We knew that this teenage generation was grown up enough to think responsibly about their future but young enough to take part in a game where they could make decisions influencing their future. We were aware of how difficult it would be to motivate them, involve them in any activities and get them to work persistently. We knew that this must be a long process, a project that cannot be measured in years, but it is our task to start a new way of thinking and draw our students' attention to the importance of individual responsibility. We also wanted to lay down or improve the guidelines on the fields of environmental and social sustainability with the help of our colleagues, students' parents and local stakeholders on different levels. We tried to show them good practices, techniques how to acquire them and cooperate with their International friends in team work. As English was the language of our communication it was also a requirement to improve our colleagues' and students' language competences. At the same time our goal was that the teachers could gain an insight into the life of the partner schools, exchange ideas with their colleagues during job shadowing, and return home with new experiences to do even more effective work.
Be the Guardian of the Galaxy Yourself! Our project originated from the pandemic situation in 2021 and the need for the global responsibility. The latter can't be completed without individual responsibility and that was what we found to be the problematic field where the young generation should be given reinforcement and guidelines. A film - "Guardians of the Galaxy", gave the idea for the frame of the activities - a role play where our participants could use all their skills, competencies and imagination to build up an 'ideal' society on their new planets in the first part of our project. In the second part they "returned" to the Earth and tried to use their new ideas, while concentrating on not going back to 'normal', because 'normal' was the problem before COVID19. In this way they became the Guardians of the Galaxy themselves. Teachers were the accompanying and contributing helpers of the process, connecting students and decision makers at local, regional, national and international community levels. As the five carefully chosen participating schools come from different European regions with different cultural backgrounds it allowed us to learn about, connect and accept each other more easily.