Climate change is a reality that affects the entire planet but each region (country, continent, hemisphere) is responsible or victim to varying degrees and not yet conscious enough of its impact on the climate by its energy production choices. In the region of the coordinating school, the public authorities have invested in renewable energies (solar panels and wind turbines). However, one observation was made that it is necessary to change individual behaviors in relation to our energy consumption. At the European level (reports of the European Commission), the same observations are made: fines, taxes, ... have had an immediate influence but it is noted that it is the individual behaviors that must be changed. These behaviors can only change through an education to another empowerment of everyone in their use of energy. We want the behavior of our students to change : Have a measurable observation that the energies (fossil and renewable) used by the school have decreased at the end of the project. Through our students, we want families to be aware of the rational use of energy and / or prevent them by reducing their energy needs. We also want to inform them of how they can focus on renewable energies when it's possible. The schools involved in this project come from very divergent social environment (favored socio-cultural - rural - city - traditional mountain audience - cultural and social disadvantaged...) We want to reflect together by taking into account the realities of each partner involved in the project, together create an awareness campaign tailored to our target audiences, produce a common campaign tool to be promoted via the European dissemination platform and via sharing media videos. We want to implement the critical spirit, autonomy and creativity of all our partners. Through our project, we will be able to compare the channels, the levels of information, the impact that our actions will have on these different publics, while seeking the inclusion of each one of them in the project. And so increase everyone's tolerance and empathy. We want to use collaborative communication tools that use tics (wiki, pad, etwinning, videos, photomontages, ....) to share our information and raise the awareness of target audiences. By doing this, our students (and our teachers) will acquire new skills that can be promoted through European platforms for recognizing new skills.
Climate change is a reality that affects the entire planet, but each region (country, continent, hemisphere) is responsible or victim to it to varying degrees and not yet sufficiently aware of its impact on the climate through its energy production choices. In the region of the coordinating school, the public authorities have invested in renewable energies (solar panels and wind turbines). However, an observation has been made that it is necessary to change individual behaviors in relation to our consumption of energy. At European level (European Commission reports), the same observations are made: fines, taxes, etc. have had an immediate influence, but it has been observed that it is individual behavior that must be changed. These behaviors can only be changed by educating everyone to take responsibility for their use of energy. With this project, we were able to have an impact on the behavior of students in our schools as well as on educational staff (teachers, educators, supervisors). This impact has been observed on a daily basis in the attention of pupils and adults to cut off the energy supply to unused objects and rooms. We were also able to make a measurable observation via the energy bills of schools, which have fallen sharply.Through our students, families have been made aware of rational use of energy and / or prevention by reducing their energy needs. We were able to observe that the fact of being informed, of having been able to observe in the field the visual and olfactory impacts of the production of electricity by thermal power plants on the environment (occupation of the territories by mines, smoke) and to compare it with the lesser impacts of wind, solar or hydraulic power has highly sensitized children and adults to the importance of the choice of energy production system but also of the little impact that individuals can have in these choices. Through research, having been able to observe that the use of energy has a direct impact on the production of Greenhouse Gas and therefore on climate change, has on the other hand encouraged children and adults to change their behavior: close radiators, turn off unnecessary lights and appliances, encourage loved ones to adopt the same behavior. Our schools encounter very divergent social fields (socio-cultural favored - rural environment - Roma public - traditional mountain target public - disadvantaged cultural and social). , By reflecting together during visits and field experiences, by sharing the results of research through awareness campaigns adapted to our target audiences (exhibitions, videos, conferences, poster campaigns, etc.), by taking taking into account each of the realities of the partners involved in the project, we were able to create a strong feeling of each being involved in the same "quest": all together that human energies reduce energy consumption for a better life on our planet ! In the implementation of the project in the classes, we were able to observe that the children were able to demonstrate critical thinking, autonomy and creativity. By using different channels of communication and sharing of results, we were also able to observe the quality of the information conveyed, the computer skills / video / research / reading / writing / scientific attitude of our students. Finally, by working in an inclusive manner (favoring heterogeneous and multi-age groups) we observed the power of tolerance of empathy on the skills of our students to be CRACS (Citizens, Responsible, Active, Critical and Solidarity) Even if we have not created the planned wiki or used the e-twinning platform to its full potential, ... together each of the participants is proud of all the new skills, competences and above all attitudes that have been highlighted through the project.