EUROPEAN ECO-WARRIORS 21 EEW21 INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY AND REDUCING COSTS AT SCHOOLS
Year 2 2013-2014
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CONTENTS EEW21 YEAR 2 PUBLICATION CONTENT..…………………………………………………………………………..…..….….
p.2 ABOUT THE PROJECT………………………………………………………………………... p.3 GOOD NEWS! ………………………………………………………………………………….. p.4 WINNERS OF THE FIRST CONSUMER CLASSROOM COMPETITION………………..… p.5 AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION..…………………………………………….. p.6 VIDEO by the European Commission..…………………………….………………… p.7 EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES.………………………………………………………... p.8 ELOS WORLD CAFÉ: European Day of Languages (dissemination)..……………. p.9 NEW WARRIORS…………………………..………………………………………………… p.10 MOBILITY TO AGURAIN………………..………………………………………..……..….. p.11 ITINERARY …………………………..……………………………………………. p.12 DAY 1: AGURAIN & ASPARRENA. PRESERVING NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND RESOURCES. ..…..………….. p.13 DAY 2: PASAIA. AT THE HEART OF THE BAY REGENERATION OR DESTRUCTION…………………………………………… p.14 DAY 3: VITORIA-GASTEIZ. EUROPEAN GREEEN CAPITAL 2012 …………. p.16 DAY 4: AÑANA SALT VALLEY. UNESCO CANDIDATE. …………………… p.17 GROUP WORK : PRESENTATIONS AND DISPLAYS. EUROPEAN GREEN MARKET.. p.18 EVALUATION, PLENARY AND FAREWELL……………………..……………………… p.19 THE PRESS……………………………..……………………………………………………. p.20 WHAT IS ELOS?……………………………..…………………………………………….… p.21 DISSEMMINATION OF eew21. ELOS TRAINING COURSE IN GLOUCESTER.LLP .…………………………… p.22 TEACHERS MEETING IN WORCESTER………………………………………………….. p.23 PENPALS AND NEW WARRIORS..………………………………………………………… p.24 FROM THE KITCHEN OF eew21: ………………………………………………………..… p.25 EUROPEAN RECIPE eBOOK…………………………………………………….. p.26 CONSUMERISM……………………………………………………………………………… p.27 CONSUMERISM AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES…………….……………….… p.27 CONSUMERISM AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES…………………………… p.28 CONSUMERISM AND ONLINE COOPERATIVE PROJECT…………………… p.29 COMENIUS MEETINGS AT SCHOOL …………………………………………………….. p.30 EUROPEAN STUDIES CONFERENCE: DISSEMINATION ……………………………… p.31 ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS CONSUMERISM AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES……….. p.33 EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS………………………………………………………………… p.34 MOBILITY TO ÖHRINGEN, GERMANY……………………………………………….…... p.35 ABOUT ÖHRINGEN………………………..…………………………………….... p.36 Do you wrap up your snack? ………….…..………………………………………... p.37 DAY 1: AROUND SCHOOOL AND GROUP WORK……………………………. p.38 DAY 2: ÖHRINGEN ON TOUR………………………………………….………... p.40 DAY 3: THE FOREST AND ACID RAIN. WORLD CAFÉ ON CONSUMERISM p.41 AGENDA21 NOW! 2h INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE………………………………… p.43 DAY 4: VISITING ‘A BIOENERGY VILLAGE’…………………………………. p.44 eew COMMITMENTS. RECORDING A VIDEO …………………………………………… p.45 EVALUATION, PLENARY AND FAREWELL…………………………………………..… p.46 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT: A DRESS USING RECYCLED MATERIAL……………..… p.47 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT: BUILDING A CHAIR WITH RECYCLED MATERIAL…... p.48 THE PRESS………………………………………………………..……………………….…. p.49 DISSEMINATION: JUNK KOUTURE……………………………………………………..… p.50 DISSEMINATION: EUROPE DAY………………………………………………………...… p.51 DISSEMINATION: STREEET POLL AND ENERGY AUDIT……………………………... p.52 DISSEMINATION: eco-warriors inspiring project……………………………………….… ... p.53 DISSEMINATION WITHIN SCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS…………….………. … p.54 PROJECT WEB PAGE………………………………………………………………………… p.55 CREDITS…………………………………………………………………………………...…. p.56
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About the project The planned partnership has looked at how schools can increase sustainability in their schools and communities, and how energy costs could be reduced. Our final website includes helpful teaching resources to work sustainability through a cross-curricular approach by different subject teachers. Thus, each school analysed their curriculum to work out resources taking into account the diversity and different abilities among the students to fit the project interdisciplinary and sustainably. This included environmental, economic, social and cultural dimensions of sustainability. Themes like Natural Disasters, Ecological Footprints, Green Buildings, Renewable Energy, Waste & Recycling, Healthy Eating and growing, Environmental Problems and Loss of Biodiversity, and Consumerism and Lifestyles (Fair Trade, Organic, Free Range, Made Locally, Bio, Food Miles) were included to create and share WebQuests, quizzes, surveys, digital presentations, essays, and an environmental calendar which includes pictures selected