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The intention of the Project is to replace the formality of education by less formal education, supported by sensitive guidance, practical experience, and observation of natural patterns and phenomena, by developing the ability to express one''s opinion and attitude within the environment.
Within the Project, new educational materials on adaptation to climate change will be develop. Together with the existing environmental program, a separate educational course K.E.R. (Environmental Development Course) will be created. This course will be a part of the school educational curriculum as a cross-education integration.
In synergy with the mentioned of soft measures and awareness activities for public, the following hard, technical measures will be carried out:
- Creating a vertical garden;
- Planting fruit trees;
- Building an insect hotel;
- Building a compost pile.
The E.AR.TH Project will primarily focus on pupils of the Primary School of Julia Bilčíková in the Municipality of Budkovce. Pupils from cooperating schools - Primary School with Kindergarten M. Hella in the Municipality of Štiavnické Bane and 5 selected schools within the district of Michalovce will benefit from the Project results as well.
Summary of project results
The Project aimed to address following challenges in the field of climate change adaptation and mitigation:
One of the important missions of environmental education is to highlight its important role in the education process towards sustainable development of society, respect and protection of the environment. Environmental education in the context of the elaborated Departmental Concept of Environmental Education, Education and Awareness up to 2025 acquires an increased need to update and create more complex solutions. The formality of education needs to be replaced by less formal, supported by sensitive guidance, practical experience, and observation of natural patterns and phenomena, by developing the ability to express one''s opinion and attitude within the environment. The project E.AR.TH Environmental and Regulated Thinking is complementary topreviously implemented project KVAPKA (Water cycle and community arboretum preparation). Its results and outputs contribute to adaptation to climate change and rainwater management.
The E.AR.TH project was primarily focused on pupils of the Primary School of Julia Bilčíková in Budkovce. Other beneficiaries were the pupils of cooperating schools - Primary School with Kindergarten M.Hella in Štiavnické Bane, 5 selected schools within the district Michalovce, employees of our primary school, parents and the local community. The cooperative schools were participate in the project by exchanging of creation and application of educational materials and their implementation in the school educational program. They project was aimed to raise pupils and teacher''s awareness about mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Following activities were implemented within the Project:
- Building green infrastructure elements - a vertical garden;
- Reusing rainwater from the school building;
- Increasing of greenery - The orchard includes expand educational zones for innovative teaching with the prevalence of plants, which are an important element of healthy nutrition of the population and an element of biodiversit
- Biodiversity Promotion area – by building insect hotels.
- Reduction of waste and its further use area - by prepared compost pile, by recycling various biological materials
- Environmental education through updated curricula of existing subjects.
Overall, 4 physical climate change responsive measures were carried out in school and school campus, more than 900 students participated the awareness raising campaign and 4 open access education materials were created.
The Project reached more than 900 of persons selfreporting having more climate friendly behaviour due to implemented Project activities with impact mainly on students and general public as beneficiaries