eew21 year 1

European eco warriors Eew21 Increasing sustainability and reducing costs at schools

Year 1 2012-2013

CONTENT Year 1 (2012-2013) European Eco-Warriors 21 (EEW21) About the project ………………………………………………………………………………………….…….... p. 2 How the project started ………………………………………………..………….….…………….…….. p. 3 School portrait ……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…….. p. 4 Aniturri ......................................….……...............................................….….…………..….. p. 5 Naturapôlis ……………………………………..……………………………………….….……………..… p. 6 Kingfisher .……………………………………………………………………………….….…………….….. p. 7 Richard-von-Weizsäcker Schule …………………….…………………..………………..… p. 8 Holy Trinity College ……………………………………………..…………….…..……………….… p. 9 Teachers Meeting in Agurain .........................................................….………....… p. 10 European Green Capital 2013 .....................................….……….…………...… p. 10 European Eco-Warriors 21 introduce themselves …………..………... p. 11 Getting to know each other ………………………………………………………………….. p. 12 How do we manage waste at Aniturri? Video ………..……….………..…… p. 13 Questionnaire about waste ……………………………………….………..……….…………… p. 14 Responses ……………………………………….………..…………………………….…………..…… p. 15 Climate Change Summit. Stormont Parliament ………….……………… p. 23 Mobility to Northern Ireland …………………………………………………….……..……… p. 26 Presentation on Waste Management ……………………………………….……….………. p. 28 Group Work ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..…… p. 29 European seeds and e-twinning.……………………………………………………………..….…… p. 33 Work Café and Plenary: evaluation………………………………….…………………..……….. p. 35 Logo competition winner ………………………………….…………………………………….………….. p. 40 European Apperitif ……………………………………………………………………………………..…………… p. 41 Farewell dinner ………………………………………………….………………………………….………………….. p. 42 Press article ……………............….………………………….………………………………………..…………………. p. 43 Environmental Hazards ………………………………………………………………………………. p. 44 Learn about, videos and webquests ………………………………………………..……….….. p. 46 Essays …………………………………………………………………………………………….………………..………….…… p. 47 Consumer Classroom Competition ………………………………………………….…………….… p. 48 Environmental week……………………………………………………………………………………………..….. p. 49 Displays ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….…….. p. 50

Dissemination and Displays …………………………………………………………..……….…… p. 51 Within School and Local Primary Schools ……………………….……….…….. p. 52 Climate Change Assembly ……………………………………….…………….………….…. p. 53 EEW21 Calendar …………………………………………………………………………..………………… p. 55

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es e-magazin 2 Year 1 and

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.

Partner schools

Our school portraits EEW21 WEB

How the project started Aniturri, Naturapôlis, Kingfisher, Holy Trinity and Richard-von-Weizsäcker have shared a strong partnership since the teachers met at a contact seminar in Armagh in 2007. This is our third multilateral Comenius project . ● 2008-2010 Learning through European Agriculture e-magazine and blog ● 2010-2012 Cultural Change and Sport e-magazine and blog ● 2012-2014 European Eco Warriors ● web page

School portraits Aniturri bhi

n o i t a t n e s Pre online 5

NATURAPOLIS- france Naturapolis EPLEFPA de Châteauroux

Le LEGTA (Lycée d'Enseignement Générale et Technologique Agricole) de Châteauroux.

Kingfisher-uk

Richard- von -Weizsäcker Germany

Different types of schools, all in one ● Agrarwissenschaftliches Gymnasium ● Sozialwissenschaftliches Gymnasium ● Berufskolleg für Praktikantinnen und Praktikanten (1BKSP) ● Ausbildung zum/r staatlich anerkannten ErzieherIn ● Berufsfachschule Labortechnik und Ökologie (2BFLT) ● zweijährige hauswirtschaftliche Berufsfachschule (2BFH) ● einjährige Hauswirtschaftliche Berufsfachschule (1BFH) ● Vorqualifizierungsjahr Arbeit/Beruf (VAB) ● Landwirtschaftliche Berufsschule (LBS)

Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg ● Berufsfachschule für Zusatzqualifikationen Abteilung Landwirtschaft Erneuerbare Energien (BFQLEE) ● Berufsfachschule zum Erwerb von Zusatzqualifikationen

Holy trinity N ireland

Holy trinity eco warriors Holy Trinity College are aiming to achieve the coveted Green Flag award. This is part of being an EcoSchool. We have targeted Energy, Waste and Global Perspective, as part of the Green Flag award programme.