after research, sharing and discussing finds, a logo (chosen by a competition), and photos of local environmental problems. European seeds were planted at school allotments to work on food miles and being organic leading to recipes. A weather station was used in each school to share data. Students exchanged opinions through e-mails, essays, blogs and projects set on e-twinning and digital platforms. World Cafes evaluated the process in the mobilities. During the second year students designed sustainable brochures, videos with tips to save costs at school, home and the wider community. Their future commitments were recorded in videos and joint in a presentation. Students designed a dress, a table and a chair with recycling products. The final products include a web page and an e-magazine. This is the second part: Year 2.
Year 1 e e-magazin
GOOD NEWS!! WINNERS OF THE FIRST CONSUMER CLASSROOM COMPETITION
September 2013
Coming back to schoosl in with such good new September September was going to be a very hard month. We had to get ready to host more than 40 partners in the Basque Country. We had to check that all the visits we had chosen were fully planned and that all members were ready to go on working. However, the beginning of the school year was different. When teachers told their students that we would go to Brussels, they couldn’t believe it. Those who had read it on Twitter or Facebook kept the secret and it was a real surprise for the oldest students in Agurain. The products they had produced for the Comenius project had won the Fist Consumer Classroom Competition
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Interactive poster including opinion essays and videos
We won a trip to brussels Students from Aniturri BHI School (Agurain, The Basque Country) won the first edition of the Inter-School Competition on Consumer Classroom, an interactive website with useful materials on consumer topics, launched by the EU in March 2013. The winning team designed the project “Environmental problems the Earth is facing�, a digital poster focused on sustainable consumption. The prize included a trip to Brussels!!!
Aniturri used the products designed for the Comenius project and spread the work of their partnership at the European Commission.
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At the European commission 23 Nov
25 Nov
During the visit to the European Commission on 25th November, students had the chance to ask the European Commissioner some questions. This is Neven Mimica, Member of the EC in charge of Consumer Policy.
24 Nov
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The first question we posed was related to our Comenius project: 1. We are working on a Comenius project and researching about reducing energy costs at school and at home. We have held a meeting with our partners from France, N. Ireland, UK and Germany, and we have seen that there are differences among us when we talk about implementing Directive 2009/72/EC. There is a big concerned in our country due to the high cost of electricity. The consumers in the Spanish State pay the most expensive energy in Europe. We have undergone several reforms, but it seems competitiveness never arrives. Is there a way not to dismantle the renewable energy sector? We learn at school that renewable energy should be promoted and used, but then, the sector is at risk. How can we understand this? How are we going to meet the target 20-20-20 if renewables cannot be implemented in our country because of the reforms in the sector?
FINAL VIDEO OF THE VISIT TO BRUSSELS AND THE European commission
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About the video Students speak about sustainable consumption and the prize they won. It was explained that the poster had been designed as a result of our work for Comenius project. It is a pity the video doesn’t include all the clips the ‘paparazzis’ recorded for three days non-stop. Still, we got to highlight how to important it is to work connecting subjects and cross curricularly. This is the results of two subjects working together: MGZ (Science in Society) and English and two school years: 1 Batx and Year 4
EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES 26TH SEPTEMBER 2013
Five Elos schools from the Basque Country met
WORLD CAFÉ
the educational authorities at their headquarters
EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGE 2013
to celebrate the European Day of Languages. Students had the change to disseminate their experiences and their work as a Comenius school during the World Café. Students sat at four tables, answering questions for 15 minutes at each. It was a very rewarding practice for all of us: authorities, teachers and students.
