esfalp_v_-_web_small.pdf - European schools for a living planet

Let’s Reduce...TEAM:SCHOOL:COUNTRY:COACH:TEAM MEMBERS:(ages 13-14)Green SparklesElementary school VidikovacCroatiaMarija Benčić VukičevićVita Rumora, Emanuel Starčić, Kiara Brljafa, Ana Marija Ivanov, Tisa Bastijanić, MarinBrkljača, Laura Jovanović, Nina Božac, Noa Sardoz, Donata Starčić, plus 200 students.ROLES, TYPE OF DECISION-MAKING AND LEADERSHIPI was a project coordinator, I find it a rather demanding role, as I had to think about theprogramme, the lectures, the working process, presenting the blog, cooperating withmedia (TV, newspapers), etc.The decision about the project topic was made in a democratic way, presenting the ideasand proposals of both the teachers and the students.Students have been working in teams on lots of tasks, and the students of my class (7b)have been especially active, and are therefore the team’s leaders.PROJECT DESCRIPTIONTOPICThe main topic of our project was our Ecological Footprint, with the main message : Let’sReduce... It dealt with the topics of reducing the ecological footprint, promoting sustainabledevelopment, preserving the biological diversities and active citizenship.MAIN ACTIVITIESHRA Project Day at school (presentations of students’ work : Let’s reduce the use ofwater, the use of electricity, the use of paper, let’s reduce the litter disposal in nature,all kinds of negative communication and indifferent lifestyle, let’s reduce the unsustainabletourism: paper collecting in the period of six months students collected 1.320kilos of paper), a Free Hug activity, participation in the Christmas Flea Market andthe Fashion show, distributing leaflets with 5 practical pieces of advice: Rethink,Reduce, Reuse, Repair and Recycle, a lecture and workshop about the Biologicaldiversities. After the lecture we organised the workshop WORLD CAFE, a workshopof producing soaps from the olive oil, students also made ceramic pots,painted them and put smelling salts inside, creating a souvenir, students formedsmall eco – patrols with the task to visit the areas where they live and to take photosof the illegal dumping and to interview our co-citizens about the illegal dumpingand to record their opinions, they also sent a letter about their findings to thelocal as well to the town authorities, and asked them for cooperation, students produceda short film about a conflict situation and the possibility of its solution, theydistributed the copies of their anthem, they also gave the sweets of happiness toother students and teachers, they created a comic book about water consumption,a student created the application, students also prepared the exhibition of art workand eco – ethnic clothing made from recycled waste, created the labels: Turn me20 Schools Taking Action For Europe’s Environment