GreenTeam - Education for climate and ecological emergency

<< Background >>We applied for the project as climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the EU. Global warming can contribute to extreme weather events, fires, water availability problems, melting glaciers and rising sea levels, changes in geographical distribution, extinction of fauna and flora, plant diseases and the spread of pests, food and drinking water shortages and the migration of people fleeing these threats. Environment and climate action are now - and will be in the future - key priorities for the EU. In December 2019, the European Commission unveiled the European Green Deal, a package of measures to raise the ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and decarbonising the EU economy by 2050. In order for this mission to be successful, coordinated action is needed on many levels, especially among young people and educators. Current levels of environmental awareness and knowledge about environmental sustainability are insufficient. At the same time, ecological trends and the desire to explore the subject are becoming more and more popular. The project answered these needs for better education in the field of ecology and sustainability as well as development of innovative and high quality teaching materials. << Objectives >>The overriding goal of the project was to increase the competence and knowledge of ecology and environmental sustainability and to increase the possibilities of engagement in future areas and sectors of the labor market related to climate and sustainable development. Additionally, the project aimed to develop the skills of the participants and help in their professional and personal development. Thanks to the GreenTeam project and the outputs created, the following goals were set - popularization of modern, innovative tools to raise competences related to ecology, safety and environmental sustainability. - increasing the level of participants' soft and hard skills - tightening ties and building peer and professional relationships, - inspiration for self-development and improvement, - increasing participation in modern forms of education and improving learning efficiency - providing educators and teachers with appropriate tools for working with youth - increasing climate awareness - increasing IT and language skills - increasing knowledge of the occupational sectors of the future - increased awareness of the labor market in sectors related to ecology - exchange of international experiences on the subject of the project<< Implementation >>IO1-Creation of an innovative MOOC course Creation of the course module template, framework of course modules , the course materials Translation of course materials into the partners’ native languages Transfer of the course materials to the Moodle platform IO2 - Development of workshop programmes - teaching materials Creation of a template for individual parts of the materials, the teaching materialsTranslation of the course materials into the partners' native languages Transfer of the materials to Moodle platform IO3 - Testing & implementation of workshops and platforms Setting the workshop schedule Testing & implementation of workshops and platform Feedback collection IO4 - Development of didactic guides for educators Creation of the didactic guides for educators Translation of course materials into partners’ native languages Transfer of the materials to the Moodle platform IO6 - Creation of an innovative e-learning platformDevelopment of the specifications and architecture of the platform Platform programming, environment testing, improvementCreation of the final platform version Additionally -- 6 multiplier events - 1 LTTA - 4 international meetings, dissemination, quality control<< Results >>The partnership produced the following results:1. An innovative MOOC that deals in an interactive way with 10 ecological sectors, which will result in increased awareness and knowledge about environmental sustainability among recipients. 2. Workshop program - teaching materials to be used by educators. 3. Tests and implementation of workshops and platform among the target group of the project 4. Development of didactic guides for educator - raising the level of environmental education 5. Innovative e- learning platform - openly accessible place where the intellectual outputs produced will be available The project resulted in increasing the competences and knowledge of the target group on the topics developed by the partnership.