🌱 Creative Engagement for a Sustainable Future
March 15 – April 15, 2025

Over the past month, students and teachers from the four project countries—Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, and Italy—once again implemented numerous creative and awareness-raising activities focused on sustainability. Both the local and international programs vividly illustrate how deeply environmental protection and sustainable thinking have already become part of everyday school life.

🇭🇺 Hungary – Posters, Presentations, and Hands-on Experiments

Hungarian students explored a variety of environmental topics through the German language. Their creative and educational efforts included:

  • Colorful posters addressing the role of bees, reducing the ecological footprint, and the importance of recycling.
    📌 Posters available here: https://online.fliphtml5.com/pqzee/chcz/#p=1
  • Digital presentations on topics such as climate change, electric vehicles, and the solar energy company Kelet Solár.
  • Videos and podcasts on medicinal herbs, now available on the project’s online platforms.

As part of the Sustainability Project Week, chemistry teacher Mr. Lajos Barkó conducted chemical experiments demonstrating the effects of air pollution, including an eye-opening experiment on the decomposition of chlorophyll due to sulfur dioxide. Several classes actively participated, sparking important discussions on global environmental challenges and their impact on our shared future.

🇸🇰 Slovakia – Creative Learning and Green Challenges

The Slovak school addressed the topic of sustainability through a variety of interdisciplinary projects:

  • On Earth Day, they launched the “Car-Free Kilometers” challenge and organized a clean-up campaign around the school grounds.
  • In Slovak language classes, students invented eco-themed fairy tales.
  • During German lessons, they composed slam poetry about environmental issues.
  • In physics class, students participated in a quiz on renewable energy sources.
  • Additionally, they produced a podcast reflecting on their mobility trip to Greece.
    🔗 More content available on the project website:
    https://soszm.eu/spolocne-formujeme-buducnost/

🇬🇷 Greece – Tree Planting, Art Projects, and Teacher Training

At the 1st Experimental Junior High School of Larissa, students contributed to sustainability in hands-on and creative ways:

  • They planted trees in the city park of Giannouli.
  • Created flower beds in the school courtyard.
  • Members of the photography club visited a nature photography exhibition by Argyros Ziogas.

Teachers also actively took part in professional development events, including:

  • Seminars on climate change at the Environmental Education Center in Stylida.
  • Participation in the LIFE-IP CEI-Greece workshop on circular economy, held at the JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa.
  • Online training sessions on Green Education.

📌 The school is an active member of the “Eco-Schools” network:
https://www.ecoschools.gr/schools/1o-peiramatiko-gymnasio-larisas

🇮🇹 Italy – Multimedia Projects, Reusable Bottles Campaign, and a Second-Hand Market

Students from Liceo Linguistico Enrico Fermi in Sciacca displayed impressive creativity in promoting sustainability:

  • They created a multimedia presentation on sustainable agriculture, with a focus on Italian medicinal herbs.
    ▶️ View the presentation on Google Slides (link not provided here)
  • Produced a video demonstrating how to prepare a traditional dish using local herbs and spices.
  • Posted guidelines for sustainable behavior in every classroom.
  • Launched a school campaign promoting the use of reusable water bottles instead of single-use plastics.
  • Created a TikTok video on sustainability—fun, modern, and engaging for fellow students.
  • Planned a “Second-Hand Market” as part of their Student Days celebration in late April.

✨ Summary

The wide range of activities between March 15 and April 15, 2025, highlights how passionately and creatively all partner schools are integrating sustainability into school life. Students not only learned about environmental issues—they also took action—locally and through international exchange.

Together, we are shaping the future—consciously, responsibly, and collaboratively.