GENGREENEDUCATIONALMATERIALS
ProgrammeTitle:GoingGreeninSportToolkit
Organisation:BGBEActiveandpartnering organisations
Summary
TargetGroup: schoolstaff(teachersand principals),schoolactivistsandcommunityleaders.
Duration:5-60minutes
Thetoolkitaimstoinspireorganisingactivegames(involvingphysicalactivity)toraiseawarenessofkeyclimate changeissues,suchaswastereductionandsustainablewastemanagement.Itgroundsgreeneducationprinciples byofferingpracticalandeasy-to-implementideasthatkeepstudentsphysicallyactivewhilelearningabouta relevanttopic,astheywillbethegenerationlivingintheworldoftomorrow
Description
This toolkit is structured firstly to introduce the concept of green education and its key components Then, it presentsthedifferentmethodsusedingreeneducation(formalandnon-formal) Inaddition,itlinkstheconceptof green education with physical activity and highlights how sport can be effectively used to teach sustainability to students
Finally, it introduces several active games that can be organised by teachers in schools with minimal equipment to teach children about waste reduction and management. Each game includes the required materials, level of difficulty,duration,andashortdescriptionoftheactivity.
Objectives
Tohelpmakeschoolsmoresustainablethroughthreemain domainsofaction:
1 Byprovidingideasonhowtouseexistingequipmentina greenerway,bythinkingoutsidethebox
2.Byraisingawarenessofclimatechangechallengespractically throughphysicalactivityratherthansolelytheoreticalcontent taughtinclassrooms
3 Byempoweringchildrentotakepartintheplanningand organisingprocessesofactivities,enablingthemtoadoptan activeroleinenvironmentalissues
Challenges
Thereisaneedtoadaptthegamesinsomeschoolswherethe playgroundisrelativelysmallandwhenitisnotpossibletogotoa biggerspaceoutsideofschool(eg,municipalsportfacilities) becauseoftimeconstraints
Thereisaneedtotrainteachersonhowtoteachchildrenabout sustainableissues(whichisrelativelynewinthefieldofeducation).
Impact
Effectivetransferofknowledgeandbestpracticesrelatedtowastereduction andimprovedwastemanagementinschoolsportsactivities. Reducedwasteduetosuccessfulawareness-raisingamongpupilsand students
Increasedvisibilityofeducationalpracticespromotingsustainability,asthey canbeimplementedinalmostanyschoolsetting. Promotingnon-formaleducationmethodsthataremoreinclinedto implementteachingcontentthatallowschildrentoexpresstheiropinions andparticipateinorganisingeducationalactivities.