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New warriors meetings. Getting to know each other. Exchanging personal information before the mobility to the Basque Country Students got to know each other exchanging emails and on social networks before the mobility. They sent their profiles with a letter to match each other, and then they exchanged their accounts. The communication was very fluent before coming to the Basque Country. Several meetings including parents and students were held to plan the week for our partners. The youngest students set the boards for the displays we had organized and decorated the school to welcome our hosts. The press was called and a description of our Comenius partnership was published on our school blog to explained them what we were doing.
At the same time, we also desseminated our work and informed the institutions we were going to visit about the partnership
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Petrified dunes in Gorliz Tour around school and Agurain. Civil reception at the Council. Learning some Basque: survival kit. Working on e-twinning, planning displays and lessons. Nestle ice factory. Meeting the mayor in Asparrena: visit the charcoal klin, sport centre (geothermal heating), Mitxarro (Nature Interpretation Centre) and hydroelectric station. Pasaia: Azti-Tecnalia: measuring the quality of water. Boat
Itinerary shared with our partners and planned visits
trip - civic reception and projection of the video created by students. Talking to Goiener: nonprofit energy supplier cooperative. San Sebastian. Vitoria-Gasteiz European Green Capital 2013: Ataria and Dehesa House: European forest and community allotments. Walk in the city. AĂąana Salt Valley. Group work and European stands and
OCTOBER 20th-25th
ITINERARY IN AGURAIN
displays. Farewell lunch. World CafĂŠ, evaluation and plenary.
Preserving natural ecosystemes and natual resources
Agurain Asparrena After meeting the host families on Sunday, on the following day we showed our school and town to our parents. We had prepared the tour to be the guides during the visit with the help of the history teacher. A reporter came with us and she published a doubled-page report on the regional paper. It was just the start of the coverage of the visit, as two more news were to appeared: one in the historical territory of Gipuzkoa and another one in the Basque newspaper sold all over the country. The group work in the morning
The factory aims at improving the
included some presentations from
efficience in the use of resources as
different
getting
well as at closing water cycles and
ready for the displays and stands.
reducing waste towards Zero Waste.
countries
and
Partners had researched on the whys of the Green Capital, the do’s and dont’s of the European award,
‘Mitxarro’
Nature
Interpretation
Centre in Araia, Asparrena.
Morning presentations at AniturriD
so we wanted to listen to their
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opinions.
‘Mitxarro’, an edible
It was stated that the activities started
late
and
that
not
educational resources had been offered to schools outside the City even if they were as close as 20km
learnt
about
dormouse, after which the centre has been named. It is a small mammal rodent which is in danger of extinction. We watched a video sitting at the ancient kitchen and heard stories of local
away.
Sports Centre in Araia
people talking about After
lunch
we
the animal and the
visited the Nestle
local
fauna.
ice cream factory.
panels and photos
Natura 2000 network
The
Nature protection areas with the EU Aizkorri-Aratz protected area
Many parents work there, so we
gave us an idea of the flora we can
saw them at work. We wanted to
find at the Natural Park of Aizkorri-
know how the factory optimises the
Aratz.
environmental
performance
of
products along the value chain. The environmental performance of a product starts with good ecodesign, so it is important to know the impact of its lfe-cycle.
We
also
saw
how
the
mini
hydroelectric plant works and learnt that it produces enough energy from water to supply the town. There is also enough energy left which can be sold.
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Pasaia: at the heart of the bay We thought that a video would help our partners understand the complex arrangement of a town around a port. As most of our partners live inland, the fresh air of the bay and the richness of this natural location would be interesting for the project. Researching on a degraded area and urban economic development inspire us for the new Erasmus+ project.