We have learned so much through working with our partner schools in Comenius, and are proud to tell anyone about the Comenius project, looking at sustainability.

We are now also proud to announce that, Holy Trinity College have been awarded the Bronze and Silver Awards as part of the Green Flag process. The Holy Trinity Eco Warriors are leading the school in becoming more sustainable, and we accept these awards on behalf of not only our school but, our Comenius partners.

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October 2012 TEACHERS MEETING IN AGURAIN VITORIA-GASTEIZ EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL 2012 Sunday 7: Mr. Taylor and Mr Meredith arrived Monday 8: Mr Stiefel and Mr Lima joined the group for lunch and we visited Añana, the Salt Valley in Araba.

Tuesday 9: Agurain Fair. Visit to The Forest exhibition in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Wednesday 10: Project work Mobilities Activities and task to be carried out Resources Products Evaluation Visit to Europa Congress Centre: a visit to the exhibition to meet the challenges of the future projects of the cities which have been, are and will be European Green Capital.

Thursday 11: Project work e-twinning online resources Friday 12: Trip back home

VITORIA-GASTEIZ EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL 2012

The European Commission created this award to recognise the efforts of European cities to solve environmental problems, improve the quality of life and reduce the pressure on the global environment.

Vitoria-Gasteiz was appointed European Green Capital 2012 due to the policies developed over the years and the commitment of the citizens with Challenges for the European recycling, mobility or water Green Capital Year consumption.

● Increase the use of public transport by 10% during 2013.

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The Sustainable Mobility Plan was highly valued by the European Union.

Reduce energy consumption levels at municipal installations by 5%.

Eliminate plastic bags and replace them with others that can be re-used and that are made of recyclable or biodegradable materials.

Develop a pilot urban garden allotment plan using city facilities that are not in use at present.

Reduce water consumption by 5%.

Eco-warriors 21 During the first months of the partnership, we set up Eco-Warriors committees following the Irish school pattern and linking the Agenda 21 programme the schools are involved in.

Schools included the Comenius project in their curriculums to be developed in different subjects: Science, Technology, Citizenship, Civic Education, Arts & Crafts, Home Economics, Business, European Studies, Biology, foreign languages, etc.

Although the partnership worked in English, there were opportunities to work and practise foreign languages too.

Mother tongues within the partnership: English, French, German, Spanish and Basque.

Foreign languages within the partnership: English, French, German and Spanish.

The first tasks included exchanging school portraits,, emails, and personal information (e-twinning). Afterwards, presentations about waste management in each country and a questionnaire about waste management were created. The next step was to work on climate change and environmental problems.

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Getting to know each other .We

started with some emails that were shared during the teachers’ meeting in October. Students from Agurain wrote some personal emails that were answered by emails, social networks, videos and cards.

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How do we manage waste?

Aniturri created this video for their European partners.

Managing waste at aniturri Year 4 students recorded this video and analysed the positive and negative aspects of the system that was implemented ten years ago. A couple of years ago, the way of collecting organic waste changed, but they found out that the implementation needs some improvements. In general, students separate waste, but the system may be confusing sometimes. They also state that they should pay more attention to the signs and make a bigger effort to use the containers properly.

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Questionnaire about waste Download the findings here Subjects: Citizenship, Ethics/ Civic Education, English and Biology. Aniturri.

Year 3 students created the draft of the questionnaire. First, Year 4 students corrected it and improved some questions. Then partners discussed the questions they wanted to include in the questionnaire.

