The objectives we aimed to achieve were as follows: - Raising increased awareness among the pupils and local area residents of our schools on the individaul actions and choices that we can take to protect the environment and fight against climate change. Connected to that, sharing and transferring those ideas and actions with other European countries. In order to do that, they had to get familiarised with some new concepts like sustainable development or renewable sources of energy. - Developing key competences among the participants, particularly those concerning languages (English as a common language), IT, problem-solving, critical thinking, cultural and social abilities (getting to know other cultures and people their age) and STEW (graphics, air pollution gauges, etc.). In short, increasing the participants' self-reliance and independence by using their analytical thiking, proposing ideas, conducting research to eventually collect and present data. - As a corollary , improving young people's confidence in new situtaions. - Fostering the knowledge of European common values, encouraging and pormoting the civic engagement of our younger generations and their future participation as adult citizens in ther local communities.
All three partners were incredibly concerned and had a long school ethos concerning climate change and emergency. Therefore, the rationale behind the submitted project was to continue instillig in pupils (as well as in the broader educative community in each of the three partner) the need to act responsibly in our individual lives to make a collective huge difference in the environmental protection of our local area. Each of the three partners identified specific needs relevant to their local areas. Thus, water consumption and recycling, as well as solar energy, were a key factor in southeastern Spain (IES Miguel Hernández). Meanwhile, air pollution is particularly relevant to a large cities like Istanbul (Fetihtepe Ortaokulu). Finally, alternative energy sources like wind and hydro power are a regular, long-standing contributor to the energy pool in Slovakia (Zaklada skola Komenskeho 2). Pupils shared and learnt about the challenges facing their own local area and that of their partners, thus gaining a global insight into how global warming and climate emergency affects and connects us all.