The primary aim of the project was to create an educational model that provides students with a complex approach to sustainability through participation in project-based activities. The project resulted in a complex educational programme, which include the following elements: the professional programme consist of 5 interlocking activity elements: (1) teacher training - methodological and environmental professional topics, (2) raising awareness of students through thematic school programmes, (3) local research, with the active involvement of students, (4) sustainability innovation competition based on the knowledge acquired, (5) a sustainability camp for students. All project results are available via our webpage: http://4forfuture.hu Our project objective, sustainability education and awareness-raising, is clearly and closely linked to the environmental sustainability priority: through our project's educational model, education and training provided on the environmental sustainability theme/priority.
Our project was motivated by the following facts: - global changes: climate change, global warming, increase in extreme weather events - growing interest of young people in environmental sustainability - enhancing teachers' knowledge - it is difficult to keep up with the dynamically changing knowledge base and to expand teachers' tools for knowledge transfer - necessity of shaping the attitudes of young people and, through them, their families - the future is in the hands of young people, it is essential to raise their interest in the problem, to shape their attitudes and to increase their knowledge A needs analysis among teachers and students in the partner schools preceded the submission of the application. During the implementation of the project, further surveys and local research were carried out.