SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION IN SOCIAL LIFE Erasmus Project

Project Title

SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION IN SOCIAL LIFE

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

Europe consumes more resources than most other regions in the world. In the face of challenges related to sustainable development in the field of consumption and use of natural resources, we have decided to implement an international school partnership to raise students’ awareness. The partners of the project were schools from Poland, Italy, Romania, Estonia and Turkey. The project partners were selected due to the competences and skills that they could contribute to the project. The Polish school is a Complex of Schools, which includes a primary and a junior high school. It is experienced in implementing international projects, so it undertook to coordinate the project. The Italian school was responsible for the topic related to healthy nutrition / lifestyle and sport due to the numerous specialists in this field. The Romanian school educates students aged 14-16, cooperates with numerous organizations, it has experienced pedagogical staff. A school from Estonia is a private institution that offers modern, high-quality primary education. The school’s mission is to provide maximum individual and intellectual support to the development of each child and to develop creativity. The Turkish school is experienced in the implementation of sustainable consumption issues and introduces these issues in an innovative way. Based on the needs analysis, a schedule of activities, tasks and topics was prepared. A partner group “The FuturEU” was formed, it included participants from all schools, that is 2,500 students and teachers.
Our project was innovative due to the interactive approach to stimulating the imagination and creativity of students, encouraging them to act as visionaries of a new civilization. We used the process of learning through discovery, thanks to which students could consciously plan and organize tasks. Total degradation of the natural environment on Earth, forced an international crew (consisting of pupils from partner schools) to look for a planet that could live in. This planet was The FuturEU. To avoid the fate of the Earth, the crew developed the principles of life on this planet. These principles included issues of sustainable consumption, healthy lifestyle, economics and employment, and innovative teaching. To make the tasks interesting and realistic, a spaceship was built in each school, which stimulated creativity. Four LTTA visits were carried out during the project. Each visit contained a specific topic for discussion. After each project meeting, The FuturEU magazine was published.
Numerous material results were prepared: project website, logo and poster of the project, leaflet, guidebooks from partner countries, multimedia presentations, educational database containing 25 lesson plans, 5 posters with life principles on The FuturEU, digital book, project calendar, and initial and final questionnaires. A monograph – “Sustainable Consumption and Production in Social Life” and a DVD presenting the project were developed.
We have achieved the following goals:
– issues related to sustainable consumption and production were introduced to school curricula
– an educational database was created containing lesson plans, posters, a book and travel guides
– proper consumption attitudes were promoted through educational activities in partner schools
– the potential of teachers has been increased: ICT skills, language and intercultural competences
– reading skills, the development of critical thinking, and consequently, proper consumer choices
– creativity and observation skills were stimulated
 The main result of the project activities was to raise students’ awareness of sustainable consumption and production in social life, as well as to improve key competences in reading comprehension, use of ICT tools, communication skills, teamwork skills, intercultural dialogue, social acceptance and tolerance. Thanks to the participation in the project, cooperation with educational institutions and local authorities was more effective. In local communities, the interest in implementing Erasmus + projects has increased . Schools have introduced issues of sustainable consumption into school curricula, so the project has a lasting impact on each partner institution.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 125405 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zespol Szkol i Przedszkola w Kaletach Miotku & Country: PL

Project Partners

• IPSSAR “P.pi Grimaldi”
• TOKI SEHIT YUZBASI ERHAN KINDIR ILKOKULU
• MTÜ Tartu Erahariduse Edendamise Selts
• Scoala Gimnaziala Miron Cristea