Raising Environmental Awareness via Combining Teens

"Our priority is- Supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences.We would like to improve key competences and basic skills for all the participants with conducting LTT activities related with environmental ıssues.It’s been reported by WHO, that 90 percent of world’s populatıon breathe dirty air.2 billion people don’t have access to clean water.According to UN Food and Agricultural Organisation’s report,10 million hectares land is lost to erosion. According to the report published in The Lancet, Pollution kills 3 times more than AIDS, TB and Malarıa combined.Dramatically as we can get from these rates we have to be on alarm.We would like to focus on our natural resources’ pollutıon, their effects and solutıon ways so REACT Project will work on 4 themes; 1 water 2 land 3 air pollution 4 Food and waste.Our target groups are; 15-19 aged students,staff of schools, parents, local authorities, associations/foundations working on environmental problems and the citizens.6 schools from 5 different countries, established this partnership because environmental problems couldn’t be solved by acting alone. It’s an issue that affects us all.So working together is a must to achieve a sustainable life.The methodology we intend to apply in the REACT project is focusing on learning by doing, teamwork, peer to peer and active learning including environmental education. Also, the REACT Project will give a chance to the participants to experience different non formal education tools such as workshops, trainings, conferences, workshops, field trips, presentations,seminars,team works, educational visits, scientific practices.REACT project will take 2 years. 5 LTT activities have been arranged.The REACT Project aims; to make the students enhance their basic skills in science and ICT, to inform students about environmental pollution, to encourage the students to make positive behavioural changes,to learn foreign language, to shape up environmentalist, healty, social, creative and team working individuals.In order to achieve these goals we planned;*For water pollution theme EDUCATIONAL VISIT: to the Wadden Sea to discover our world natural heritage,the ecosytem. WORKSHOP: We will take water samples and measure the plastic content in it.SEMINAR: to get scientific informations about the effects of plastic in water EDUCATIONAL VISIT:The Klimahaus in Bremerhaven to show the complexity of climate *For land pollutİon theme:VISITS TO PROMOTE ZERO-MILE DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS:•strawberry field • local winery •cheese factory- SEMINAR about why bees and bee pollination are important to the ecosystem and humans FIELD TRIP;to 2 farms in the area with asssistance of environmental enginners-PRACTICAL WORKSHOP;soil samples will be analyzed to see the agricultural chemicals EDUCATIONAL VISIT;to 'Soil-Waste-Disposal Plant' PRESENTATION;introducing the Turkey's first environmentalist.A SEMINAR will be held about erosion and environmental protection* For air pollution theme: SCHOOL VISIT:Visiting lessons, where teachers use STEAM methods SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE:Introduction of the results of cultivation of air microflora in a nutrient medium using Koch's sedimentation method-WORKSHOP: Using applications to raise the awareness about air pollution.EDUCATIONAL VISIT: Tallinn Uni.to learn more about the new technologies using for preveting air pollution.EXCURSION:“Stones, air and water”. Visit to the meteorological station to see the effects of environmental pollution to the nature. EDUCATIONAL VISIT:Visiting a Museum Seaplane Harbour to see the relation between air and sea pollution.*For food and waste theme; preparing ""ZERO WASTE BANQUET"" with unsold food to think about our eating habits EDUCATIONAL VISIT:to"" les alchimiste' waste redistributed in organic farms in order to understand the technical process A CONFERENCE will be held to introduce food production, consumption and treatment.A FIELD TRIP to the island of Porquerolles; a zero waste island.Among the expected results; we hope to promote basic science skills like observing, classifying, predicting, controlling while delivering participants environmental education.The participants will raise their awareness on land,water,air pollution, gain new vocabulary on scientific area.They will improve their artistic skills and also their ICT skills.The participants will gain higher confidence ,team mentality, important life skills, analtical thinking ability.Our LTT activities will lead to trigger, develop and and understand how we can together create, and share without wasting and polluting.The REACT project is open to everyone willing to participate but every school will have 40/32 participants that will be involved in the mobilities.More indirect beneficiaries will take place in the project through the activities and using our digital platforms.We hope that REACT Project will be a step for raising environmental awareness movement."