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Communicating environmental actions to children and youth – three years of communication Between 2009 and 2011, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has carried out the project Communicating Environmental Actions to Children and Youth, aiming to give children and youth the tools and the competence to act upon the challenges facing humanity, regarding environment and sustainability. TEXT LINA LUNDSTRÖM PHOTO BJÖRN TESCH/BIGFISH the objective has been to reach 260.000 children and youths through the project. With the results at hand, we realize that we have done even better, having reached 340.000 children and youths. The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has chosen to educate teachers, who, in their turn, bring the knowledge and the inspiration from the courses held by the foundation to the children and the pupils. During the project the Foundation has been using the Eco-Schools programme as a tool to implement the EU environmental policy in the schools and preschools. Within the project, we have cooperated with Nature Schools throughout the country. The project is partly financed by the EU fund Life+. During the course of the project, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has met with many different actors: teachers, headmasters, preschool managers, development managers, environmental coordinators, Agenda 21-coordinators, managing directors from the private school and preschool sector, as well as other actors from the education sector, both national and international. The Keep Sweden Foundation has been able to carry out the project within the budget of 2.5 million Euros. The largest cost has been external assistance from the Nature Schools and other consultants. The project has been financed by the Life+ fund with 50 percent. Courses and seminars EU environmental policy course – Step 1 By providing further education courses to more than 2.000 schools and preschools, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has reached thousands of teachers and representatives from these sectors. 4 the keep sweden tidy foundation – school and preschool/facts The purpose of the courses has been to give representatives from schools and preschools the inspiration and support they need to be able to introduce and run the environmental and sustainability work at their schools or preschools. These courses have also been attended by headmasters and preschool managers, as well as municipal coordinators. In the long run, the courses are to give children and youth qualifications to take on the challenges described in the EU environmental policy. This should be carried out by using the steering documents of school and preschool and by using the Eco-Schools certification administrated in Sweden by The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation. EU environmental policy course – Step 2 At the next step, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation met with all the personnel of a certain school or preschool for an inspirational meeting. Through these inspirational meetings, the regional coordinators and the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation have met more than 14.000 teachers from more than 1.000 schools and preschools. The objective of the meetings has been to give schools and preschools the tools to work with environmental and sustainability issues. The coursed have been designed for all the personnel at schools and preschools. Regional coordination Conferences During the three years of the project, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has, as mentioned earlier, cooperated with Nature Schools around the country (see page 27). Thanks to the Nature Schools, which have worked as regional coordinators, the project has been able to support schools and preschools throughout the country. This has made it possible for us to achieve our goals, and also to become an agent active all over the country. The cooperation with the Nature Schools has been an essential factor for a successful project. The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has arranged five conferences for the regional coordinators during the project. Regional Coordinator Network Meetings In all, the regional coordinators (the Nature Schools) have arranged 100 network meetings during the course of the project. The objective of the network meetings has been to get schools and preschools in one region to interact and to exchange ideas. The meetings have been appreciated and fully booked throughout the country. The Nature Schools that we have cooperated with have had a good network already before the start of the project. This has facilitated the organization of the network meetings. During the network meetings, the participating schools and preschools have presented their activities, and how they have gone about their work in the Eco- Schools programme. They have also shared good examples and ideas. Information Material Films To reach out through as many channels as possible, we have created three films. The films have been put out on YouTube (www. youtube.com/hallsverigerent), and have been shown at courses and conferences. Read more about the films on page 27.
Material During the course of the project, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has developed three materials that support teachers when working with environmental and sustainability issues. • Energy and climate – an educational material in sustainable development for schools year 6–9. An interdisciplinary educational material for teachers, with an abundant graphic material. The material is divided in three sections: Interest rousers, Climate, and Energy. There are also value exercises giving teachers great opportunities to work successfully with sustainable development. Some of the exercises can be used for examination. The material is developed together with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket). • Guide for working with climate and engery. For compulsory school, year 1–6. Read more about the guide on page 26. • Jigsaw puzzle – a material about local surroundings for preschools. Read more about the jigsaw puzzle on page 26. The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has reached 340.000 children through the project. The web To get a good distribution of the information material, the competitions, the films etcetera, that are part of the project, it has been essential to use our website. The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has chosen to put out all the material and information from the project on the website, since, according to a survey performed during the course of the project, the teachers feel this facilitates their work. Competitions During the project, we have held two competitions, with the aid of Wettex (manufacturer of biodegradable dish cloths) and Länsförsäkringar Skaraborg (Swedish insurance company). To create commitment for the Baltic Sea, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation arranged a school competition called “What goes on under the surface”. School classes examined the environment of the Baltic Sea, and came up with creative ways of sharing their experiences with other schools. More than 50 contributions were sent in. After considering, the jury, consisting of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Wettex, and the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation pronounced the fourth grade class at the Rockneby school in Kalmar winner of the competition. Read more about the competition “We Care” on page 19. Newsletter times 3 The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation has sent out three different newsletters, four times a year. One of the newsletters has been sent to international stakeholders, another to our national coordinators, and the last one to our network of schools and preschools in Sweden. The purpose of the international newsletter has been to inform about the project and the progress of it, in order to give other EU-countries the possibility to use the experiences made. The newsletter to the national coordinators has supported them in their work of educating and inspiring schools and preschools. The newsletter for schools and preschools working with the Eco-Schools programme has supported and inspired them to proceed in their environmental and sustainability work. Seminars and Conferences An important component to make the project successful is the fact that we have been constantly updated with what is going on in schools and preschools throughout Sweden. Another component is that Com-U has received help and inspiration from other networks and projects run by other actors. To get a good overview of what is going on with the environmental and sustainability work in schools and preschools, we have, among other things, participated in around 30 conferences and seminars. International Com-U conference To be able to further share the Com-Uproject with national and international actors, an international conference with around 80 participants was arranged. The purpose of the conference was to introduce the Com-U project so other countries and operators could translate the project and use it in their own countries. At the conference, it was also discussed what future cooperation might look like and whether there are possibilities of cofinancing future projects. a school and preschool/facts – the keep sweden tidy foundation 5
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