– Ecological food as an integral part in the subject “Cooking and Housekeeping”
– Documentation of the project (permanent exhibition in the school building and on the school website), introduction of an Erasmus Room
– Formation of project groups of pupils and teachers in all partner countries to work on an ecological, sustainable school curriculum
– Establishment of “climate monitors” at schools (students who have made it their object to save energy in the classrooms)
– Methods of designing a website and blogs. New computer programs and tools were used.
– Cooperation with extracurricular partners such as beekeepers, goat farms,and environmental protection organizations

Further acquisition of skills and qualifications were the following:

– Raising students’ awareness of different ecological problems in all partner countries
– Improving students’ communication and ICT skills by making PPT and Poster presentations
– Improving students’ language skills, team work skills as well as decision- making competences
– Developing students’ self-esteem, confidence and making them aware that their ideas and experiences stand for a valuable contribution to the project
– School cooperation with different external environmental groups like Greenpeace, etc

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 120069 Eur

Project Coordinator

Hohbergschule Plüderhausen & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Dilnihat Ozyegin Anaolu Lisesi
• FIFTH GENERAL LYCEUM LARISAS
• INS Fonts del Glorieta
• Zespol Szkol Ponadpodstawowych im. prof. Czeslawa Majorka w Ryglicach