Pasai Donibane
Trintxerpe
San Pedro at the back
Azti-Tecnalia
Pasaia is the second most important harbour in the Basque Country and one of the most important ones in Spain. It is located in the Oiartzun estuary (SouthEastern Bay of Biscay). The recovery of the water quality has been a strong aim. That’s why we contacted Azti-Tecnalia and arranged a visit. Azti-Tecnalia works on stopping the negative impacts of future changes along the coast and in the marine environment. They contribute to the development of the economic and social environment using and promoting Technological Innovation. Azti-Tecnalia transforms science into business, and finds solutions for institutional managers and agents, the fishery sector, sea users, food sector and consumers, and the scientific community. Although technicians were really busy and they couldn’t afford opening the centre to every body every day, they were very kind with us. They found the Comenius project very interesting and we were welcome to do some measuring with two of the technicians. We even saw a yellow submarine!!!
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Last year, just a month previous to our visit, AZTITecnalia explored for the first time the inside of ocean eddies located off the Basque-Cantabrian coast. READ MORE on their web page. The data gathered will provide more knowledge about this type of oceanic structures and the effect on the marine ecosystem, including larvae of the species in the area. The big group split into two to go on a trip boat and attend the civic reception. The press covered the event and the article was published in the main newpaper of the territory of Gipuzkoa. The previous day we had covered how green energy is produced. Now we were going to see how it could be supplied in a cooperative way. We were going to meet Goiener and exchange our European views on the topic.
Ongi etorri lehorreko piratak!
FROM ANITURRI TO PASAIA. A port of call!
The major greeted us before the visit.
The members of the council welcomed us and we projected the video we had created about their town. Afterwads, Goiener (non profit energy supplier cooperative) explained us their project and we had a very interesting discussion about renewable energy generation and purchase. Although their is a European law about renewables, it is not applied the same way
in
each coutry.
It is more difficult to buy green energy and to start up projects which generate renewable energy in the Basque Country and Spain than in the countries within our partnership because of the oligopoly companies and the tariff deficit it is said Spain owes. More information about Goiener in English. Their web page.. We told them that we would ask the European Commissioner in charge of Consumer Policy about the tariff deficit on our visit to the European Commission, and so we did: QUESTION 2: On the other hand, when we check our bills, we see that we are paying for a tariff deficit which seems to have no end. We are told that we owe 28.000 million euros to five energy suppliers. However, these energy companies seemed to have earned 40.000 million euros in the last 10 years. Is there a way to audit these 5 big energy firms? An audit would let us see if we are really paying such big amounts of money because of
Towards Zero waste: the Door-to Door collection has led to reduce by 80% the amount of waste that goes to landfills and prevented the construction of an incinerator.People who sign up to compost at home receive a 40 percent discount on the municipal waste management fee.
the distribution and transportation costs, capacity payments, incentives for renewable energy and domestic coal, the cost of non-mainland generation, repayment of previous deficits, and other costs of the system. Find the answer on the school blog.
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VITORIA-GASTEIZ: EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL 2012.
Vitoria-Gasteiz gained the European Greeen Capital 2012 Award as a result of 30 years of commitment to sustainability and good practice. It involves leading the way towards healthier and more sustainable lifestyles. Green cities-fit for life’. It means the city meets the stardard for green urban living. The indicators judged are: ● Local contribution to global climate change ● Local transport ● Green urban areas
Ataria
● Sustainable land use ● Nature and biodiversity ● Quality of local ambient air ● Noise pollution ● Waste production and management ● Water consumption
ATARIA: Wetlands Interpretation Centre
● Waste water treatment
CEA: Environmental Studies Centre and a community
● Environmental managenent of the municipality
allotment. From environmental education and awareness to the development of the green belt, reach and mobility actions. EUROPEAN ARBORETO
CEA: Dehesa Etxea. Iraide and Idoia are going to enter the draw to get an allotment. Vitoria-Gasteiz
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AÑANA THE SALT VALLEY: UNESCO CANDIDAE Cultural landscape candidate World Heritage Site of UNESCO Wetland Ramsar Convention
Wooden structure
The Salt Valley of Añana in the Basque Country: inland saltworks.
