Mitigation of climate changes and sustainable consumption of the earth’s resources Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mitigation of climate changes and sustainable consumption of the earth’s resources

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: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

This project will focus on good practices for environmental and climate challenges now & in the future.

The partner schools cope with different challenges: Norway (sea pollution, droughts), Denmark (heavy rain, pesticides drinking water), Belgium (pollution cities, drought), Spain (forest fires, tourist pollution, drought). We use the 17 SDG goals of the UN.

Our goal is twofold: identify the individual role in coping with these challenges & enhance a positive attitude towards the EU by showing the importance of countries working together.
We include four European schools in Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Spain, three of which have participated in EU projects before and know the benefits of learning from each other. About 20 students per school (various backgrounds, ages, etc.) and 10 teachers (different subjects) will be included. All schools have their own expertise and good practices to bring.

Kick-off will be the Joint Staff Training Meeting in Norway in October ‘20 to agree on rules, distribute tasks and learn about eTwinning (TwinSpace), Europass, etc.
Four student exchanges are planned to do research, learn, discuss and come to new good practises: • Denmark, NOV ’20 – ’A Journey of Food in the Future’ • Spain, MAY ’21 – ‘Preserving Natural parks and facing drought, forest fires and tourist pollution’ • Norway, SEP ’21 – ‘The human factor and how can we contribute?’ • Belgium, MAR ’22 – ’From Sustainable food to the year 2050’. A final project evaluation will occur at the Joint Staff Training Meeting in Spain.
‘Responsibility for their own learning’ will be the primary methodology used, encouraging and engaging the students to take responsibility. Other methodologies include: making presentations, peer to peer learning in transnational groups, research, debate, intercultural learning, progress evaluation, workshops, educational visits, home assignments, collaborating on TwinSpace, etc. Students and teachers will know their role in coping with environmental challenges and contribute to a sustainable future through:
· Understanding the importance of an EU-wide approach in tackling global challenges
· Learning hands-on methods and abilities for use in their daily and professional lives
· Newly taught expertise, knowledge, professional and managerial skills
· Building relationships and exchanging good practices
· Becoming ambassadors of the European and democratic values
disseminated through eTwinning, Google Drive, TwinSpace, E+PRP during and after the project. The exchange contributes to long-lasting benefits for skills and attitudes (e.g. language dexterity, critical thinking, …).
Being hosted in families and working in internationally mixed cohorts helps discern other cultures and foster social competences. Project Communication Plan which is a concrete result of our project is a guideline for all future projects. The purposes of the board game, calendar, video and website are to keep on disseminating the results of this project in the future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 110100 Eur

Project Coordinator

Horsens Gymnasium & HF & Country: DK

Project Partners

• I.E.S. Fernando Aguilar Quignon
• Sint-Janscollege
• Fjell ungdomsskule