Nowadays we face climate changes and sometimes even natural disasters that are more and more difficult to predict. When people hear of meteorological records in some parts of the world, they are surprised. The surprise is often a result of ignorance, but maybe also of the fact that we turn a blind eye on purpose on the following fact: scientists have confirmed that a large proportion of contemporary meteorological extremes is the responsibility of humankind. If we do not hurry up and work on the prevention of our negative impact on climate and environment, our children, our future will not be able to take pride in natural and cultural beauty because it will have been ruined by our irresponsible behaviour towards the planet. Go Green, Save the Blue has been designed on the basis of students’ interest in meteorology and climate changes. We have detected it using an entrance questionnaire. Another indicator is the response of our students to the recent students’ rally “School Strike 4 Climate” held around the world. The basic priority of the project is raising awareness among students, teachers and local community for climate changes and sustainable development as well as encouraging members of local community to have more physical activity. We would like the people in our local community to become more environmentally conscious, active and healthier. United with partners from the south to the north we wish to start a change in people’s minds, starting with the local community. The project will involve people of different age, education, interests, physical and cognitive abilities and show that each one of us can largely contribute to the improvements in the area where we live. The implementation of this project aims at drawing attention to the importance of physical activity and wealth, which is connected to the health of our planet. We also wish to show that modern ICT tools and devices can be fun and useful for Earth’s climate at the same time. Through the use of modern digital technology we will increase young people’s interest in science, especially climatology. We are motivated to include students with fewer opportunities from our community in our project and show them they are equally valuable members of society who can equally contribute to the improvements in climate conditions. Interdisciplinary approach to the topic will provide all the participants with opportunities to experience innovative learning outdoors. By developing students’ creativity and critical thinking skills we wish to help students grow as responsible and sensible environmentally conscious European citizens. The project will be presented to 2000 students and 300 teachers of our schools, parents and local community. Throughout the two years of the duration of this project the students will do the following tasks: meteorology research, make simple hand-made measurement instruments, measure climate elements for a year and compare them to a 30 year average, realize the importance of meteorology in air traffic, learn how to make a modern weather forecast report, take part in workshops and lectures by well-known meteorologists, explore “urban deserts” (concrete and asphalt areas), get a closer look at science work and research, take part in cycling and planting activities, explore migrations of organisms caused by climate change. Innovative teaching and learning will be achieved by ICT workshops during which students and teachers will make digital comics, work on data in Excel, learn about safe ways of communication on the Internet, connect physical activity and virtual world using a mobile phone app, learn how to create an interactive digital manual using HP Reveal program and learn the basics of GIS. Our project activities, research results and solutions will be digitally processed in the above mentioned manual in local language and English. It will be integrated into school curricula, used in Geography, Biology, History, Physics, ICT and English class and published on all project websites. This will make it available for use in school and city libraries, so that the result of our work enables every person to understand how serious climate changes are and to start the changes in their life. Research results will also be forwarded to the local government with the aim of long-term support for our solutions, raising awareness of the local community, participating in the organisation of a cycling tour and sponsoring “urban desert” greening. We wish “urban desert” greening and mobility without cars to be carried out not only in our local communities, but also round the EU so that its citizens follow our example and contribute to their own health and the health of the planet.
This project was born in order to face climate changes and natural disasters that, nowadays, are difficult to predict. Through the project we wanted to make the students more responsible and aware towards the environment. In fact scientists have confirmed that a large proportion of contemporary meteorological extremes is the responsibility of humankind. We worked on the prevention of our negative impact on climate and environment. Go Green, Save the Blue has been designed on the basis of students’ interest in meteorology and climate changes. We have detected it using an entrance questionnaire The basic priority of the project was raising awareness not only among students and teachers, but also among the local community to have more physical activity. Now our local community has become more environmentally conscious, active and healthier. United with partners from the south to the north we have begun to change people’s minds. The project involved people of different age, education, interests, physical and cognitive abilities and show that each one of us could largely contribute to the improvements in the area where we live. The implementation of this project aimed at drawing attention to the importance of physical activity and wealth, which is connected to the health of our planet. We also showed that modern ICT tools and devices could be fun and useful for Earth’s climate at the same time. Through the use of modern digital technology we increased young people’s interest in science, especially climatology. We included students with fewer opportunities from our community in our project and showed them they were equally valuable members of society who could equally contribute to the improvements in climate conditions. Interdisciplinary approach to the topic provided all the participants with opportunities to experience innovative learning outdoors. By developing students’ creativity and critical thinking skills we helped students to grow as responsible and sensible environmentally conscious European citizens. The project was presented to 2000 students and 300 teachers of our schools, parents and local community. Throughout the two years of the duration of this project the students did the following tasks: meteorology research, make simple hand- made measurement instruments, measure climate elements for a year and compared them to a 30 year average, realized the importance of meteorology in air traffic, learnt how to make a modern weather forecast report, took part in workshops and lectures by well-known meteorologists, explored “urban deserts” (concrete and asphalt areas), got a closer look at science work and research, took part in cycling and planting activities, explored migrations of organisms caused by climate change. Innovative teaching and learning were achieved by ICT workshops during which students and teachers made digital comics, worked on data in Excel, learnt about safe ways of communication on the Internet, connected physical activity and virtual world using a mobile phone app, learnt how to create an interactive digital manual using HP Reveal program and learnt the basics of GIS. Our project activities, research results and solutions were digitally processed in the above mentioned manual in local language and English. It was been integrated into school curricula, used in Geography, Biology, History, Physics, ICT and English class and published on all project websites. This was available for use in school and city libraries, so that the result of our work enabled every person to understand how serious climate changes are and to start the changes in their life. Research results were also forwarded to the local government with the aim of long-term support for our solutions, raising awareness of the local community, participating in the organisation of a cycling tour and sponsoring “urban desert” greening. We hope that through our project “urban desert” greening and mobility without cars could be carried out not only in our local communities, but also round the EU so that its citizens will follow our example and contribute to their own health and the health of the planet.