Description
The project will focus on rainwater harvesting, recycling and reuse. It will involve children, parents, local communities and general public. The objective of the project is to increase awareness and education on climate change and measures for rainwater management and to reduce the rainwater runoff into the town's sewage system. The project is expected to develop and promote curricula on the management of rainwater and its link to climate change adaptation measures, and to share project information with the general public on the Internet and in local newspapers. The school is going to implement knowledge on climate change into the curricula, and to implement such adaptation measures as: a rainwater garden, an underground tank, new planting of trees and spray irrigation. Children, students and workers in the state public service are expected to benefit from the project.
Summary of project results
There were two main reasons for realisation of the project: at first it was aimed to save the costs which our organisation pay for using drinking water for technical reasons and the second one was to educate/influnce our pupils/students in environmental issues - in this case in saving water and replacing drinking water with rain water. The educational objective is hopefully achieved in the proces of formal and informal teaching of pupils/students. The long term goal is to achieve the sustainable change in their approach to environment. In the field of education we continue in teaching pupils/students about the issues connected with the project in direct connection with the realized project. From the technical/operational point of view we are using the installed system for collecting and utilising rain water in our organisation (school). We teach lessons which concerns environmental issues and saving water on the real example of the installed system. This is much more effective teaching/learning method which will affect our pupils/students in their values and consideration of environmental issues. We completely achieved the numbers regarding the area which was planned to be disconnected from the public drainage system which will prevent flooding.
Summary of bilateral results