The project "Rome and Noumea: Let's lay the foundations in the lagoon!" Why create this Erasmus mobility project between New Caledonia and Italy? We have noticed that today we live in an increasingly connected world and mastering foreign languages is essential. The "Rome and Noumea: Let's lay the foundations in the lagoon!" project will address various themes linked to the heritage of each country but above all will stress the importance of preserving a territory. We have chosen to work in Rome on the architectural remains and in New Caledonia on the lagoon. These two Unesco heritage listed sites, respectively in 1980 and 2008, give this project a particular interest in safeguarding the sites. In the course of this project, students in the third year of secondary school (collège Jean Mariotti) and the second year of secondary school (lycée Lapérouse) in New Caledonia, as well as students from the IIS Luigi Einaudi high school in Italy, will have the opportunity to exchange with local populations, environmental institutions, and to meet experts on the remains of Rome and our Oceanian lagoon. Several objectives are set: - To promote intercultural exchanges and the active participation of young people at local, national and international levels through heritage. - To enable young people to discover and exchange ideas on economic alternatives and to promote solutions to alternative and sustainable development. - To raise awareness about cultural diversity, heritage and the environment in Europe. Through this project, our young people will thus be able to become actively involved in European life, consolidate cultural relations between the two European countries and become more involved in the various activities proposed. We will engage our Caledonian and Italian students in a joint project related to the impacts of global warming and environmental issues. Several activities will be proposed: - Debates and exchanges with the local population, experts and speakers, on the lagoon and the remains of Rome. - Workshops on sustainable development in close collaboration with our colleagues from Earth Sciences and Life Sciences: Ms Verlaguet, English: Mr Ounane, Spanish: Ms Brines and Ms Antin, plastic arts: Ms Cavarero-Roy but also, teachers of BTS tourism. - Visits to museums, ruins, forts in Rome and visits to the aquarium and the lagoon by glass boat. - The project will come to an end with a final exhibit ion on themes related to the project. In addition, in order to enhance the value of this project, participants will keep a "European virtual logbook", the Europass, in which they will record the knowledge and skills acquired in another European country. We will enable teenagers aged 15 to 18 from different backgrounds to participate in this project and we will focus on group cohesion. Finally the following results are expected: - Becoming aware of the stakes linked to global warming as well as cultural and heritage diversity. - Discovering mobility, personal commitment and solidarity - Sharing and exchanging good practices and methods with all partners involved. - Proposing new synergies, new ideas and solutions at local, European and international level - Valuing pupils' commitment and European solidarity - Strengthening the link between secondary school and high school - Valuing interdisciplinary and transnational projects Through this project, we want to raise a strong sense of belonging to the European Union and strengthen the pupils' commitment to the environment.
The "Rome and Nouméa: Let's put a stone in the lagoon" project involves 3 schools. The Luigi IIS Einaudi secondary school in Rome, Italy, the Jean Mariotti secondary school and the Lapérouse secondary school in Nouméa, New Caledonia. 18 Italian high school students, 14 middle school students and 10 high school students from New Caledonia were able to take part in this project. New Caledonia, a small island far from anywhere in the middle of the Pacific, does not necessarily give young New Caledonians direct links with Europe and does not allow them to imagine that we can share common problems. The aim of this project between these two countries on a common theme - global warming - was not only to raise awareness of European and Oceanian cultural diversity, heritage and way of life, but also to make them realise that, despite the distance and otherness of the territories (Italy, a large European country, and New Caledonia, a tiny European archipelago), these territories can suffer serious damage. That's why it's important to come up with ideas for economic alternatives and promote sustainable and alternative development solutions. During our trip to Italy, from 1 to 15 October 2022, presentations with films and photos were given to Italian students from the Luigi IIS Einaudi high school to present the problem of global warming in New Caledonia. Discussions were then held to compare this issue between the two countries: New Caledonia and Italy. Visits to museums enabled pupils to understand that a number of measures were being taken to combat the rise in temperature that was damaging works of art, paintings and statues.The installation of dehumidifiers or air conditioners or bans are compulsory. During visits to the monuments, the pollution generated by the crowds of tourists enabled the Caledonians to appreciate the importance of the presence of the Roman authorities near the infrastructures.To combat pollution, the selective sorting of waste and the ban on car use in certain parts of the town introduced by the local authorities were highlighted by the pupils.A presentation on torrential rain and flooding in Rome raised awareness of the impact of global warming. It was also an excellent linguistic and cultural exchange, as the pupils, in total immersion with the families, were able to discover another way of life and practise the Italian language intensively.Solutions were envisaged to minimise the problem, such as installing selective sorting bins in the neighbourhoods, with increased surveillance, or developing renewable energies: wind, solar and biomass. When the Italian students visited New Caledonia from 26 April to 6 May 2023, their visit to the beaches gave them a real insight into beach erosion caused by rising sea levels and the work being done to minimise this phenomenon.What's more, the beaches were closed to bathing because the island suffers from numerous shark attacks.With global warming, sharks are frequenting coastal waters much more and their behaviour is more aggressive.The students were able to familiarise themselves with Oceanian culture and discover a totally different way of life. This experience between these two countries, full of exchanges, has given rise to a strong friendship between the pupils, as demonstrated by their conversations, photos and films, and of course all the times they have spent together. The benefits of a link between the Pacific and Europe are clear: indispensable. You will find attached the Google drive link with the documents and videos of our project: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mAIP0Dwkv4WUVcWCslYYoO3w3Aa0tGS6