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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
off... and put them all around the school. We organiseda lecture and a workshop about the RenewableSources of Energy we collaborated with our localTV Nova TV and local newspaper Glas Istre -they werepresent at our Project Day, and with our City authoritiesand a County of Istria. On the State level, we participatedin the Festival of Science.ACHIEVED OBJECTIVESWe achieved almost all of our stated objectives. TheProject Day at school was the finalisation of the work - itsresults showed how much we all worked.BIGGEST OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECTThe most important changes are raising students’,teachers’ and public awareness of the importance ofreducing the ecological footprint. We hope that theattitude towards the ecological footprint will changein our community. We are sure that some behaviourwill change in our school. The paper collecting willcontinue at school, the headmistress has already giventhis task to the eco-group, so next year it will continue.The eco-patrol planned to get in touch with the localauthorities for the future collaboration. These actionswill help in changing our class, school and community.We motivated students to reduce the use of electricity,water etc.WHAT WENT WELL? WHAT WENT NOT SO WELL?..RECOMMENDATIONSI would certainly recommend the educational impact ofworking on a project. Participating in the ESFALP Academy,the teacher gains new experiences, widens her/hiseducational competencies and opens new possibilitiesof international cooperation, getting to know othercultures and changes in narrower and wider community,which represents the goal and the spirit of ESFALP.IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMThe Project Day showed how this kind of project can bepresented to students and teachers, so its methodologiescan be useful for some other projects in the future.HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE?We will organise a visit to the Nature park for thestudents (sport activities and the educational games), theteachers celebrated with a piece of cake, juices and coffee inthe staff room on 3rd May 2013.The students’ work and participation were very good.We had problems when we had to get in contact with thetown institutions, but we were persistent and found allthe necessary people.Projects Report 21
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