<< Background >>The title of the project is GREEN CROSSROADS. It has to be seen in relation to the ROOTS project where we worked on cultural heritage and traditions. Now, with the information and knowledge gained from the past generations, we are looking ahead, in a crossroad, trying to figure out the right path to follow in the future. Our project aims to explore and choose the right green path and thus support actions of a sustainable future for our planet, also by transporting the knowledge we gained, as fluids, from the ROOTS project, to these actions. One common problem we all are facing is the danger of climate change which happens right in front of our eyes. Winter holidays mean no skiing; Spring without certain bugs and plants; Summer's heatwaves and indian summers are taking over the autumns; floods and tropical style of rains are occurring frequently. All this touches us deeply and it worries us a lot. The second very concrete problem is the huge production of waste at schools. Especially the use of plastics puts our environment at risk since we need precious resources for its production such as fossil feedstocks, water and energy. Even though most of our partner schools have very efficient tools and ways of recycling, we still have to dig deeper and start planning ways of preventing the waste not to even form in the first place.Another problem is the loss of biodiversity. Biodiversity is disappearing as a result of unsustainable human activities and slowing down biodiversity loss is one of humanity's great challenges. The alteration and destruction of habitats puts thousands of species in danger of extinction. An example is the decrease of the pollinator populations in Europe. After considering together all these facts we agreed that we as human beings are the ones to blame and so we are the ones that have to start cleaning up this horrible mess we have made. We as schools of the future have to dramatically change our way of living and adapt green habits. We can't just react to change but we also need to take a proactive role in building the future, since schools have an important role in defining what kind of future they should be involved in constructing.<< Objectives >>Based on the above and in accordance to the Green Deal priorities we want: 1. To transform our schools to zero-waste schools by reducing, reusing and recycling for a toxic free environment. 2. To adopt green habits that reduce disposable products and promote organic farming. 3. To reduce energy consumption and implement a wiser water management at our schools. 4. To test, evaluate, adopt or adapt methods of the past and present generations for a sustainable use of the land and of the physical materials (wood, metal etc.). 5. To adopt practices that preserve and restore biodiversity in urban and agricultural spaces (depending on the physical environment of each participant’s school).6. To find methods and means to motivate and inspire learners as well as teachers to begin the path towards a more sustainable way of life. The STEM approach and the ideas from outdoor learning and positive pedagogy are studied in more detail.7. To support the skills of teachers in active use and implementation of environmental topics into daily teaching.8. To produce a toolkit on climate change and environmental education including theoretical background, innovative teaching resources, worksheets and links to good practices.<< Implementation >>All the six partner schools are active and innovative primary schools with students aged from 3 to 15. The students take part in different activities according to their age and capability. Each participating school has a school coordinator and a project team consisting of teachers form different profiles, and in each school the team is responsible for carrying out the tasks. Most of the activities and products are defined by different keywords related to climate change. These are topics such as* reduce, reuse and recycle* energy consumption* water* paper* wood* land* animals* bees* waste * plastics* wool* herbs* fabricMany of the activities are carried out inside and outside, which means that new teaching approaches including positive pedagogy, outdoor learning and STEM approach e.g. project, inquiry, art base learning, experiment based learning are used as we will observe different ecosystems, build a garden, a beehouse, visit waste plants, apiary, libraries, take photos of nature in the hometown, counting and measuring the waste produced in the classroom, in the school canteen, comparing the results, making different presentations, organising displays about the work, photo display, making recycled products for the bazaar, clothes exchange etc. Through this digital competence is also developed. The mascot, project hedgehog travels from one school to another, investigates the ecological state and new ideas in each country and collects different objects made of different recycled materials for its town. In the last meeting in Poland all the schools' hedgehogs join in a town built out of recycled material at the children's meeting there. When the hedgehog visits the school, it writes a blog about its visit and looks for good and bad examples of treating the environment.Other activities such as buying products with less plastic packing, and using, creating and promoting multi-purpose products to the school and local community, support a green lifestyle. By using STEM as well as the combination of outdoor learning and positive pedagogy we bring new methods to lessons which inspires not only learners but also teachers to develop professionally. Using foreign language is another advantage.<< Results >>By taking part in the project children's awareness for taking care of the environment is raised. Furthermore, their actions are brought into the local communities and many of the goals are achieved with their cooperation. The pupils' relatives, the locals and the experts have a special role. They are the source of which the children learn from. And in this way, sustainability of actions is promoted, since altogether around 3,000 people participate in our project either directly or indirectly. The competences developed in this project are supported by European comission:languages, cultural awareness, multiliteracy, digital competences, civic, personal and social competences. We learn through green actions, use foreign languages, present the gained knowledge through digital media, meet new people, work in teams. All this contributes to personal growth of pupils, teachers, parents, locals and other experts.