The value of the Salt Valley Archeological remains from
Añana town
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the Middle Age Particular architecture Geological features, biodiversity and landscape in harmony Heritage and environmental The saltworks
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GROUP WORK. PRESENTATIONS AND DISPLAYS Each country had to prepare a display and a stand for the European Green Market. Previous to the visit Year 3 students decorated the hall and set up boards for each country.
1.
Partners
information,
walked brochures,
around posters,
to
get watch
videos and enquire. 2. Students from Aniturri walked around and visited the stands. The whole school could get to know the visitors and talk to them. At
Stands and boards
the same time, younger students were informed about the project. We motivated them to take part in the forthcoming years.
T “We waste too much energy at school. We should pay more attention. For example, we shouldn’t forget the lights on. We should take tell the caretaker whenever we find the room is too warm. We are looking forward to visit the German school to learn about passive-house and how it is implemented in their building”
he last day. After the visit to
Aniturri created a brochure about reducing
the Salt Valley, we came back
energy at school after discussing the issue of
to school and learnt about
energy waste in their Citizenship and Civic
UNESCO’s projects in the
Education lessons.
countires of our partnership. We projected some videos about eCars in Cookstown, Northern Ireland and environmental hazards in Öhringen, Germany.
Aniturri’s brochure
Video projection about Germany Brochure
Visiting stands European Green Market
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Farewell lunch Plenary and evaluation We said good-buy at school, but still they had to meet in Araia for the farewell dinner
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he sun was shining, so after lunch we thought that the plenary would be held outside, in the main square. The questionnaire was printed and later on, filled online.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Questionnaire, responses and pictures on web page
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The press These three articles were published on the main regional newspapers. Although our school is located in the territory of Araba, on of the articles about the Comenius partnership was published on one of the papers with largest readerships in Gipuzkoa historical territory. The article published in Basque language could be read in the only Basque language circulating paper edited in the Basque region. The third article was published in the territory of Araba, on the newspaper with large readerships.
Online editions As the articles had their digital edition, they were also published on the school blog and linked on Twitter, as well as on the project web site. After the visits, we sent the link to the institutions which helped us with the visits, and they linked the articles on their web pages, too. Students shared the articles via Twitter and Facebook, but the social network they used most was Whatsapp.
The pdf documents can be downloaded from the project website and online editions can be read clicking on the pictures above.
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WHAT IS ELOS? ELOS TRAINING COURSE IN GLOUCESTER
NOVEMBER 2013
VIDEO ect at the course oj pr s iu en m Co d an es tic ac pr Sharing good
EUROPEAN SCHOOL NETS
DISSEMINATION
While the teacher was at the training course, just a week after the mobilty in Agurain, students and teachers at Aniturri recorded a video to evaluate the project so far.
Sharing practices
About Elos
Download Elos flier for schools and students
Elos seeks to promote the European and International dimension in education. The Elos concept defines the learning outcomes for students, describing the various dimensions for students participating in a European and international context. These outcomes are stated in the Common Framework for Europe Competence (CFEC). The CFEC offers a comprehensive and unique set of developmental competences that students gain by studying at an Elos school and which prepares them to study, work, live and thrive in an international environment. The Elos school standard describes the requirements for a school to call itself an ‘Elos school’.
Twenty two teachers from Elos schools in ten different countries attended the training course at the Global Language Immersion Centre in Gloucester. It was a very productive week developing understanding of the Elos concept and resources, strengthening the Elos network of schools across Europe and making lasting friendships. Elos Newletter Aniturri has been part of the Elos project for seven years and we have fully contributed to the net. This is the article we wrote for the Elos 10 years anniversary and that will be published in a booklet.
TEACHERS MEETING IN WORCESTER JANUARY 2014 We assess the project and thought about the areas we had to improve. The tasks were redistributed
Evaluate where we are. Redefiniton and next millestones
and millestones set for the final evaluation.
Project development
ICT sessions: linoit platorm, website and e-twinning- Basque
Consumerism and lifestyles- French
European allotment- English Ecological footprint- decision on resources Resources- Irish
Recyled products-presentations in Germany
Next mobility-Germany
JANUARY 9-12
WORCESTER 2014
Recipes- English-Basque
PENPALS AND NEW WARRIORS
NEW WARRIORS-PENPALS
Warriors-meetings
We set new eew21 teams at schools and although some of them got to know each other during the visit to the Basque Country, we recycled our English lessons (foreign language) assignments and shared them with our partners. What’s more, we used Edomodo platform to disseminate the project and used the letters back again to meet new friends, many of them from the United States.
