SUSTAINABLE WASTE OF TEXTILE

"<< Background >>The project aimed to develop in students and teachers from partner schools a positive attitude towards reducing the consumption of textile products and reducing the amount of textile waste, to ensure their reuse and recycling, to protect natural resources, protect the environment, recover energy and prevent climate change. Recycling textile waste can be considered to reduce pollution, reduce energy and water consumption and reduce the need for chemicals. Our students belong to poor socio-economic areas and disadvantaged social groups. They need to come into real contact with other people from the educational environment, social and economic realities in order to increase their desire to engage and natural curiosity, creativity, especially related to their professional competences, increasing their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. This project responded to their training needs for the future society by training them in ecological skills and a pro-environmental attitude. The multidisciplinary approach combined technology, arts, ICT and foreign languages.<< Objectives >>The specific objectives of the project were:O1-to educate young people to respect environmental issues by involving 25 students/LTTA in 5 European activities promoting the recovery of textile waste;O2-to develop knowledge and skills regarding the circular economy and circular product design among the teaching staff of the partner schools by organizing 2 LTTAO3- to increase the quality and European dimension of the teaching process in the partner schools;O4-to improve communication skills in foreign languages for both students and teachers by participating in LTTA and eTwinning activities;O5-to explore new possibilities through the use of ICT in learning, the development of innovation and creativity at school;O6-to interconnect different education systems;O7-to develop key competencies, such as communication skills, social and civic skills, digital skills, the ability to manage one's learning, both individually and in groups, the ability to appreciate the importance of creative expression of ideas, experiences, and emotions in a variety of media, such as the visual arts.The project focused on designing, producing, and creating of products from textile waste.<< Implementation >>I order to implement the project, we carried out 5 learning activities for students in which they were encouraged to create and produce clothing and accessories from textile waste and old clothes and 3 training activities for teachers (1 online and 2 on-site) through which they became ""sustainability experts"" and were able to adapt and apply the knowledge in their current classroom activity and to develop in partnership a methodological guide of good practices ""Circular Product Design"" that can be used by all teachers interested in this topic, in the design of teaching activities. The students involved in the project activities created a textile e-dictionary containing 390 terms from the textile industry and their explanations, in the five languages of the partnership and in English. At the local level, each school involved students in creating collections consisting of 5 clothing ensembles inspired by the popular costume of each partner country and 5 clothing ensembles inspired by a historical period representative of each partner country.<< Results >>-development of skills by involving students and teachers in activities that promote the valorization of textile waste,-development of skills regarding the circular economy and circular product design,- improved communication skills in English for both students and teachers- development of key competencies.Tangible results:- 1 methodological guide ""Circular Product Design""- 1 project website (https://swotproject.com)- 108 student learning mobilities- 42 teacher learning mobilities- 50 products made for the final fashion show- 1 textile dictionary with 390 terms specific to the textile industry- 1 project Facebook page- leaflets- project poster/roll-up- 5 multiplication events with more than 170 participants- minimum 60 dissemination activities-- project Twinspace page"