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The Impact of Consumerism on our Environment

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2017-1-CZ01-KA219-035437
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only Funder Contribution: 90,350 EUR

The Impact of Consumerism on our Environment

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"Our project “The Impact of Consumerism on our Environment (ICE)” dealt with consumerism in relation to environmental protection. Its aim was to raise awareness of the impact of consumerism on nature and our living environment among the teachers, students and their family members and the public in general - estimated number is 10000 people. Since our Greek partner withdrew from the project before it commenced, our school took over its responsibility for designing and administration of the project official website and it was also necessary to rearrange the planned mobilities. At the beginning of the project in October 2017 there was a project introduction conference held at all participating schools followed by the first transnational meeting in the Czech republic. Students made a video and presented their school on facebook. Then there was a logo contest at all schools and in February 2018 one logo was chosen as the best. In March students made decorations from recycled materials and exhibited them in their schools and local galeries. In April students were acquainted with the importance of the Earth Day and celebrated it in different ways in the participating countries. In May students made clothes and accessories from recycled materials. In June 2018 the first Learning, teaching and training activities took place in Turin, Italy (C1). Students brought samples of decorations, costumes and accessories made of recycled materials, displayed them and organized a fashion show. An excursion to a local sewage treatment plant was organized. The students presented their Earth Day activites and videos about their schools. They visited a nature reserve and planted four trees. In September and October students prepared and conducted a survey on cleanliness of their towns and participated in excursions to local ecological farms or organised a lecture on ecology at their schools. In October 2018 there was the second mobility in Romania (C2). The participants shared the results of their surveys about the cleanliness of their towns. A lecture on ecology was held in cooperation with the Romsilva organisation and afterwards a quiz based on the information of the lecture was taken by all the participants. An excursion to a local incinerator, salt mine and a walk through a ´pedagogical forest´ were organized. The Romsilva specialist Mrs Adriana Bartha held a lecture and afterwards there was a follow-up ecological game. In November 2018 students made maps of Europe from recycled materials and marked the participating countries, towns and cities and important geographical features on them. In December students prepared and conducted a survey on consumerism and recycling at home, at school and among the inhabitants of the towns focusing on Christmas and in January they made a presentation and posters based on the result of the survey. In February there was a month of ecological awareness. Teachers at all participating schools organised a competition of all the classes and monitored various aspects of ecological awareness in the classrooms. In April students and teachers took part in a Clean-up day and collected rubbish in towns and their surroundings. In April students planted project trees. The last planned mobility (C3) took place in Bulgaria from April 30th to May 4th. Students presented their maps and surveys, the course and the results of the Month of ecological awareness at the schools and planted one project tree for each of the participating countries. International teams made works of art from recycled materials. The Bulgarian school also provided shrubs to create ""The flowerbed of friendship"". Czech, Romanian and Italian students took part in activies which helped them to learn some facts about Bulgarian history and culture and visited some important historical sights in the area. In June students took part in the excursions to the local sewage treatment plants and learned some interesting information about processing sewage water. In September and October students localized places using alternative sources of energy in their areas, made a map of them and uploaded the results on the Facebook and webpage and visited recycling centres and local waste disposal plants. In December and January a literary competition dealing with the topic of consumerism was organised. The final stage of the project was heavily influenced by the coronavirus crisis which resulted in canceling the last transnational meeting in Romania and final conferences at schools. In March students conducted the last survey about the impact of the project on the schools, teachers, students and their families. The results showed that the awareness of the issues connected with the problem of consumerism among the teachers, students and their families has definitely raised, which can be taken as a long-term benefit and it also means that the project was worth carrying out."

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