Know - Understand - Protect

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The objective of the Project is to increase the effectiveness of education of students on the importance of the protection of the environment and related aspects of the climate change mitigation and adaptation and to reduce the ecological footprint of the school by the implementation of practical measures.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The raised awareness on climate change mitigation and adaptation among students will be achieved through the implementation of soft and hard measures including:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project aims to increase awareness raising on climate change mitigation and adaptation among students through the implementation of soft and hard measures including:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">School environmental program update (revision of the environmental teaching programme), </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Creation of new educational activities (creation of educational materials on climate change and adaptation for students), </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Development of a methodological manual (creation of toolkit for teachers to educate students in the field of environmental protection including the aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation), </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Reducing waste generation and its further use by improving classroom sorting (installation and use of sorting bins, monitoring of waste production, waste management of the school), </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Reduction of waste generation and its further use through vermicomposters, </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Creation of herb garden with rain water irrigation (construction of herb garden in the school campus, planting medicinal herbs),</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Saving energy using solar energy (installation of a photovoltaic system on the roof of the school building),</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Activities of teachers (testing of new education activities in practice).</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The added value of the partnership with the NGO People in Need Slovakia is the participation of the Slovak Partner in the development of methodological guide toolkit for teachers to implement new activities with focus on integration of the climate change mitigation and adaptation into education process at school.</span></span></p>

Project partners

• People in Need Slovakia, Global Education Department Project partner· Slovakia