The project aim was to promote greening of schools by offering teaching and learning material for cross-curricular sustainable teaching. For this purpose, background knowledge and experiments on the subject of climate change and school greening was prepared multilingually in a self-explanatory and digitally accessible way to be immediately applicable in order to minimize the preparation effort for teachers. - Objective 1: Develop multilingual (English, German, Spanish, Basque) digitally accessible hands-on teaching & learning material for greenings at schools consisting of A) background knowledge (plants, soil types, microclimate and climate zones) and B) instructions for hands-on experiments targeting secondary school level 1. - Objective 2: Validate the applicability of the material in workshops and surveys with teachers and other stakeholders. - Objective 3: Develop a multilingual digital guideline for integrating the content of the teaching & learning material into teaching practice at schools. - Objective 4: Increase the application and usage of the material through a website, networking activities, publications, social media and by establishing a plan for future exploitation. See results: https://greencoolschools.eu/
For the sake of a decent life on earth, the international community, with the EU as a main driver, is committed to actions that combine forces initiating and conducting a just and green transition. One essential option is education inspiring to set environmentally responsible measures, for example by re- and upskilling the current workforce. The European Green Deal explicitly mentions that schools, training institutions and universities are well placed to engage with students, parents and the wider community about the changes needed for a successful transition to a green economy. However, the teaching of topics related to climate change and potential climate change adaptation measures - especially about the topic of urban greening - is still an additional task for teachers in the school setting. This additional task means a lot of work for the teachers and a discussion of the topic that is based on self-motivation. With this project, the project team aimed to collect their joint experiences in working with schools on greening, sustainability and climate issues to transfer their knowledge to schools internationally through developing hands-on teaching and learning material with free access and translated in various languages.