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Description
The main objective of this Project is to carry out environmental measures with positive effect on climate changes and keeping water in the school area. It is envisaged to improve pupils’ knowledge about mitigation and adaptation to climate changes (e.g. Global warming etc.), to improve pupils’ behaviour toward environment and in the nature, to support creation and protection of environment through practical classes, to increase awareness about objectivity and gravity of environment, to gain stronger responsibility in the relationship to protection of environment, healthy lifestyle and perception of aesthetic values, to be ready for climate changes’ consequences in everyday life and to collaborate with public (parents, friends, citizens).
The following measures will be implemented under the Project:
- Developing / updating curriculum to implement the topic of mitigation and adaptation to climate change as part of the curriculum of existing teaching subjects.
- Increasing the proportion of greenery (Creating beds, parks with greenery with lower irrigation requirements, with noninvasive plant species), building of eco-pedagogical/ educational areas using natural elements (green and blue infrastructure, educational sensory paths consisting of living and inanimate nature) and technical elements (information panels, projection screens, permanent or temporary shading), drinking water saving (partial replacement of drinking water with rainwater in conjunction with water retention measures - use of irrigation water).
Summary of project results
The Project aimed to address following challenges in the field of climate change adaptation and mitigation:
- Systematic education of students on impact of climate change and measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change with focus on water retention and savings (rain, drinking and irrigation water), natural elements for outdoor sensory path, greenery and gardening.
- Implement hard measures on climate change adaptation being in synergy with soft educational activities to support rainwater retention, water savings, biodiversity, outdoor sensory path and share of greenery.
Following Project activities were implemented within the Project:
- Environmental education through updated curricula of existing subjects, new school environmental program focused mainly on plants growing, gardening, water retention, outdoor sensory paths, eco system and soil.
- Increasing the proportion of greenery – creation of beds, parks with greenery with lower demands on irrigation.
- Building eco-educational areas using natural elements and technical elements and building outdoor sensory path.
- Drinking water saving – partial replacement of drinking water with rainwater in conjunction with water retention measures (rain water collection container).
Overall, 3 physical climate change responsive measures were carried out in school and school campus, more than 900 students participated the awareness raising campaign and 28 open access education materials were created.
The Project reached more than 1,000 of persons self-reporting having more climate friendly behaviour due to implemented Project activities with impact mainly on students and general public as beneficiaries.