Findings.

Survey carried out in France, Germany, N Ireland, Germany and the Basque Country

Many students think packaging is a big problem., So shopping habits should be considered.

Everybody is aware of the benefits of reusing, Most people always separate waste, but not the same recycling and reducing. In addition, they believe amount of partners think they generate a lot of waste. reusing helps in many ways to combat climate change.

It is also important and necessary for them to separate waste.

A high proportion of students wouldn’t ask for an extra bag and many of them would carry a bag with Most partners think the system within their school is them. They also seem to like buying local and know ok or it could be improved. about the benefits of eating healthy.

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Do y o u t h i n k i t i s i m p o r t an t an d n ec es s ar y t o s ep ar at e w as t e?

In y o u r o p i n i o n , d o y o u p r o d u c e a l o t o f w as t e at h o m e?

A t h o m e, h o w m an y t i m es a w eek d o y o u t h r o w o u t t h e r u b b i s h ?

Daily

27

19%

2 or 3 times a week

92

64%

4 or 5 times a week

28

20%

Do y o u s ep ar at e t h e w as t e i n y o u r h o u s e?

Always

52

36%

In general, yes

62

43%

Sometimes

16

11%

Almost never

8

6%

Never

5

3%

Ho w m an y w as t e c o n t ai n er s ar e t h er e i n y o u r h o m e? Wh at i s i n c l u d ed i n eac h c on t ai n er ?

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Paper

44 4 6%

Plastic

87%

Organic

81%

Glass

5 36%

Do y o u s ep ar at e t h e w as t e at s c h o o l ?

Always

14

10%

In general, yes

40

28%

Sometimes

44

31%

Almost never

26

18%

Never

19

13%

Ho w m an y w as t e c o n t ai n er s ar e t h er e i n y o u r s c h o o l ? Wh at i s i n c l u d ed i n eac h c on t ai n er ?

Paper

83

58%

Plastic

63

44%

Organic

55

38%

Glass

28

20%

Batteries

25

17%

Other

48

34%

Wh at i s y o u r o p i n i o n ab o u t t h e w ay y o u r ec y c l e at s c h o o l Is t h er e a GREEN POINT i n y o u r t o w n ?

What do you take there?

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Do you know what goes into each container?

Yes. I am very sure

54

38%

Generally yes, but sometimes I have doubts.

72

50%

Not very well

12

8%

5

3%

Very little

Do y o u t h i n k w e h a v e t o p r o d u c e l e s s w a s t e ?

Why?

Many similar answers were:

Because it damages the planet Because if we produced less waste, we wouldn’t need incinerators We are responsible for the waste we produce, so we have to take action

Because we need a healthier planet

The pollution in the air is wrecking the whole Environment.

If we all start reducing it, we will help the place, and hopefully,

Because we produce too much waste

the world will last longer because at the minute we world is burning away :(

It is obvious we should reduce the amount of waste we produce Money used towards finding places

Reducing waste is the most effective solution Because we don’t reuse enough

to dump waste and recycle it would be used for other needs if we produced less waste

Because waste goes to poor countries

Landfil s are full up

Less waste=

Packaging is unbearable. We should change our shopping habits.

less pollution We buy too many things

To help save the environment and reduce costs

We throw too many things

Because of pollution and climate change

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We eat, we will eat.

We produce waste, we will produce waste.

We don’t consume less. More waste. Bigger problem

It is very important to reduce waste

We are living in a consumer society that leads to the production of more waste

Landfills will be shut down.

It is a must to reduce waste

IWhere can you compost?

At school

44

31%

At home

108

76%

30

21%

Other

Composting facilities in your area

Do y o u u s e s o m e p r o d u c t ’ s co n t ai n er s m o r e t h an o n c e?

Do you know what the benefits of reducing, reusing and recycle are?

We can reduce pollution and waste

There is less pollution when you sort out the different materials.