Schools organized regular meetings with warriors and work was done transversally. Subjects involved: Citizenship, Civic Education, Technology, Science and English (and foreign languages). This work involved interdepartamental meetings and assessment.
We had to exchange profiles to start planning the mobility to Germany. A lot of students used social networks for communication, kept in contact and exchanged project work. Everybody was willing to
Parents meeting were held regularly too. Each school had acquired a regular system to inform parents about the project. Open Days, Parents’ Day, School Council and School Boards, depending on the schools, as well as written communications and face-to-face meetings before and after mobilities.
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EUROPEAN RECIPE BOOK
asque KontsumoBIDE: The B Consumer Affairs Institute In January our Irish partners shared some resources to start working on sustainable consumption. At the same time, Aniturri had organized a visit to KontsumoBIDE with Year 3 to work on Fair Trade, consumerism and lifestyles. What is a balanced diet? What do you do you to reduce waste? How do we manage waste? What can we compost? How can we reuse everyday items? But first, we shared the recipe of a paella, which was professionally cooked by our partners.
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CONSUMERISM AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES SUSTAINABLE RECIPES FOOD MILES
Foregoing work to the visit to KontsumoBIDE included: Research on Fair Trade Reflection on healthy and balance diets Future work to the visit to KontsumoBIDE included: Cooking recipes Food miles concept Calculating ecological footprints Reflection on responsible consumerism Speaking lesson on consumption:
At KontsumoBIDe
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AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES SUSTAINABLE RECIPES FOOD MILES
lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's commentator's style to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before - using augmented reality animation.
Sustainable society and you The videos we shared:
Getting ready for the
material
energy audit
In this spectacular section of 'The Joy of
Cla
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Mr Callan shared this
Stats' he tells the story of the world in 200
material to carry out the
countries over 200 years using 120,000
energy audit. Students decided
numbers - in just four minutes. Plotting life
that they would start working on the audit
expectancy against income for every
prior to the visit to Germany, but they
country since 1810, Hans shows how the
thought that they might finish it afterwards
world we live in is radically different from
to be able to complete it properly. At that
the world most of us imagine.(YouTube)
time, at Aniturri, they had started their
The video was shared by the Irish school
work with the technology teacher: a
and was used in Citizenship lessons and
sustainable chair. On the other hand, they
Economics.
were recording videos for the Consumer
We also watched other videos Mr Callan
Classroom Competition. In France, they
shared with us: Unseen, inpirational trailer
were working on a sustainable table with
and Global Food Security.
their landscaping teacher. Irish were working on Yunk Kouture, outfits using %100 recycled material. English were taking care of the allotment
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What do you think about online shopping? First we shared the collection of opinion essays with our partners. Students found out what changes the EU was going to pass at the beginning of the summer concerning online shopping and recorded some videos with some questions that were answers with more videos. Read more on Aniturri’s blog. The writings were added onto the canvas where we published the videos about online shopping.
We used the products we created for the Comenius project to meet other students in Europe. We shared the work with another school in Germany and we made up new friends with another Elos school. Therefore, we disseminated the work the partnershop was doing another school and worked together for the Consumer Classroom Competition from February to April. We got to be finalist, but the voting system didn’t help us. We cannot use facebook at school and that was how it had to be voted. T : JEC too PRO ube IVE n Yout T A R o ’ k are ABO do ? s as OLL which ld I ent RC t ud ho u s S OU videos . t ha ing es .W o pp o ns c lud e sh ble m ni It in pro tanlin e ir o pi o a t ● s en u ve h pre abo give t g ‘ I ha s n i w pp ● rvie rs to Sho Inte partne ine zine ● ir Onl aga n m t he e e wh ’Ts nio n ON Opi nd D ● s a s ent DO mm ● d co n t io n a s wer Ans s ● ure t c i P ● ing s s w a link t io n Dr ing rm a ● rest info n Inte o si ● m is s Co m Poll ! ea n ● e p n o o Eur any ● n to Ope ●
COMENIUS MEETINGS AT SCHOOL
Comenius at Holy Trinity. Principal’s blog
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Disseminat ion of the Comenius p roject
The coordinator of the partnership, was awarded the prize ‘Excellence in collaboration’ for her work with J15 group. She also presented the good practices carried out by the partnership to 140 delegates from more than ten different European countries. See it on blog.
