Water LITE – focussing on Leisure, Industry, Tourism, Energy in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Water LITE – focussing on Leisure, Industry, Tourism, Energy in Europe

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: Energy and resources; Environment and climate change; Natural sciences

Project Summary

Water, especially drinking water, is a scarce resource and is used in manifold ways and therefore often harmed, changed and lost for different reasons. The project “Water LITE – focussing on leisure, industry, tourism, energy” offered about 350 students from Finland, France, Croatia and Germany the chance to investigate the risks and benefits concerning the various utilizations of water in different regions of Europe.
A transnational training, teaching and learning activity involving six to eight students per guest school took place at each of the four participating schools. Each of these schools represented one of the four main aspects concerning the use of water as mentioned in the project’s title. Since many students regard water as being an unlimited resource coming from the water tap, it is the project’s goal to raise awareness for water’s scarcity.
Each project school concentrated on a different focal point. France dealt with water and leisure, Croatia water and tourism, Finland water and energy and Germany water and industry (structural change).
The main project’s outcome ranged from a digital water atlas to a Facebook page. The atlas includes information about the participating schools and most importantly all results of the transnational training, teaching and learning activities, particularly the results of the various projects concerning the focal points. The water atlas is accessible via the internet and provides further information about the institutions involved. On top of that, the students created a Facebook page which promotes the Water Lite project and draws a lot of attention to it.
The students developed a survey about the use of water resulting in the “water footprint”. Moreover, to find out how water is used in (Croatian) touristic areas, the students created a questionnaire for interviewing tourists and finding out about their water consumption. This resulted in a video-based code of conduct that suggests a more sustainable and environmentally friendly use of water. The code of conducts was posted on the above-mentioned Facebook page.
Furthermore, a workshop for the future was held and the water samples were tested for chemical parameters. The digital water atlas now has its own website, logo and is linked to the websites of the participating schools.
As part of the Europe Day celebrations, the students exhibited posters containing information about the various regions’ water-related problems and selected results of the transnational training, teaching and learning activities. This attracted a wider public attention of the many visitors during these two days.
To sum up, the main goal of the project was to raise awareness for the various water-related problems in the different European regions. Learners improved their knowledge about the European Union in relation to their tasks and got to know the countries involved in the project. Interacting with the learners from the partner schools, they widened their intercultural competences, which led to more tolerance and mutual respect. Due to the project language being English, it was necessary for the students to use and improve their English skills. The participating schools opened themselves for other European countries, which enriched life at school and broadened horizons.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 88200 Eur

Project Coordinator

Hans-Boeckler-Berufskolleg & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Lycée Parc de Vilgénis
• Gospodarska skola Istituto professionale
• Hyvinkään yhteiskoulun lukio