Project Info

Erasmus+ KA220-SCH – Cooperation partnerships in school education
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Coordinator:
ISISS Don Milani Tradate – Italy

Partner Organisations:
Lubana secondary school Latvia
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences – Greece
Zespol Szkol Centrum Edukacji im. Ignacego Lukasiewicza – Poland
Dilnihat Ozyegin Anaolu Lisesi – Turkey

Topics addressed by the project

• Environment and climate change
• Green skills
• Energy and resources

Objectives

We are facing the biggest environmental challenge our species has ever seen. The world is about one degree Celsius warmer than before widespread industrialization, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places, species and people’s livelihoods. There is uncertainty about how great the impact of a changing climate will be. It could cause fresh water shortages, dramatically alter our ability to produce food, and increase the number of deaths from floods, storms and heatwaves. It is the biggest environmental crisis of our time and WE are part of the last generation who CAN STOP this devastating crisis. Many countries have already experienced the catastrophic consequences of global warming, such as periods of extremely high temperatures, droughts, floods, forest fires, rising sea levels. Human health is endangered and many animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. The UN and other major world organizations have plans to stop climate change and mitigate its effects. Through this project, with the partners from various parts of Europe, we will have a chance to get acquainted with the problems typical of warmer regions, cities by the sea, etc. Students will study the carbon footprint, renewable energy sources, participate in international environmental days. The envisaged objectives are:

• O1. To educate students about climate change and start a recycling program, or energy and water conservation project for our students;
• O2. To increase knowledge related to sustainable consumption and environmental protection among the students and also the local communities, during the 2 years period of implementation (about 2.500 individuals will be influenced);
• O3. To create an open educational base/resource – teaching material (comprising of lesson plans, teachers’ climate guide, multi-media materials, topic related articles, samples of good practices, posters also as non-formal auxiliary materials for education) and to make it available for any educational professional, which may be interested;
• O4. To enhance the potential of both teachers and students to improve their ICT, language and intercultural skills and to develop students’ transversal and cross sectoral skills also as their versatility and to effectively assist them to become well-rounded young graduates, prepared for successful future career (during the implementation variety of about 2000 students will combine different skills and knowledge while developing activities in several educational fields: ICT, Arts, Biology, Foreign Languages, Geography, Psychology, and Chemistry;
• O5. To provide success stories about what students and others are doing to help protect and conserve natural resources to encourage schools and classrooms to learn outside and take action
• O6. To increase participation in and understanding of citizen science programs related to climate change mitigation so that students learn the importance of being a good steward
• O7. To share information about what the project partners are doing to address climate change
• O8.To understand the role of citizens, local communities and non-profit environmental organizations in protecting and conserving natural resources
• O9.Behavioral changes among the participants (e.g., awareness, knowledge, attitudes, intention, and skills) that support individual pro-environmental behavior and action. Environmental behaviors changes to alleviate environmental pressures (e.g., water- or energy-saving behaviors, waste reduction behaviors, recycling, walking rather than driving). Environmental actions undertaken by project participants to improve degraded environmental conditions (e.g., planting trees for habitat restoration, cleaning up beaches & forest, or participating in new environmental monitoring projects)
• O10. Capacity-building outcomes at the community level to address environmental issues through pursuing collective actions, such as improving communication within and between groups, building effective collaborative partnerships. Environmental education outcome: a change from more passive classroom lectures to active-engagement in environmental issues in the curriculum of schools.
• O11. As the project includes partnerships with a variety of stakeholders including schools, community groups, non-profit organizations, and government agencies, by connecting with other organizations and experts, education providers will garner expertise and resources conducive to achieving a direct outcome. An improvement of the competences of the teaching staff participating is expected as a result. Not only the project participating teachers but also any other teacher who access the material developed, can improve their professional skills.
• O12. Memorial forest of the project in each partner country.
• O13. Dissemination of results and promotion of the use of techniques, methodologies and any other materials associated with the project. Creation of an eTwinning project in the platform, sharing the activities, results and conclusions with everyone interested. Performing virtual exhibitions
• O14. Teachers’ Guide to climate education
• O15. The creation and maintenance of a web site of the project where the results will be shown and where the materials will be accessible, information will be exchanged, suggestions will be received, etc. Creation and maintenance of own accounts, associated with the project, in the most important social networks , Facebook, Instagram, etc.