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ECO FRIENDLY ACTIONS

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2016-1-TR01-KA219-034092
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only Funder Contribution: 74,226 EUR

ECO FRIENDLY ACTIONS

Description

“Better environment better tomorrow” as environmental care is the most profitable investment for a safer future for the next generations. This was the core of the project and the source of the motivation that brought project partners together. The ground of the project was being conducted as eTwinning project for one year in eTwinning platform as “All Equal, All Different, All Europeans, Taking Eco Friendly Actions” by different partners and 266 pupils and awarded with national and European quality labels. Project targets were contributing into EU 7th Environment Action Program, Achieving the objective “resource-efficient Europe” within the EU 2020 Strategy thanks to educating the pupils using energy resources efficiently, taking immediate actions towards deforestation, environmental pollution, recycling and reuse of wastes, protection of nature and environment, global warming. Additionally, developing consciousness of the Active European citizenship among participants via the atmosphere created by cooperation of the partners from diverse cultural background, improving participants digital skills among the European Priorities via the web tools used in activities.We conducted the project together with 5 secondary partner schools: Turkey (Konya) as the coordinator country, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Turkey (Izmir). Eco friendly actions were divided into project subtitles according to expertise area and previous experiences of the partners that partner schools had already experienced in. All the participants were stimulated to take greater efforts to live eco-friendly life through sharing good practices in LTTs.There were 3 LTT (Estonia, Sauga; Turkey, Konya; Lithuania, Kaunas) and 2 TPM (Romania, Amara; Turkey Izmir) meetings, as it was planned in the application form. The ultimate aim of TPMs was to manage, control of the process; evaluate LTTs, activities, reports qualitatively and quantitatively. In the first year, there was the LTT activity in Estonia, April 2017, about sharing of the good practices of saving energy and natural sources and alternative energy sources. In the second year, the second LTT activity was held in Turkey, Konya, November 2017; protection of nature, reforestation and alternative energy source solar-energy. The third LTT activity was held in Lithuania, May 2018; protection of environment and natural sources as the host countries had good practices in those areas to share with other participants.Management of the project: partners set up budget keeping, time management, audit and coordination committees; and a common project executive board. The whole process was under control via Quality Control Plan.Project activities and results: There were several questionnaires as expectation and satisfaction, project website created (www.ecofriendlyactions.net) , working on e-twinning project platform for two years (https://twinspace.etwinning.net/44402/home) , Final Products (available online in order to have a short look) (https://padlet.com/ceren35/9dryk3fak5jx), project corridor and room with the activities information on them, the contests of project emblem, slogan, posters; counting carbon footprint at schools and giving the suggestions for reducing it; conducting Eco Schools activities for two years (http://www.ecoschools.global/) and applying for green flag award and getting it; creating the project e-magazine, project calendar, e-book for recycle of wastes; organizing photographs and video competitions, organic garden activities; conducting quality control and financial reports during and after the project. Four partners; Tr Konya and İzmir, Lithuania, Estonia got green flag award for the 2018-2020 period thanks to Action plans conducted for two years. Also Tr Konya and İzmir partners awarded with eTwinning School Label by the European Commission, the eTwinning Central Support Service (CSS) Brussels. Also, Romanian partner was awarded with ROMANIA / PREMIUL II - Creative Usage of Technologies with Eco Friendly Actions Project. Our project was chosen as the 2nd best project in terms of technology use in 2017-2018.Further Effects and results of the project: the students not only got the better understanding of the environmental problems and their own role in protecting nature but were also urged to learn English better as the main communication language in the project was English. Students also improved in ICT skills, became more creative and started using entirely new ICT tools for their studies and project matters. Schools curriculum also overcame some changes. Partners created Environment Education Curriculum and School Environment Protection Strategy for the sustainability of the project. In the long run, Project website, magazine and booklets, Implementation of Environment Education Curricular at schools, integrating School Environment Protection Strategy into School Strategy, Eco Schools Green Flag award and contributing into Eno Treelympics platform.

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