It’s better to use things several times, not just once

The decrease of the materials used to create all the products No, I don’t know about it

If we reduce, we don’t have to produce so much

We produce less waste.

We use the product more times and we save money as well as the environment.

Our live model would be better and our health would improve

There should be less packaging

Not to spoil raw materials

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Problems with the following question We asked about the yellow container, but the colour of the container varies in each country In our country, we use the yellow container for plastic and metals, but it is not the same in other countries

At the greengrocer’s you use a different bag for each kind of fruit you buy I ask to put the big things that can be together in the same bag.

65

45%

I like to put each thing in each bag, so I don't say anithing.

60

42%

I don't like it, but I don't say anything.

18

13%

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A t t h e b ak er ' s , t h e s h o p as s i s t an t p u t s t h e b r ead y o u b u y i n a b ag I'll tell the shop assistant not to put the bread in a bag

52

36%

If I'm not offered a bag, I ask for a bag

40

28%

I always carry a bag with me

38

27%

Other

13

9%

Yo u ar e w al k i n g d o w n t h e s t r eet an d y o u c o n s u m e s o m et h i n g You

throw it

Never, I think it is inappropriate.

57

40%

Sometimes, when there isn´t any container near.

64

45%

Many times. I have this bad habit and I do without thinking about it.

13

9%

9

6%

Yes

Wh en y ou g o t o a p l ac e y o u l i k e (b eac h , m o u n t ai n ...), d o y o u l i k e t o f i n d l i t t er t h er e?

Wh en y ou g o s h o p p i n g , d o y o u h av e i n m i n d t h es e t h i n g s ?

Wh en y ou b u y a p r o d u c t , do y o u h av e i n m i n d t h e t y p e o f p ac k ag i n g ?

I use cloth bags or a trolley

67

47%

I buy bulk products if possible

35

24%

I buy perishable products in small packaging

24

17%

I buy local products

63

44%

I buy products which don't have so much packaging

34

24%

Other1

1%

20

R e c y c l i n g l i f e m e a n s ;

How many times a type of material can be recycled

52

36%

How long product will last once recycled

54

38%

The uses you can give to a recycled product

37

26%

Wh i c h p ac k c o n t am i n at es t h e l eas t ?

Tetra brick

33

23%

Glass

61

43%

Can

22

15%

Plastic

27

19%

I n p l a s t ic p a c k s , t h e n u m b e r i n s i d e t h e t r i a n g l e m e a n s ;

That it can be recycle.

64

45%

The way to recycle it.

41

29%

The type of plastic to classify and then to recycle.

38

27%

M ar k t h e p ac k s w h i c h c an b e r ec y c l ed Metal cans

89

62%

112

78%

Glass

95

66%

Plastic

110

77%

Bricks

59

41%

Cardboard and paper

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Red u c e [ Nu m b er t h e f o l l o w i n g f r o m 1 t o 3 i n o r d er o f w h at ac t i o n s h el p t o d ev el o p ec o l o g i c al l y r es p o n s i b l e b eh av i o u r s . ]

Reu s e [Nu m b er t h e f o l l o w i n g f r o m 1 t o 3 i n o r d er o f w h at ac t i o n s h el p t o d ev el o p ec o l o g i c al l y r es p o n s i b l e b eh av i o u r s . ]

Rec y c l e [ Nu m b er t h e f o l l o w i n g f r o m 1 t o 3 i n o r d er o f w h at ac t i o n s h el p t o d ev el o p ec o l o g i c al l y r es p o n s i b l e b eh av i o u r s . ]

Wh at b eh av i o u r s c o n y o u t h i n k o f t o r ed u c e w as t e?

Use different bins

Never go to Mc Donalds

Consume less Use tuppers instead of plastic bags Not to buy products with a lot of plastic Recycle more Buy less

Use things several times and don’t put ever things away after one use.

When you are shopping, look after packaging and take your own bag with you

Reuse Buy products with less packaging n N o Use one bottle for your drinks and not many plastic bottles.

