Erasmus+ Mobility in Tallinn - Estonia
The European Green Deal
Make Europe climate neutral by 2050
The European Green Deal aims to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. Climate change is a global threat and can only be tackled by a global response. All EU countries must take measures that result in a cleaner environment, more affordable energy, smarter transport, new jobs and a better quality of life. In short, a healthy and sustainable environment that we all want for today and that ensures a future of quality and well-being.
The Erasmus+ project, KA229, ECO Echo, arises precisely in light of concerns about climate, health and sustainability, pillars of the European Green Deal.
This time, the Erasmus+ mobility of this project took place in Tallinn, Estonia, between 19 and 26 March 2022. These Erasmus+ projects are fundamental instruments for the construction of a European Education Area, by promoting European strategic cooperation in the field education and training, and the respective sectorial agendas. The Tallinna Kuristiku Gymnasium School focuses on being a more attractive and active space for students, is a member of the Green School program, where the mission is to create a global community of students, making the world sustainable. The school is one of the Active Movement Schools, which means that there is a concern to make the students' school day more active through active classes.
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The aim of the project is to reduce the 'sitting time' of children and youth and create an environment or opportunities for students to move more during the school day. The objective of this mobility had, as a sub-theme, the reflection on life habits and our relationship with the environment, knowing the importance of local gastronomy, comparing it with that of other countries, but always bearing in mind the principles of a healthy and sustainable diet. Why? We need to redesign our food systems that today consume large amounts of natural resources, result in loss of biodiversity and negative health impacts (due to under- and over-nutrition).
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New technologies and scientific discoveries, combined with increasing people's awareness and demand for sustainable food, will benefit the world. We must motivate and change the habits of our young people and families, to help mitigate climate change, reverse the loss of biodiversity, guarantee food security, nutrition and public health, ensuring that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, nutritious and sustainable. In terms of activities, in addition to the warm, meaningful and interactive reception at the host School, workshops related to the project were held, such as Estonian gastronomy, construction of materials in an ICT session, yoga and knowledge of Tallinn (a historical, scientific and ecological). The partners from Portugal,Turkey, Spain, Estonia and Greece visited
Rakvere, a space that reveals the occupation of this country by several neighboring peoples and with activities and interactive moments since the remote times of the Vikings. On the pedestrian paths, on ice and snow, the landscape dazzled and the cold didn't even make us give up, such was the interest and interaction between all the students and teachers.
Students from the countries involved in this partnership had the opportunity to practice bowling and skate on ice, moments that allowed them to feel at ease, get to know everyone and exchange experiences that have developed throughout the project. Physical exercise, an important component for a healthy life, was never lacking every day, through streets, pedestrian routes, along the waterfront of this capital to enjoy the calm waters of the Baltic Sea, taking the opportunity to hear, from students and teachers, some myths and legends of this sea and surrounding area. On the last day, all the activities of this week were evaluated, so full of emotions and knowledge.
The students accessed the QCumber platform, a digital platform for collaboration for sustainability, inserting images that assess the level of sustainability of the place where they live, in this case the project countries, they suggested solutions, projects and shared actions to protect health and the environment.
Sharing, interaction, curiosity, knowledge and, above all, active learning and reflection were constant among young students and teachers, because “Nature cannot wait”.
