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Eco-Schools is one of the largest global sustainable schools programme – it starts in the classroom and expands to the community by engaging the next generation in action-based learning.

Eco-Schools encourages young people to engage in their environment by allowing them the opportunity to actively protect it. It starts in the classroom, it expands to the school and eventually fosters change in the community at large.

The Eco-Schools programme provides a simple, seven-step framework that answers this question whilst empowering young people to make a difference in their school, local community and beyond.Schools connect their activities to three or more of the Ten Eco-Schools Topics. These topics break large, global issues like climate change into more manageable and directed themes that prompt young people to consider environmental changes that they can make in their school and everyday lives

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

– Understanding environmental awareness, environmental management, and sustainable

development education,

– Teaching the students, the habits they will use throughout their lifetime,

– Getting information about world, environment, and the resources,

– Relating between garbage and recyclable materials

– Analyzing steps of the recycling system

– Creating an environmental list about any space for planting or any space for playing

– Designing creative tasks

– Preparing an action plan

– Investigating problems about environment

-participate proactively in the implementation of good environmental practices

-promote eco-culture by shifting the schools’ mindset into going green for a sustainable development through everyday school life

-provide substantial opportunities to schools to explore various environmental concepts that can be implemented, improved, developed or retrofitted at their respective premises

Preparation

Before the course,

– Participants fill in a detailed questionnaire before the course, indicating their level of experience, teaching background and training. – They also prepare a presentation reflecting their teaching method

DAILY SCHEDULE OF ECO SCHOOLS COURSE

DAY 1

Ice-breaking activities and introduction of the course program

Getting to know each other

What is Eco-School?

Today’s World: Climate Change and Environmental Issues

Sustainable development as an interdisciplinary approach

DAY 2

Raise children’s awareness

What is Eco-School?

Some facts related to Eco-schools

How do Eco-Schools work?

Seven Steps Framework

DAY 3

How can schools contribute to life?

Plan your eco-school framework

How can you encourage your students about “environmental education”?

Designing creative tasks for your students

Working on sample lesson plans to create hidden curriculum at school

DAY 4

Ways of setting up and maintaining curricula about eco-schools and eco-lifestyles

How can you add your school strategy?

Examples from European schools and discussion

Create your environmental list around your school

Any space for planting?

Any space for playing?

DAY 5

Plant variety around school?

Analysis of problems

Preparing an action plan

Overview of the course program

Evaluation of the course program

Filling the feedback forms

Europass Mobility Certificate, Participation Certificate

LEARNING OUTCOMES

All the participants will

– Create and develops a new identity,

– Build a participatory structure for your students to attend group work,

– Develop your students’ problem-solving, and discussion skills,

– Use of initiative, ability to make decisions,

– Change consumption patterns, prevent wastefulness

– Develop consciousness about conservation of natural resources

– Inspire and empower students

– Create leaders for change in their communities

– Develop responsible attitudes and commitment

– Lead to increased levels of confidence and motivation

– Increase your students’ participation in environmental actions

– Improve your students’ skills and knowledge in all subjects – Improve your students’ mental and physical well-being