Buying local products, using less packaging on the products and recycling more than now.

Buy less plastic items , such as plastic bags , etc .... Use the correct bins so we can recycle . d re Use the three R Don't buy more than what you actually need, and buy products with the minimum packaging. .

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Climate change Summit Stormont parliament February 2013 Holy Trinity College (HTC) from Cookstown, N Ireland, represented the Basque Country at Stormont Parliament.

It was a collaborative work between Aniturri and HTC. Ten schools had to present their findings on their research into Climate Change in another country and to discuss the topic in detail. The aim of this exciting project was to increase environmental awareness and encourage behavioural change through widening the understanding and knowledge of the impacts of climate change and adaptation actions necessary to deal with it.

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Holy Trinity Eco Warriors

The Holy Trinity Eco Warriors & The Comenius Project

INTRODUCTION

Aniturri School

Presentation based on Aniturri’s research work

WINTER

SUMMER

1.5-2º C

4.5-5.5º C

2-2.5º C

5.5-7º C

Presentation based on Aniturri’s research work

Expected impacts of climate change in the Basque Country

Physical Consequences

Tempranillo Peaches & Wine The change in climate doesn’t only affect grape production, it affects other fruits like peaches. The University of Navarra is studying how to adapt plants to climate change.

Effects On Economics Effects On Economics

Presentation based on Aniturri’s research work

Group work: - Introduction - Future Scenarios - bc3 Basque Centre for Climate Change - Projected temperature increase - Rainfall variation forecast - Loss of beaches - Effects on human life - Expected impacts in the Basque Country - Solutions

SOLUTIONS IHOBE

Former

Vitoria Gasteiz European Green Capital 2012 “Vitoria-Gasteiz has successfully involved the business sector in the drive towards a sustainable environment”

Vitoria Gasteiz European Green Capital 2012 “Cars account for only 28.3% of travel in the city”

“Vitoria-Gasteiz is green at its heart”

0 Students from Aniturri BHI helped us: 0 THEIR PRESENTATION 0 Read more

Presentation based on Aniturri’s research work

Mobility to n ireland March 2013 Presentations on waste management Each partner school presented they work on the first day. Students shared ideas to improve the system at their school. New proposals were made at school and some of them were implemented within the others partner institutions. Eg. coloured boxes instead of tags and the different number of containers.

Some partners decided to campaign to cut down the use of electricity: Switch off the lights when you leave the room!!!

European seeds were exchanged to be

planted in two of the schools. As a result, we had our European allotment.

On the last day, we held a Work CafĂŠ that evaluated the work of the first year and set new stages and milestones: - Environmental hazards - Consumerism and lifestyles - Food miles and a sustainable recipe booklet - Ecological footprints - Agenda 21 International Conference

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Presentations and material to carry out a waste audit can be downloaded from our web page Logo competition: the winner and finalists Work CafĂŠ: evaluation and plenary

Group Work in N Ireland eew21 March 2013

First hours Belfast. Waiting for our partners to go to Cookstown

Group work. Getting ready for the presentation the following day.

Welcome to HTC

Warmers Getting to know each other

Who is who?

Holy Trinity College Holy Trinity Warriors

Any questions?

PRESENTATION

RichardvonWeisz채cker Germany PRESENTATION

Dancing

Aniturri BHI. The Basque Country PRESENTATION

Kingfisher. England PRESENTATION

European seeds We exchanged seeds that would be planted in some schools of the partnership

Results European

Allotment

etwinning

New warriors register on etwinning

Teachers meeting

WORK CAFÉ Table 1: Waste management Table 2: School systems Table 3: Environmental issues Table 4: Highlights of the Comenius visit

TABLE 1: Conclusions Waste Management

TABLE 1: 1. How do we manage waste in our schools?

2. Suggestions for waste management in our schools 3. Have you ever visited a landfill site? If yes, what was is like? Would you like to visit one?

Conclusions:

We use different colour containers for the same things in each country. That’s confusing. Some countries have more bins than others.

