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

One WorldOne EarthTEAM:SCHOOL:COUNTRY:COACH:TEAM MEMBERS:(ages 13 - 17)Green BananaZWiedner Gymnasium, ViennaAustriaAngela RansdorfBilaver Matilda, Smailovic Irma, Cvitic Josipa, Brandl Patricia, Burger Andreas, DevideLea, Eckensperger Stefan, Eggl Chiara, Eitler Tobias, Heindl Lara, Kössldorfer Hanna,Kössldorfer Mila, Lehner Elisabeth, Posch Tobias, Röhsner Josef, Schager Melanie,Schnell Jakob, Zodtl LarissaROLES, TYPE OF DECISION-MAKING AND LEADERSHIPMy job was organizing the meetings, which means finding a date where most people cancome, defining the agenda, facilitate the discussion, helping them to define aims and tasksand to set deadlines, bringing in some ideas, writing the minutes of the meetings andsending them to everybody, supporting them in talks to the school caretaker who ownsthe tuck shop/buffet, inform the teachers about our activities. When we had decided whatto do we found a way how the students could do it by themselves. So they organized themselvesand worked mostly on their own. We decided everything by democratic voting.PROJECT DESCRIPTIONTOPICWe wanted to sensitize our students and teachers about their ecological footprint. Ouraims were the use of paper and a change of the offer of the school cafeteria (more sustainableproducts).MAIN ACTIVITIES▪▪making a questionnaire to get a first idea, how much impact your lifestyle has on the earth▪ ▪presentations for the kids of the first and the second form about the ecological footprintand what they can do▪▪making paper with the junior students▪ ▪making posters about the advantage of seasonal fruits and vegetables, about the problemsof meat (unsustainability, ecological and health problems, species appropriatehusbandry), the different “footprints” of food, the problems of aluminium cans▪ ▪installing of a website on facebook, putting information about our work on our websiteand in the school paperA▪ ▪talks to teachers about reducing the waste of paper by scaling down the handouts and/or printing on both sides of the paper or also by using electronic devices or moodle.▪▪singing the “Earth Song” by Michael Jackson on the staircase of our school.▪▪developing ideas for our cafeteria.6 Schools Taking Action For Europe’s Environment