Many studies indicate that, in general, people find animals more interesting than plants. Features of ‘plant-blindness’ included; the inability to see or notice the plants in one’s own environment,the inability to recognise the importance of plants in the environment and human affairs, the inability to appreciate the aesthetic and unique biological features of plants,the tendency to rank plants as inferior to animals.The main goals of our project are;become acquainted with the partner countries and open ourselves to cultures in other countries. Providing students education exercises to increase awareness and appreciation of plants,To heighten awareness of plant blindness and promote educational materials that overcome the conceptual filter that disregards plant life,Propose contextualized tasks on plant blindness issue to enable students and teachers to learn how to deal with them.,Share knowledge and experience in the international context and learn from each other.Turkey decided together to widen their “European opening-up” towards North,South and East of Europe,relying on the organisation and their skills.In 2018-19 thanks to social media a lot of regular contacts have put all the partners in contact.These schools represent 5 countries and also European diversity. There will be 4 project management meetings which will be combined into the 4 L/T/T activities contains workshops related to the project's idea.These management meetings will allow adjusting the project organisation, considering the complexity linked to the number of countries, evaluation of the first year of the project about what has been developed so far,the fulfilment of the objectives,to plan activities and products that will be developed until the end of the project, final evaluation of the project,giving feedback about the project, Collecting datas, outcomes, results, presentations from partner schools/organisations for the final report. On the other hand 1st L/T/T::PLANT CUISINE-Presenting the works about the local famous meals and their cooking process by recording videos,taking photos etc.. This activity directly serve the aim of eco-tourism-Organising workshop for cooking plants. The activity will serve to contribute to the purpose of supporting eco-tourism again and getting awareness about the plant's importance. 2nd L/T/T:KNOW MY OWN CURE-Presenting the learning process of plant cures by presentations (videos, photos,information packs..)- Organising visits to the national parks,etnobotanic museums and botanic gardens with the guide of teachers.This activities provide our students to become acquainted with the partner countries and open ourselves to cultures in other countries and also provide students education exercises to increase awareness and appreciation of plants. 3rd L/T/T:FEEL THE RHYTHM -Presenting the learning process of creating objects plants origin by presentations(videos,photos,information packs..) Through this activity we aim to make a powerful awareness and understanding of students about plant blindness. -Organising workshop for making objects. they will benefit from the implementation of new strategies and methodological techniques. 4th L/T/T:A TRIP TO ETNOBOTANIC-Presenting the Etnobotanic Project Contest products(videos,presentations,photos and real plants.By this activities we aim to show and focus the process of searching about the plants.Thanks to learning by doing methodology the students will learn what is the deepest points of the researches. By this way they will have a chance to discover the plants individually During all Project activities there will be used some methodologies according to the requirements of the related activity.In all methodologies used will be implemented on the purpose of getting the most effective results and raising the objectives. Expected results *Knowledge of new methodologies and educational resources for teachers. *The idea of the project is not only teaching students something new but also letting them try out new things. It is a priceless opportunity for teachers of different profile and profession to learn something from colleagues from other European countries. *Strengthening the open conversation on educational development and pedagogical. *Opening the minds of pupils and teachers and allowing them a better understanding of one another through their participation in activities. Expected impact; *Learning importance and function of eco-tourism and how to contribute it through supportive activities * Learning how to support the idea of "fair trade" and teach them to the students * Launching cooperation with local and other institutions even for future projects.The continuum of the project impacts, results, products and outcomes is enabled by ensuring the exploitation of the project results by involving stakeholders, interest groups and potential partners to the project activities and networks.
Recently, many plant species are rapidly becoming extinct on the planet, so it is important to inform young people about this problem, remind and explain to them the importance of plants in the planet's ecosystem, and promote awareness of sustainable farming, because we have no other planet to move to if everything goes wrong here. We have created this project with the partners so that our students can become aware of these facts through experience and activities. The partners are from Hungary, Turkey Italy, Latvia and Portugal. Every partner set up planting areas, planted and tended plants. Various spices, teas and flowering plants were planted in the school yard. Students had the opportunity to see them grow and bloom, they had the opportunity to water and weed them. In each school organic bazaars were organized where the plants were sold. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on our project. During this time, gardening activities were stopped, or we were only allowed to continue to a limited extent. As a result, we were able to keep organic bazaars less often than planned. We also had to change the dates of the meetings and a venue. Thanks to the flexibility of partners and National Agencies, we were able to make every trip happen. 1st L/T/T::PLANT CUISINE Before the pandemic, we were still able to hold the first meeting in the coordinating country, Hungary. Each partner presented their country's plant-based dishes and was able to prepare some of them in the school's kitchen. 2nd L/T/T:KNOW MY OWN CURE Due to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, several people did not want to travel to Latvia, so we held the next meeting in Turkey. Students from each country collected and presented several local herbs. Then they made medicinal creams or soaps themselves. 3rd L/T/T:FEEL THE RHYTHM At the venue of the next meeting in Portugal, the topic was objects made from plants. Each country prepared a presentation how plants are used to make objects. Then they also made plant-based objects together. 4th L/T/T:A TRIP TO ETNOBOTANIC In Italy, the topic of presentations was expanded by the fact that each country presented a local economy that is engaged in crop production. Students learned about the process of growing crops and selling them. They also visited a local farm where they could gain personal experience. We visited a local botanical garden in every country. For the last time, we organized a competition here, for which the students also used a plant recognition app. The activities implemented in the project were valuable for our young students, because they pay little attention to plants, their diversity, and often do not recognize the plants found in nature, do not know their meaning and use. Information about of the Erasmus+ project "Green is not just a color" was posted on the schools' website and their Facebook pages, an Erasmus+ corner was created in every school, where current information about the progress of the project was regularly updated. Teachers from other schools and stakeholders were also informed about the progress and activities of the project. At the end of the project, a closing meeting was organized where the project results were evaluated and disseminated. Representatives from several schools participated on it. There were also interviews with students who participated in the implementation of the Erasmus+ project. The students positively evaluated the Erasmus+ experience as a significant improver of foreign language, communication and information technology skills. It was also important to get more information about nature, plants, their preservation and use. Another advantage of the project was that the students had the opportunity not only to learn theoretically, but also to gain experience through activity. Summing up our results, the project achieved its expected positive effect, because in addition to developing an environmentally conscious attitude of the students participating in the project, they have got to know other countries and cultures, and through the activities their communication skills and language competences also have improved significantly.