We like the German system, but it implies more explanations to understand how it works. They have ‘Pfand’: you pay for the bottles, but you get the money back when you return bottles to the shop to be recycled Glass goes to different colour containers.Yellow container bottles cannot be recycled.

Basque people have more bins. The blue container is for paper and cardboard. The yellow one is for plastic, cans and tins (metals).

TABLE 1: Suggestions In Ireland, they deposit plastic that can be recycled and paper in the blue container In England, there are green bins in each class and a compost bin in the cooking room Scrap metal is sent to a green point in every school.

Suggestions: German students say their bins need something else than a tag. They like the idea of having bins with different colours instead of black bins. Basque students need an organic bin for tissues. Irish students hope the Council will listen to their suggestions about organic waste.

Everybody should visit a landfill to see what it is like.

England reminds us that there is a need to cut down on wasting electricity. Basque students will start a campaign. Too many students think that lights are being left on and more attention should be paid on not wasting electricity.

England suggests having large recycling bins for clothes and shoes at school.

TABLE 2: Conclusions School Systems

TABLE 2: 1. What age do children begin Primary School?

2. Tell us about your school day 3. What do you need to enter university or VET? Conclusions:

1.

2.

Most countries start Primary at the age of 6. In some countries it is common to attend kindergarten.

12 years old: Year 8 in English) and 1. DBH in Basque. (It stands for the first year of Secondary Education). In Germany, there are three kinds of schools: Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium. Students attend one type or another according to their academic ability.

Lunch: 12:30 (Basque C), 12:15 (England) and 12:40 (Ireland). German students eat at a different time each day.

TABLE 2: Conclusions School day: Germany starts at 8:00. There is a 5 min break after every class period (45 min). After 2 periods there is a 20 min break. Not everybody finishes at the same time (16:0018:00) Basque students start at 8:30. MW school ends at 15:30 and TF school ends at 14:30. School periods last 55 min. There is a 2 min break after each lesson. Two long breaks after 2 periods (20 min and lunch time 1h 15 min MW) or 30 min (TF) after each three lessons.

Ireland starts at 8:45 and ends at 15:10. There is a break after every 2 lessons of 15 min England starts at 8:50 and finishes at 15:00. There is a Breakfast Club. Lessons last 55 min or 1 h. In the morning the first lesson starts at 9:10 and there is a break at 11:0011:15. After lunch lessons start at 13:00.

3.

In England and Ireland you need A levels to enter university. 268 UCAS points are counted.

In the Basque Country ‘Hautaproba’ is taken after 2 years of Baccalaureate (=Batxilergoa).

Students can also study VET and take another university entrance exam.

In Germany, you need to take the ‘Abitur’ university entrance exam.

TABLE 3: Conclusions Environmental Issues

TABLE 3: 1. The positives 2. The negatives

1. The positives In Germany, there are lots of regulations and measures to protect the environment. People pay for plastic bags or bring their own. Other countries have started to do it or are going to do it due to new regulations.

In the Basque Country, people are concerned about environmental issues and join ecogroups to fight for better systems. There are a lot of protected areas and parks.

In England, residents like recycling.

In N Ireland, there are ecoclubs all across the country. The same happens at schools.

There are also a lot of commercials to get attention and a big concern about renewable energy

TABLE 3: Conclusions 2. The negatives In Germany, there is too much waste. Eg food. There is too much packaging. Eg at supermarkets In England, there is too much packaging, not enough sustainable energy and poor public transport.

In Ireland, people don’t listen. There is a big problem with litter and flytipping the countryside.

However, there are people who are trying to save the country.

In the Basque Country, they are worried about fracking and incinerators. The danger is close to them.

Everybody agrees that packaging is one of the biggest issues Fracking is becoming a threat in some countries.

