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En bæredygtig i fremtid på tværs af Danmark og Tyskland
FunderEuropean Commission
Funder Contribution €30,000.00
Funded underERASMUS+ | Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices | Small-scale partnerships in school education
Project code2022-2-DK01-KA210-SCH-000101165
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"<< Background >>For the past ten years, we have had an exchange collaboration with Neues Gymnasium Potsdam, where approx. 20 students each year have visited each other across Køge and Potsdam. Through the project ""A sustainable future across Denmark and Germany"", we wanted to expand the collaboration and therefore our contact at Neues Gymnasium Potsdam suggested that we possibly could apply for Erasmus+ as they applied for accreditation themselves.There was a shared interest in the subject of ""Sustainability"", as we work with and have several activities within the subject at both schools. At the same time, we experienced at both schools that there were challenges in working with the subject of sustainability, e.g. due to low student engagement and various reservations in relation to the green transition, which create limitations in individual life and challenges in the case of interdisciplinarity.One of the main questions was therefore how we could develop a common awareness among all parties involved (students, environmental committees at schools, teachers, school management), which could help to get the subject of ""Sustainability"" out of the classroom, so that we could work together with it in a larger european perspective.<< Objectives >>The project was a cross-border mobility project where the participants had to achieve learning through a cultural meeting. A central focal point in the entire project was the environment and the fight against climate change.Our main objective with the project was based on the three themes, which included cooperation between educational institutions and companies, energy and resources and green competences. Our aim was to concretize the concept of ""sustainability"" and create a common understanding of the opportunities and challenges in connection with the green transition in the EUAnother objective of the project was also to examine the concept of ""sustainability"" from different perspectives, e.g. the social, municipal, commercial and activist perspective. The purpose of this was to discuss the different angles on the sustainability issue and thereby expand each other's views on the area.All this gave the target groups in the project a nuanced picture of the subject, but also a greater awareness of opportunities and limitations within sustainability. Finally, the project should create reflection, motivation to think innovatively, inspire each other and jointly develop innovative solutions.<< Implementation >>""A sustainability festival"" with a European perspective: A whole day at Køge Gymnasium, where the school oozed energy and the theme ""Sustainability"". 1200 students (both Danish and German students) first participated in a joint lecture, then there were workshops and small happenings with different themes and finally a debate with different angles on sustainability. See Appendix 3: Program for the sustainability festival.Cultural meetings around the common focal point ""sustainability"": Visit to Neues Gymnasium Potsdam (spring 2023) and a revisit to Neues Gymnasium Potsdam (winter 2024). See appendix 7: Program for activities in Køge and Berlin.Building working communities (environmental committee, teachers and management): In order to share knowledge and create a common awareness of how we can best work with the subject of ""sustainability"" in everyday life, meetings were held across the organisations. See appendices 2 and 6: Program for exchange meetings in Køge and Berlin.Network formation with the involvement of external partners (local and European): In order to give the cultural meetings across the border more content, it was necessary to involve external partners, to give the target groups new perspectives.<< Results >>Pupils:Intercultural competences: The students have exchanged experiences and opinions, and this created intercultural competences.Personal development, education and professional competences.Knowledge about the possibilities of future energy resources.Environment Committee:Concrete measures at schools regarding sustainability: e.g. garbage sortingA meat-free day in the canteenNetwork between schools' environmental committees with exchange of ideasTeachers:Increased focus on interdisciplinarity when teaching the subject ""Sustainability"".Contact with external actors from the local areaNetwork across schools with exchange of ideasManagement:The Sustainable school. It is written into the school's strategy and has its own area of actionInsight into the other target groups' strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities - greater understanding = better collaboration.Economic aspects of the focus on sustainabilityNew perspectives in international cooperation between schools in the EUGeneral outcomes from the project""The sustainability festival"" is repeated every yearVideo from the ""Sustainability Festival""Implementation of a course of study with a focus on innovation and sustainability at Køge Gymnasium"
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"<< Background >>For the past ten years, we have had an exchange collaboration with Neues Gymnasium Potsdam, where approx. 20 students each year have visited each other across Køge and Potsdam. Through the project ""A sustainable future across Denmark and Germany"", we wanted to expand the collaboration and therefore our contact at Neues Gymnasium Potsdam suggested that we possibly could apply for Erasmus+ as they applied for accreditation themselves.There was a shared interest in the subject of ""Sustainability"", as we work with and have several activities within the subject at both schools. At the same time, we experienced at both schools that there were challenges in working with the subject of sustainability, e.g. due to low student engagement and various reservations in relation to the green transition, which create limitations in individual life and challenges in the case of interdisciplinarity.One of the main questions was therefore how we could develop a common awareness among all parties involved (students, environmental committees at schools, teachers, school management), which could help to get the subject of ""Sustainability"" out of the classroom, so that we could work together with it in a larger european perspective.<< Objectives >>The project was a cross-border mobility project where the participants had to achieve learning through a cultural meeting. A central focal point in the entire project was the environment and the fight against climate change.Our main objective with the project was based on the three themes, which included cooperation between educational institutions and companies, energy and resources and green competences. Our aim was to concretize the concept of ""sustainability"" and create a common understanding of the opportunities and challenges in connection with the green transition in the EUAnother objective of the project was also to examine the concept of ""sustainability"" from different perspectives, e.g. the social, municipal, commercial and activist perspective. The purpose of this was to discuss the different angles on the sustainability issue and thereby expand each other's views on the area.All this gave the target groups in the project a nuanced picture of the subject, but also a greater awareness of opportunities and limitations within sustainability. Finally, the project should create reflection, motivation to think innovatively, inspire each other and jointly develop innovative solutions.<< Implementation >>""A sustainability festival"" with a European perspective: A whole day at Køge Gymnasium, where the school oozed energy and the theme ""Sustainability"". 1200 students (both Danish and German students) first participated in a joint lecture, then there were workshops and small happenings with different themes and finally a debate with different angles on sustainability. See Appendix 3: Program for the sustainability festival.Cultural meetings around the common focal point ""sustainability"": Visit to Neues Gymnasium Potsdam (spring 2023) and a revisit to Neues Gymnasium Potsdam (winter 2024). See appendix 7: Program for activities in Køge and Berlin.Building working communities (environmental committee, teachers and management): In order to share knowledge and create a common awareness of how we can best work with the subject of ""sustainability"" in everyday life, meetings were held across the organisations. See appendices 2 and 6: Program for exchange meetings in Køge and Berlin.Network formation with the involvement of external partners (local and European): In order to give the cultural meetings across the border more content, it was necessary to involve external partners, to give the target groups new perspectives.<< Results >>Pupils:Intercultural competences: The students have exchanged experiences and opinions, and this created intercultural competences.Personal development, education and professional competences.Knowledge about the possibilities of future energy resources.Environment Committee:Concrete measures at schools regarding sustainability: e.g. garbage sortingA meat-free day in the canteenNetwork between schools' environmental committees with exchange of ideasTeachers:Increased focus on interdisciplinarity when teaching the subject ""Sustainability"".Contact with external actors from the local areaNetwork across schools with exchange of ideasManagement:The Sustainable school. It is written into the school's strategy and has its own area of actionInsight into the other target groups' strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities - greater understanding = better collaboration.Economic aspects of the focus on sustainabilityNew perspectives in international cooperation between schools in the EUGeneral outcomes from the project""The sustainability festival"" is repeated every yearVideo from the ""Sustainability Festival""Implementation of a course of study with a focus on innovation and sustainability at Køge Gymnasium"
