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▪▪We counted the individual footprints, and then wecounted the class’s and the school’s ecological footprint.▪▪We made diagrams about the results for the project wall.▪ ▪They listened to a very interesting lecture about theglobal warming, the reasons of it and the role of the humanbeings in it.▪ ▪After getting results of footprints from each class, childrensuggested ideas how to reduce them. The suggestionswere put on the project wall and were printed andpupils could take the list home and share with parents.▪ ▪There was a very popular suggestion: grow vegetables byyour own. Some parents and colleagues provided pupilsseeds and plants, and they sowed and planted them in theschool’s garden. Now we are waiting for them very much.ACHIEVED OBJECTIVESRECOMMENDATIONSI would encourage him/her to do it. I learnt very muchfrom this project, too. As I am not a science mindedperson - I teach grammar and literature -, a lot ofpieces of information were new for me, too. The experienceto learn together with children was very usefuland pleasure for me, and these experiences are veryimportant in our development as teachers, I think.HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE?With the leading of our music and drama teacher theylearnt a pantomime performance about the importance ofprotecting nature. It was about a forest and animals livingin it. The trees were cut off and the animals lost their placeof living. They were confused and tried to find another placeto live. It was very touching and edifying. They performed itin front of their schoolmates. We had some possibilities to invite some experts of thetheme, and they gave a lecture on very important topics,like global warming, and effects on our surroundings etc.We could make an own plantation in the school garden.BIGGEST OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECTAs our school is an ECO-School the environmentaleducation and nature protection are central task in ourschool. We have been able to develop this attitude inour pupils’ mind with everyday practice since they’vestarted school. Through the environmental educationwe try to change the parents’ approach in the questionof protecting nature and they can think in a green way.We believe that we can do it. The theme of this projectand the international importance of these environmentalthings confirmed our more than one decade’s work.All of the activities and results of this project made ussure that we do is important and effective. It is good toknow, that we are going on the right way.WHAT WENT WELL? WHAT WENT NOT SO WELL?..The motivation of pupils went well. They saw the importanceof this topic. They worked with pleasure. They werevery eager to research on the Internet or making postersor build up the project wall. Our main difficulty was thelack of time as usual. There were lots of school events,competitions, and they had to learn hard this year.IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMDuring the activities pupils realized the importance of reducingecological footprint. More and more classes startedto deal with the topic. This way the work grew up to thelevel of school. They searched on the Internet and they realizedthat how many organizations deal with the ecologicalfootprint. With the maths teachers they counted it onmaths lessons, made suggestions to reduce it on technologylessons. They found more and more details and theylearnt to use the Internet in a clever way on ICT lessons.Projects Report 29