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"Good Practices of Environmental Education for Sustainable Development"Loading...
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Erasmus+ cooperation with six countries
Welcome
to try out green activities
This Go Green in schools e-book introduces you the best green ideas what eight primary schools in six countries realized in their Erasmus+ project about sustainable life. Our project was called Take Care! Sustainable children - sustainable Earth. We wanted to learn about what kind of environmental challenges our planet is facing and what we could do to help it and how to bring hope. Both pupils and teachers were motivated and excited to try out different green activities in nature, inside the schools and even in the surrounding society. As a result, attitudes towards nature protection changed for better and the relationship with nature was strengthened.
The activities in this book are organized by topics and countries. Each country, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Romania and Spain/Catalonia has created activites related to recycling, biodiversity, water, energy, transport, food, climate change or global citizenship. Most of the activities are overlapping and cross-curricular and can be realized with students of different ages.
Much more than this was done but here we want to share the most practical and influential activities. We had lots of fun realizing these, so go ahead, enjoy and try out some of these! Feel free to make any adaptations.
If you need more information on these activities or would like to try out more, you may contact our schools, you can find contact info on the last page.
The activities in this book are organized by topics and countries. Each country, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Romania and Spain/Catalonia has created activites related to recycling, biodiversity, water, energy, transport, food, climate change or global citizenship. Most of the activities are overlapping and cross-curricular and can be realized with students of different ages.
Much more than this was done but here we want to share the most practical and influential activities. We had lots of fun realizing these, so go ahead, enjoy and try out some of these! Feel free to make any adaptations.
If you need more information on these activities or would like to try out more, you may contact our schools, you can find contact info on the last page.
Enjoy!
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Make something new out of
your old clothes or things!
your old clothes or things!
Students, teachers and parents collect trash and recyclable items and make art crafts. Plastic, glass and aluminum bottles, plastic lids, old clothes, fabrics, plastic cups and dishes and any useless items become the raw material for our students to make artwork, useful objects and Christmas ornaments.
Students make improvised looms using cardboard and plastic trays. Old clothes are woven into small carpets, bracelets and various decorations.
We also made mini looms with our 3d printer
Finally, we participated to the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) a campaign that encourages all Europeans and not only to carry out awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week in November.
Finally, we participated to the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) a campaign that encourages all Europeans and not only to carry out awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week in November.
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Green art –
Eco crafts
Eco crafts
Short Description
The learning cycle focuses on promoting eco-friendly crafts and green art. The children study Cypriot and international artists, who use recycled or reclaimed material to create art. Then they create their own green artefacts to present their favorite books.
The learning cycle focuses on promoting eco-friendly crafts and green art. The children study Cypriot and international artists, who use recycled or reclaimed material to create art. Then they create their own green artefacts to present their favorite books.
Our learning cycle step-by-step
• Step 1: Raising the issue of sustainability and waste management
The children watch videos concerning the climate change and the need for waste management. In order to better understand the situation, the children engage in Virtual Reality activities and simulations. The need for sustainability is discussed with the focus on the aspect of waste management.
• Step 2: Studying ‘green’ artists
The children go on line and gather information about artists from Cyprus and other countries who use recycled or reclaimed material for their art work. They post all their findings in a collaborative Padlet. Then they give their own definition of the term ‘green art’.
• Step 1: Raising the issue of sustainability and waste management
The children watch videos concerning the climate change and the need for waste management. In order to better understand the situation, the children engage in Virtual Reality activities and simulations. The need for sustainability is discussed with the focus on the aspect of waste management.
• Step 2: Studying ‘green’ artists
The children go on line and gather information about artists from Cyprus and other countries who use recycled or reclaimed material for their art work. They post all their findings in a collaborative Padlet. Then they give their own definition of the term ‘green art’.