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS DO YOU KNOW YOUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT?
What is a Carbon Footprint? This is how students from Kingfisher explained us what Carbon Footprints are. Read their essay. Students in the partnership decided that the best way to measure the average of planets that our schools need to support their lifestyle would be this resource: a footprint calculator. At Aniturri they also used other games and resources. Read on blog.
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ÖHRINGEN Tour around the school with engineer, ice-breakers and group work: presentation of recycled products and German school system Sightseeing in Öhringen and meeting the mayor. Sports and dancing. Walk in the forest and research on damages. Questionnaire and group work on Consumerism. Agenda 21 Now! 24h International Internet Conference Group work: commitments. Recording final videos and interview. Visiting a ‘Bioenergy Village’. Assessment, plenary and farewell dinner with host families
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ABOUT ÖHRINGEN Recylcing an article to rewrite the information we had about Öhringen. We also used previous presentations we had created a year before to tell the parents and school mates where we were going and what we were going to do. Students researched on the German Educational System to find differences and find out what they would like to bring back to their schools form that system. During the mobility students had to write a diary and at the end of the experience they had to create a collaborative picture canvas to share their memories.
Oehringen is the biggest city in the Hohenlohekreis district, in the north eastern part of Baden-Württemberg. The city’s history goes back to the Roman times and the settlement of “Vicus Aurelianus. Located in the land of Hohenlohe, the valleys are sur-
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historic buildings found in the land. The houses, the medieval buildings and the historical sites have been preserved in good conditions.
Many students don’t live in Öhringen. They get up very The area is known as the "Land of Castles and Palaces" early, around 06:00, to travel to school. because of the number of
First hours...
WE ARRIVE IN ÖHRINGEN The first hours were appealling. Interest, curiosity and desire evoked early in the morning when we woke up at three in the morning. During the trip, we had time to review the presentations and tasks each one was committed to fulfill. We met some of our hosting partners in October, but we were going to meet all those partners with whom we had exchanged emails, pictures and shared work, as well as Skype meetings. Sunday time with the families. The following morning was a new start in a new family and country.
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k? c a n s r ou y p u p ra o yo u w Monday, a new week ahead. What do you usually eat at school as a snack? Do you wrap up your food with aluminium foil? Cultural differences: timetables and meals. Snack, lunch and brunch are not the same in our country because our timetable is different. Questions in the morning: ‘What time did you get up?’ Was it 5:45, 6:00, 6:30 or 6:45? ‘How long did it take you to get to school?’ The Principal and the school engineer were ready to meet us to tour around the school.
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DAY 1 AROUND THE SCHOOL d, there are 90 The school is 4 years ol study there. teachers and 1048 pupils rent areas: the There are also three diffe o want to be first area is for people wh second area, they primary teachers; in the in the third area, work on agriculture; and ects. Besides, they study common subj od and agriculture students have metal, wo workshops. tables in the Students grow their vege oking lessons garden to use them for co the icebreaker� After lunch we met for each other and session. We got to meet each group met practised English. Then their work and together to get ready for project presentations.
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DAY 1 GROUP WORK some games to It was a good idea to play imes, we are too meet each other. Somet -breakers. shy and we need some ice s to understand We had to adjust ourselve s hard at first, of the Irish and English. It wa ry friendly and we course, but they were ve other easily. got to understand each stered for the Those who had not regi finalised their Agenda 21 Conference d our recycled registration, and presente air. products: a table and a ch g to learn about It was also very interestin really different!!! the German system. It is
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DAY 2 Ă–HRINGEN ON TOUR explained us We met the mayor and he loped and their how the village had deve us about the future plans. He informed going to be flower festival which is arnt that the old celebrated in 2016. We le long time ago. castles had been built a w Erasmus+ It was inspiring for the ne ing. We had to project: urban landscap Back to school take notes for our diaries. mates all about we had to tell our school Ă–hringen!! a sports session In the afternoon we had th the German and Basque dances wi Spanish teacher.
