plastics and prejudice? – sense and sustainability! Erasmus Project

Project Title

plastics and prejudice? – sense and 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 : 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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Environment and climate change; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

For two years students, 15-19 years old from Finland, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Spain have worked in a project called „plastics and prejudice?-sense and sustainability!“ and have become active. The frame of their work were the 17 sustainable development goals to be achieved in 2030, given by the UN . So goals like „Responsible consumption“ or „climate action“ were not just words for the students but they faced the challenges of these goals and made their communities think about a more sustainable future and act for a more sustainable future.
In the following we concentrated on topics like: less paper use at school, anti-plastics solutions for water and snacks, fight against food waste in the canteen, growing own vegetables in the school garden, making our own jam and soups and upcycling for a more responsible consumption.
On four international meeting we exchanged experiences and worked together on solutions. This is why we were able to establish sustainable structures and products at our schools during these two years. We started by analysing how many ressources are used in everyday day life and in our school community (for example food waste, paper and plastic waste, consumption in the breaks)

Our biggest success was the action day on the 6th February in Hamburg! We called it the „Day of sustainability“ (the DOS) and by working together with the whole school community of Otto-Hahn-School in workshops like „swap party for accessories“, „Do your own cosmetics“, „climate cinema“, „Dance workshop for women’s rights“, (just to name a few) we were all little activists! This day will be carried out now every year in our schools!
We also tried to get more people involved by creating a blog to give tips for a more sustainable lifestyle: https://gogreengoeplus.wordpress.com

When you have a closer look at the logo (a tree with a trunk which ressembles a human being and coloured in the colours of the flags of our countries) we have chosen for our project, it becomes clear that these young people tried to find a balance again for the planet earth.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 102585 Eur

Project Coordinator

Otto-Hahn-Schule & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Liceo Scientifico e Linguistico di Ceccano
• TURUN YLIOPISTO
• INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA SAN ISIDRO
• Frederikssund Gymnasium