Participants

There are four participating schools in this project. Gottlieb-Daimler-Schule 1 from Germany, Strömbackaskolan from Sweden, Istituto d'istuzione superiore POLO 3 from Italy and Lykeio Palouriotissas from Cyprus. A brief introduction of the different schools follows below.

Gottlieb-Daimler-Schule 1

Die Gottlieb-Daimler-Schule 1 ist eine berufliche Schule, die berufliche Aus- und Weiterbildungen mit den Schwerpunkten KFZ, Metall und Farbe anbietet.
Zu ihr gehört ein technisches Gymnasium, das in drei Jahren zum Abitur führt und die Profilfächer "Technik und Management", "Informationstechnik", "Gestaltungs- und Medientechnik" sowie "Mechatronik" anbietet.
An der Schule unterrichten 115 Lehrer 1950 Schüler, von denen viele in einer dualen Ausbildung sind.
Unsere Schule liegt in einem Wirtschaftsraum mit international ausgerichteten Unternehmen. Um den Anforderungen dieser Unternehmen gerecht zu werden, gilt es unser internationales Profil zu schärfen.
Dazu soll die interkulturelle Kompetenz und persönliche Entwicklung der Schüler gestärkt werden. Ihre Fremdsprachenkenntnisse sollen vertieft und die Motivation am Fremdsprachenlernen gestärkt werden.
Begleitet wird das Projekt von einem Team aus zwei Lehrkräften – Kerstin Oswald und Andreas Richter – die schon mehrere transnationale Partnerschaftsprojekte durchgeführt haben.
Der Projektkoordinator – Andreas Richter – hat als internationaler Koordinator eines Comenius Projektes und einer transnationalen Partnerschaft nach Leitaktion 2 Erfahrungen mit europäischen Schulprojekten gesammelt.
Frau Oswald hat durch ihren Unterricht im Fach Gesellschafts- und Gemeinschaftskunde Kenntnisse zum Klimawandel.
Herr Richter ist Diplom Physiker und hat profunde Naturwissenschaftliche Kenntnisse zum Klimawandel.

Strömbackaskolan

1) General information
Strömbackaskolan is a municipal upper secondary school in Piteå municipality with 1450 pupils and 200 staff. Strömbackaskolan offers 14 national programs, the individual program and a specially designed program specializing in dance. About half of the students choose to apply to vocational programs, and half of them head for university studies. The school has a close cooperation with local companies and we focus on entrepreneurship and young enterprise. The school also focus on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and we are trying to be in the frontline when it comes to technic and automation. The school strives to develop international cooperation such as experience exchanges for teachers and students. Piteå Municipality has a focus of developing a “Sustainable Municipality” and to carry out this the schools has a central role as educating the new generations of citizens. Therefore, it is crucial for all schools to focus on Education for sustainable development and one of the ways of doing this is to participate in different international projects. The school has just ended one ERASMUS+ project called "European student climate report" and this is a follow up on that project. As Sustainability has been targeting, the school has developed methods for working in that field. One of them is the energy and environmental role-playing game, where students in grade one have been acting countries and occupy positions of the various countries to debate the issues. Strömbacka school has also got the award of "School for sustainable development" (Skola för hållbar utveckling)", an award that the Swedish National Agency for Education is responsible for.

2) motivation
Around us, locally, nationally and globally we see a growing concern for the changes in environment regarding weather patterns and the consequences thereof. Being involved in a project like this will further deepen the knowledge and awareness among students and teachers so we can better understand the reasons for what is happening. We want to learn more about the political actions, which have been taken in Europe and what impact they have had for the environment. We also want to investigate what can be done in the future by political leaders and decision makers in Europe to help improve the current environmental status.

3) key people
Jennie Dahlberg, English and German teacher
Viktor Lindström, history and social science teacher
Substitutes:
Cecilia Lindström, English and Spanish teacher
Per Boman Headmaster and Math and Physics teacher

4) special experience or expertise
At Strömbackaskolan there are projects connecting to the environment, such as debates and climate action projects. As a school which have received the "School for sustainable development" (Skola för hållbar utveckling)" award. We want to continue teaching future generations how to lead a more sustainable and environmentally friendly life, both as an individuals as well as a community.

Polo 3 Fano

1) General information

Our Institute “Polo 3 Fano” consists of two Vocational Secondary Schools and three Technical Secondary Schools.
Our schools include different sections: the Vocational Secondary School “A. Olivetti” with the sections Business – Web community and Graphics; the Vocational Secondary School “A. Volta” with the sections Maintenance and Technical Support in the electric-electronic and mechanical fields; the Technical Secondary School “Archimede” with the section Transport and Logistics; the Technical School “Seneca” with the section Graphics and Communication, the Technical School “Battisti” with the sections of Accounting and Business Administration and Tourism.
Our Vocational Secondary Schools give the students the possibility to acquire the Regional Vocational Qualification in the different sections at the end of the third year.
The various institutions of Polo 3 are located in the centre of Fano and they involve:
• Students: about 1100
• Staff: 234 of which 175 teachers
The Institute is equipped with modern and high technology laboratories: labs for ICT, photography and video labs, labs for interactive language class, drawing labs, graphic design labs, CAD labs, electric-electronic labs, mechanic labs, ship simulator.
Starting from the third year, students participate in compulsory internships where they put into practice their knowledge and experience in the workplace environment.

2) school's motivations for participating in the project

Our school is particularly concerned with Environment and Pollution as the Climate change is one of the most important topics we always include in our school curriculum. We would like to go deep into the subject matter and let all our students experience new activities in this field. This is a great challenge for our school.

3) key people

The key people who primarily carry out the project are the following:
-Tallevi Benedetta, English teacher
- Spendolini Nicoletta, Graphic Design teacher
Together with the help of other teachers who could take over their role, should these people leave the facility in the future:
- Rinaldi Laura, Science and Biology teacher
- Piermattei Arianna, Italian and history teacher
- Penserini Loris, ICT teacher

4) special experience or expertise

In the past 5 years we also took part in other European projects about Environment entitled GREEEN I and GREEEN II, therefore some of our students and teachers have already experienced environmentally frinedly activities at school and during the mobilities in Spain and Ireland.One of our schools, F. Seneca, is also specialized in Graphic Design and Communication, so we could have a specific role in this field, by creating the logo of the project, the leaflet, some advertising videos, a poster, etc. that are important aspects to document results and for the dissemination of the project.

Lykeio Palouriotissas

1. Public School (non profit organisation)
2. Secondary High School – Students’ ages 15-18 years old. Students are prepared for entry in the universities and colleges.
3. Areas of Activity: General Education
4. Number of Teachers: About 70
5. Number of Students : About 300