TABLE 4: Highlights Best activities ● Visit to Stormont ● Visit to Derry ● Tour around Belfast ● Visit to wind farm M e e t in g n e w p e o p l e f r o m d if f e r e n t c o u n t r ie s w a s g r e a t

DERRY: City of Culture 2013 Walled city. 17th century walls that were really effective during the Siege (1688 89). Thirteen Apprentice Boys closed the city gates against the forces of King James.

River Foyle Peace Bridge Guildhall (neogothic) Bloody Sunday Museum of free Derry

Belfast Titanic Belfast City Hall Gaeltacht Quarter: International Wall, Remembrance Garden, Bobby Sands, An CultĂşrland,...

TABLE 4: Suggestions Suggestions / Things you would like to be different

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Dinner was very early ( it is much later in the Basque Country) More walking would be fine More time with Irish students Child protections law: it was a pity we couldn’t stay in families. However, we got to know each other better ( German-Basque) We don’t want to go home A weekend here would be great.

A longer stay.

LOGO COMPETITION Competition on web page

Winner and finalist

European apperitif

Before farewell dinner

Prizes and farewell

Byebye. Thank Youuuu!

More info Aitor Unai I単igo Saioa Gorka Mikel Ana Irati Arrate Xandra Maite Idoia

Aniturri BHI Agurain The Basque Country

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Consumer classroom competition Working on environmental hazards

Web quest essays

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Environmental hazards Each country researched on environmental hazards in different ways. We read articles in different subjects, including English and Spanish as foreign languages that can be found on the web page. The final task included oral presentations and opinion essays. Some work was chosen to be displayed during the following visit to the Basque Country in October 2013

Videos, e-magazines and essays Learning about

Students chose the article to be read and linked onto the web page. They also uploaded meaningful videos of local environmental hazards. The final task included writing opinion essays and e-magazines. As a result, they learnt that

the issues were not local problems. The partners were also worried about the same dangers.

The final task included recording opinion videos about the main problem the earth is facing. Students worked in groups to record the videos on location.

Web Quest

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HAZARDS Learn about ● Fracking ● Incinerators ● Nuclear Power Stations ● 0 Waste Research work before working on a WebQuest

videos Which is the most serious environmental problem the Earth is faces?

VIDEOS recorded by the students after working on a Web Quest

webquests WebQuests on web

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hazards Environmental hazards in Baden W체rttemberg. Hohenlohe, Germany. Watch this video by students from Richard-vonWeisz채cker Schule (RWS)

Dog fouling How is the Cookstown District Council dealing this problem? What this video from Holy Trinity, Northern Ireland.

The essays e-magazines from the Basque Country 1. Batx students. Are authorities taking enough measures to fight Climate Change?

Year 4 Students. Are you doing your bit to save the planet?

Essays on Extreme weather from England

Essays from Northern Ireland

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Interactive poster including opinion essays and videos

WINNERS OF THE FIRST CONSUMER CLASSROOM COMPETITION Students from Aniturri BHI School (Agurain, The Basque Country) worked on this interactive poster with the products they created for the Comenius project. They 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 prize included a trip to Brussels!!!

More news about the prize on Publication Year 2 (2013-2014)

Environmental week June 2013

DISPLAYS

ENVIRONMENTAL WEEK in Agurain Citizenship students- Year 3 Year 4 and 1. Batx students explained their younger partners about their work on the Comenius project. Year 3 students created this display and presentation to campaign on environmental awareness at Aniturri.

Display of the results based on the questionnaire of the partnership.

Environmental Week A very productive week which involved all the students at Aniturri ● 1. Batx and Year 4 worked on dissemination ●Meeting younger fellows at school ●Informing next school year eew21 committees ●Visiting Primary schools ● Year 4 worked on the results of the questionnaire ● Year 3 created a display in the hall ● Year 2 and Year 1 were the audience

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Students like visiting their former teachers and schools !

Environmental week

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Visiting future european eco-warriors

DISPL DISSE AYS AND MINA TION

Presentation

T U O AB HE T LITY BI O M

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SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HOLY TRINITY

Presentation

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Environmental calendar

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by Aniturri BHI

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