With this educational project we intended to 1: achieve an increase in the students amount of awareness and knowledge of the reliability and vulnerability of the fresh water supply in two European societies today and 2: increase the connection between theoretical knowledge as learned in school and observations of the actual environmental phenomena in the northern compare to the southern country. The overall aim of the project was to achieve an increase in knowledge to be used as a stepping stone for the students to choose sustainable alternatives in the future which will preserve our fresh water for future generations. A preserved fresh water supply will keep a stable society, which is a necessity for a maintained democracy and achievement of the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).We also intended to integrate students from different parts of the EU, here Sweden and Italy, to make them feel comfortable with working with people from different countries within the EU in the future. We wanted the students to learn about the different cultures and to socialize with students from our two schools, By inviting the visiting students to the students families for dinner both in Italy and in Sweden we achieved that goal.
Pollute free fresh water is an absolute necessity of life and still something most of us takes for granted. The increasing global temperature do not only affects the mean annual temperature but also the precipitation and evaporation throughout the world. Countries in southern Europe, especially Italy, have during the last couple of years suffered from severe drought and/or subsequent flooding, in many cases of levels higher than ever measured, and the situation is expected to get worse. It is therefore an absolute necessity that the theoretical knowledge is visible and possible for the students to grasp to build a solid foundation of knowledge, theoretical and practical, in the youth of today, During the last couple of years the results of PISA has been decreasing for both Sweden and Italy which calls for a retake of the didactical approach, especially in natural science. Updated didactics focused on interdisciplinary solutions is therefore an absolute necessity to meet the extraordinary challenges with the fresh water scarcity in Europe. The outcome of educational projects focused on environmental challenges is therefore equal to investments in future generations and their society.