7 steps

1. Form an Eco-Committee
2. Carry out a Sustainable Development Audit
3. Create an Action Plan
4. Monitor and Evaluate
5. Links to the Curriculum
6. Inform and Involve
7. Create an Eco-Code

5. Links to the Curriculum

The school makes links between the project and the curriculum to develop the chosen theme.

 

Illuminate the Eco-Schools project through subjet areas

Linking the actions of the Eco-Schools programme to the educational objectives of your school is important for two reasons. On the one hand, the actions implemented offer many learning opportunities related to the school curriculum, making the classes more concrete and more engaging. In turn, the disciplines taught allow students to explore the chosen topic in depth and provide additional clarification on some aspects of the project. Mathematic lessons could be used to explain the progress of monitoring indicators, art lessons could help create bins for the new waste sorting system, etc. There are a myriad of opportunities and it is possible to find examples for each subject area and level.

 

Foster interdisciplinary learning

Engaging in a process of sustainable development is not only about gradually integrating aspects of sustainable development into the management of the school, but also about promoting interdisciplinary education that accompanies the concrete actions implemented within the school. In the light of this, holistic methods, which focus on the learning process and aim to motivate and empower students so that they develop their critical thinking and adopt new responsible behaviour, should be promoted.