Motivation: As educational institutions, we see it as our task to make young people agents of change and shapers of their better future. All three participating partner schools from Spain, Portugal and Germany are therefore committed to the 17 global sustainability goals and want to integrate them into their schools. The project "sustainable me - sustainable we" is based on the basic idea that if everyone first questions the own behaviour, a change in the behaviour and values of the community can be achieved on a global and European level. Another key point is the realization that we in Europe all have the same problems and challenges and that these can only be solved through cooperation. In order to achieve a specific, measurable and comparable basis for the project, we have decided to concentrate on UN-Goal Nr. 12, namely “Sustainable consumption and production”. Objectives and results: The objectives to reach are: Short term: We want to create awareness among our students that they are the factors of change and understanding that environmental problems are not only local but European problems. We also aim at improving our students’ language and intercultural skill and media competence. Middle term: Teachers and institutions will find and test innovative practices, strategies and methodologies to make our schools greener and more sustainable and to influence the behaviour and consumptions habits, lifestyles of our students. The results of the project will influence our day-to-day school life and become part of our schools’ programme. Long term: The partner school will develop joint research and awareness-raising teaching activities and build a bank of resources and create an international network to promote the SGDs. Activities and participants: During the project we have planned four mobilities, three of them are teaching & learning activities with our students and one shall be a teachers’ workshop on how to implement the topic of sustainability in teaching and school life. All activities shall contribute to the realization of our final products: the learning-street, (an informative parkour with QR-codes and posters distributed in the school building) and the school garden. The participants are the teachers who are responsible for the project and a selected group of students belonging to the 1st year of bachelor (in Portugal and Spain cases) and the commerce college (Germany), all of them between 16 and 18 years old. Most of the students come from a disadvantaged family or have an immigrant background. The structure of every visit will be the same, however, each organization has another focus: Portugal – sustainable tourism, Germany – sustainable consumption and economy; Spain – sustainable use of water. There are meet activities in form of digital rallies with ecological focus designed by the local students. After that, excursions to sustainable city projects, NGOs, companies, or social projects and excursions to companies or institutions of the municipalities linked to the topic take place. Nationally mixed groups work on saving the results for the learning street, also by documenting small hands-on activities. The programs include a visit of a national park with topic-related activities and of course a day for evaluating the results of the encounter through the learning street. eTwinning: For long-term teaching assignments, the preparation of our students/staff in form of online-activities, the documentation of the learning process, the creation of preparatory online learning activities, the project results and the discussion of the participants before, between and after the transnational meetings we use the Twinning Platform and the Twinspace. This proposal involves the creation of a new project on the eTwinning platform with the “Sustainable school, sustainable city” https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/205768) Assessment: The success of the project will be measured by recording the increase in the number of students participating in voluntary activities, the improvement of the grades of students involved in the project especially those with a lack of motivation to learn, the improvement of their competence level before and after the project and by conducting surveys of students, teachers and families about the impact of the project and evaluating the students’ performance in the workshops developed LLT activities. Dissemination: At school level, there will be created a physical space for the dissemination of the project to spread the results among the staff and future students. At the local level, the public will be invited to the events where students inform about the project. It will be advertised in the local media and local institutions will be visited during the mobilities. At national level, the project will be published in the Erasmus results platform, notes will be inserted in the institutional social networks and it will be presented in good teaching practices seminars.
As educational institutions, we believe that it is our task to turn young people into agents of change and builders of a better future. Therefore, the three participating partner schools from Spain, Portugal and Germany are committed to all 17 SDGs. The "Sustainable Me - Sustainable Us" project is based on the basic idea that if everyone questions their own behavior first, a change in community behavior and values can be achieved on a global and European level. Another key point is the understanding that in Europe we all have the same problems and challenges and that these can only be solved through cooperation. In order to achieve a specific, measurable and comparable basis for the project, we have decided to focus on UN Goal 12, namely “Sustainable consumption and production”. Objectives and results: The objectives worked have been: Short term: We wanted to create awareness among our students that they are the factors of change and understand that environmental problems are not only local but European problems. We also aspired to improve the language and intercultural skills and media literacy of our students. Medium term: Teachers and institutions have found innovative practices, strategies and methodologies to make our schools greener and more sustainable and influence the behavior and consumption habits, lifestyles of our students. The results of the project will influence our daily school life and become part of the program of our schools. Long term: The partner schools have developed joint research and awareness teaching activities and will build a resource bank and create an international network to promote the SDGs. Activities and participants: During the project we have planned four mobilities, three of them are teaching and learning activities with our students and one will be a teacher workshop on how to implement the theme of sustainability in teaching and school life. All the activities have contributed to the realization of our final products: the street of learning (an informative parkour with QR codes and posters distributed in the school building) and the school garden. The participants are the teachers responsible for the project and a selected group of students belonging to 1st year of high school (in the cases of Portugal and Spain) and commerce (Germany), all of them aged between 16 and 18 years. Most German students come from disadvantaged families or immigrant backgrounds, in the case of schools in Portugal and Germany there is more diversity. The structure of each visit has been organized by each host school, taking into account the proposed objectives, but also the characteristics of the group; Thus, we have been adapting the activities to the idiosyncrasies of the large group. Likewise, each organization has had its approach: Portugal: sustainable tourism, Germany: sustainable consumption and economy; Spain: sustainable use of water. We have had meeting activities in the form of digital rallies with an ecological focus, designed by local students. We have made excursions to sustainable city projects, NGOs, companies or social projects and excursions to companies or institutions of the municipalities linked to the subject. Mixed groups, made up of the three schools, have worked to save the results for the learning street, also documenting small practical activities. Finally, and common to the three activities with students, a day has been dedicated to evaluate the results of the meeting through the street of learning. Related to eTwinning: This proposal involves the creation of a new project on the eTwinning platform with the "Sustainable school, sustainable city" https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/205768). The preparation of our students/staff. Regarding the eTwinning platform, it has been carried out first at the level of each center individually and later, during the mobility to Portugal. One of Portugal's specific tasks was eTwinning training, so we held a face-to-face session. This allowed us to work online, be able to manage the documentation of the learning process, create preparatory online learning activities, upload the project results and agree on project details before, during and after the transnational meetings. Assessment: The success of the project will be measured by registering the increase in the number of students participating in volunteer activities, the improvement of the qualifications of the students involved in the project, especially those with a lack of motivation to learn, the improvement of their level of competence before and after the project and through the realization