Water is life – Let’s preserve it Erasmus Project

Project Title

Water is life – Let’s preserve it

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Energy and resources

Project Summary

This partnership involves five secondary schools and five countries: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. The project took place between September 2015 and June 2017.
Its theme is in the sphere of the water problems our contemporary world is facing such as the lack of responsibility towards the future generations and the indifference towards the irrational use of water supplies and water pollution in daily life. Water is a key issue for the survival of humankind on this planet. More and more regions lack water to grow the food they need. more and more people suffer from polluted water, that’s why we need to take immediate action. On the other hand, hydroelectricity, electricity generated by hydropower is presently the most widely used form of renewable energy, accounting for 16 percent of global electricity generation and is expected to increase about 3.1% each year for the next 25 years.

The project itself focused on the understanding of water pollution and the preservation of water supplies. The project ‘s aim was to be relevant at a local, regional, national and European level. Through its activities, the partnership raised consciousness about the urgency to react against irrational behaviour towards the use of water on a daily basis and ignorance of ways of reducing the waste of fresh water.

Our main target group is pupils aged between 15 and 18 years old. Through this project we want to contribute to the improvement of water preservation, to the consolidation of the European dimension of education, to promote the values of European citizenship as well as the concern about the environment.

The project has had an impact on students, teachers, local, regional and European communities. The participants have improved their knowledge of the subjects involved in the project and spread our motto: “Water is life – Let’s preserve it !’’. They have developed their competencies and linguistic, civic, social and digital abilities; they have also assumed the values of European citizenship and endorsed their responsibilities for the environment. The students and staff have had the possibility to communicate with other cultures and educational systems so now they can understand and appreciate the multicultural European dimension.

Some results of this partnership are:
– a project logo
– A digital booklet with maps, graphs and text on water resources and water pollution in every partner’s region
– “Save water ! ” poster competition with local primary schools
– digital booklets on topics studied during learning mobilities
– a 2016 calendar with pictures of partner schools and towns;
– water related questionnaires
– a video report on activities done during each mobility
– a basic conversation guide in English and the five national languages of the partnership.

Some activities were :
– The celebration of World Water Day in March and Europe Day in May by all partners .
– “Save water ” poster contests in local elementary schools .
– Experiments in laboratory or in the open air on the scientific properties of water, the plastic microparticles in water, the quality of tap water and streams .
– Research work and lectures on the hydrologic cycle, the increasing number of endangered species due to the pollution of rivers and the sea,the use of water in industries and cultivations (dairy products, Champagne,),
– field trips to sewage works, a dairy factory, a Champagne making site,a mineral water and fruit juice factory, dams, the largest aquarium in Northern Europe , a modern water plant, a ‘’ water tunnel’’, one of the biggest artificial lakes in Europe .

The project thematic was linked to the partner schools’ curricula and the work on the project respected the principle of interdisciplinary work and varied competencies :
– linguistic skills and the practice of English in preparation activities
– library research activities ( on history, geography, cultures …)
– Getting more autonomous and able to organize
– workshops and team work
– making oral presentations and writing articles
– debating and arguing
– digital production of materials;
– laboratory experiments and scientific knowledge
– art activities (poster contests, photo competition, art project with upcycled plastic bottles, watercolouring)

The project’s activities have contributed to the education of the target public in the spirit of sustainable development. Our partnership has striven to prove that by making individual efforts in our daily life and by passing on the message ‘’ water is life, let’s preserve it ‘’ to our communities we can all prepare a better environment – friendly future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 119200 Eur

Project Coordinator

LPO Etienne Oehmichen & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Main-Taunus-Schule
• Nova Academy Simrishamns kommun
• I.S.I.S.S.Bojano
• Foreign Language School