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DAY 3 THE FOREST AND ACID RAIN te a r e n e reg o t s r ea y se 0 u 0 a 0 , c e 50 w e g a m the da damages caused In the forest, we saw the rain. by air pollution and acid rtaining as we had The walk was really ente ns our guide to answer to the questio en asked us to asked us. Mr Arnold ev measure a tree!!! es the forest and We saw the line that divid ere are a lot of the fields in the area. Th of animals, like birds and different types this forest. owls and foxes that live in Trees are more or less 23 wide.
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DAY 3 CONSUMERISM
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AGENDA 21 NOW! INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ALL CONTINENTS, S S O R AC FE LI LE B A IN EA OF A SUSTA CONFERENCE. ET N R TALKING ABOUT THE ID TE IN N A IN , R A YE RS, ONCE PER FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOU SEE ALSO OUR CONTRIBUTION YEAR 2013
What is Agenda 21? The general idea of the plan for Agenda 21 is to live sustainably, to be aware of our common future. That ‘s why the name of the conference is a call for a sustainable life. Let us live sustainably! Let the ideas of the Agenda 21 become reality! Not next year, not next week, not tomorrow, right NOW! Agenda 21 NOW! Read more... Students took part from Germany and partner countries
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DAY 4 VISITING A ‘BIOENERGY VILLAGE During the mobility to the Basque Country, we saw how an energy cooperative can supply energy to a community. We also that Asparrena, one of our local towns, has planned to be energetically self-sufficient. After these two steps, we visited a village very close to Öhringen, which is energetically autonomous. The village has a community biogas plant that heats the houses there. In case the plant cannot supply energy for any reasons, they have plan B, which is a pallets community heating. Last year, they didn’t use it at all. The energy the biogas plant produced was enough to heat Untermassholderbasch. There is a big concerned in the region, so the Hohenlohe-Odenwald-Tauber works hard to achieve renewable energy and to fight climate change as well as to reduce costs.
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Thursday Agenda 21 Now! 24 hours Internet Conference. It was fun to see that our classmates were taking part from the Basque Country. We recorded some videos with our commitments. We also had to help our teachers with the final report and evaluate progress before its completion at the end of the school year. Each shool assess their work and then, we all together decided on the final steps and tasks, such as dissemination.
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CREATING A DRESS WITH RECYCLED MATERIAL
Cans Coffee cartons
The outfits were created from soft drink cans and carboard coffee cartons after being inspired by a campaign in which HTC Warriors took part and that involved picking litter in the street.
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BUILDING A CHAIR WITH RECYCLED MATERIAL
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The Press While we were in Germany, we could show our partner an article had been published in the Basque Region the day before we left Agurain. There more articles were published in Germany.
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JUNK COUTURE RECYCLED PRODUCT
We liked voting to help our partners.
Dissemination
The five Basque Elos schools met in Bilbao to celebrate Europe Day. Educational authorities were invited to take part in the event. Read more...
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STREET POLL re o m on g o l b
Subject: Ethics (Civic Education) Street poll to know about recycling habits shopping habits not clean detected areas Improvements and needs To be used for 2014-2015 Agenda 21 campaign
ENERGY AUDIT
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The eco warriors team at HTC has been inspiring not only at their school, but also overseas. The partnership is proud of being part of their European ecowarriors teams with whom they have shared so many memories, tasks, practices and experiences. We are aware that Mr Callan has done a rewarding job.
DISSEMINATION AT SCHOOL AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS
In June we visited our future European mates at school These are the students who will be with us at Aniturri next year. We visited them and explained what European projects are, what we have learnt and how well we have felt.
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EEW21 WEB PAGE
VISIT OUR PROJECT WEB PAGE EXPAND THE MENU!!!
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EEW 21 YEAR 2 BY ANITURRI BHI 2014 ON BEHALF OF THE PARTNERSHIP
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Previous Comenius projects Culture Change and Sports European Agriculture
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