SU AYAK İZİ

"<< Background >> The fact that the water footprint is above the world average in Europe and Turkey and the decrease in usable clean water constitutes the main problem of the project and its partners.The survey we conducted in schools also confirms this result.It was applied to a total of 400 people in three countries (122 parents,245 students and 33 teachers).63% of the survey participants stated that they took more than three showers a week, the average shower time was more than 20 minutes, 49% operated the dishwasher more than 5 times a week, It was determined that 60% of them rinsed the dishes before putting them in the washing machine, 61% of them washed clothes more than three times a week and 50% of them washed the items after shopping.The survey results revealed our problem and motivated us to search for a solution.With the project,these detected results were reduced and the target group was made aware.It is estimated that Turkey will be a country suffering from water shortage in 2030.That's why this project is very important for our country.Our most important goal has been to use water economically,to raise awareness in the target groups about the sustainable use of water resources and the importance of reducing the water footprint.<< Objectives >>According to the UN, a person needs 20-50 liters of clean water daily to meet basic cleaning, drinking water and food needs, but 894 million people in the world cannot reach this sufficient amount. Our available water resources are very limited and face many dangers. The main goals of the project are to reduce the water footprint in target groups by 10% and to raise awareness on water footprint, sustainable environment and climate issues.-Our students have knowledge about sustainable nature and environment,-Developing foreign language skills and green skills,-Raising awareness on sustainable environment and climate change issues-Developing teachers' problem solving, innovative and creative thinking and language skills- Families choose to consume less water and save water,-Participants gain awareness to reduce their water footprintTo improve the quality of education by promoting cooperative activities between schools in Europe,-We wanted to achieve teamwork and the use of information and communication technologies to provide students and teachers with the opportunity to work together on a subject of common interest.<< Implementation >>Our activities are as follows.Holding a project introduction meeting,Preparation of the project website, https://waterfp.com/Preparation of the digital dashboard of the project,Organizing a logo and poster competitionPreparation of the video on “How to Reduce Our Water Footprint”Partners present their country's water policiesCelebrating March 22 World Water Day""What's Happening Around Me?"" Organizing a photo contest on the subject,Portuguese mobility,Providing online training on ""Irrigation and Water Footprint Reduction in Agricultural Fields"" by TAGEM,Celebrating June 5 World Environment DayElection of water ambassadors,Organizing an event titled ""Prevention of Food Waste"",Romanian mobilityUN SDSN Turkey Coordinator Bahar Özay gave training on ""Water Footprint"",Rainwater storage model design activity,Preparing animation on Water Footprint,Zero Waste themed events,Tree planting,Water Footprint eTwinning ProjectTürkiye mobilityTAGEM animationJune 5 World Environment Day<< Results >>Participating organizations have gained prestige because they are involved in an international project on an issue that concerns the whole world.Organizations with different project experience provided guidance to less experienced institutions.This project enabled us to become an accredited partner of the project carried out by the Provincial National Education,and our teachers and students became partners in new projects.An on-the-job observation study was conducted with our teachers in Romania.They gained information about studies on Environment and Climate Change and green skills.The project provided the ability to write EU projects and helped partners raise the quality of education.With the project, the English language level of the target group increased.Students who took part in the project contacted neighboring schools and shared their work and results.The project's website is also our project output.The website will be used actively for another five years after the end of the project.E-magazine has been prepared.Teachers will continue to disseminate the activities by organizing workshops with other schools, municipalities and NGOs. Institutions have a good reference for eco-school projects."