Green and Blue Schools

Third-party on-site course

Introduces to teachers the mindset of sustainability in everyday teaching, provides material on green practices and guidelines on blue economy, realises the importance of involving local community in this big “sustainability transition”. The training will focus on ways to cope with environmental challenges by assessing how “Green” your school is and suggesting ways of making it even Greener.

Last updated: 11.03.2025

Next upcoming session:

17.11.2025 - 21.11.2025

Greece , Αττική , PIRAEUS

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Description

Thematic units

Unit 1 – Cultivating students’ “Green Skills”
Unit 2 – Cultivating students’ “Blue Skills”
Unit 3 – Networking with the local community in the framework of Participatory Design principles
Unit 4 – Networking with peer organisations with the same needs, same challenges and SDGs
Unit 5 – Setting up a students’ competition focused on environmental topics

��Ƶing material

Teachers’ guides and ppt presentations (Green Schools, Blue Schools and Participatory Design)
Digital Platform
Green school self-assessment
Handouts – Compendium of good practices

Cultural activities (optional)

Includes:

A walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner,

Indicative menu: Cretan salad, zucchini fritters, sausage, cretan grilled cheese, cretan meat balls, pork slow roasted in the oven with sauce and herbs, served with mashed potatoes flavoured with mushroom truffle, traditional cretan pasta, dessert, wine / raki

PRICE per person: 25 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)

A guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites,

It includes: The Acropolis hill, Parthenon, the historical area of Plaka & Monastiraki: 3 hours guided tour
COST: 150€ divided to the number of participants. No transport costs or entrance ticket to Acropolis Hill are included.

A common dinner in Athens,

Indicative menu: Feta wrapped with honey and sesame, greek salad, black eyed peas, octopus, calamari, cod croquettes, chicken strips, burger patties, orzotto with vegetables, wine and refreshments

PRICE per person: 30 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)

The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.

Further information

Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: lila@idec.gr

��Ƶing objectives

Upon completion of the training course, the participant is expected to:

Develop Lesson Plans based on Green Practices and Blue Economy
Promote Green and Blue practices
Realise the benefits of adapting ecofriendly practices in order to cultivate relevant skills towards Climate Change
Exploit relevant digital skills so as to deal with Sustainability transition
Cultivate soft skills (critical & innovative thinking, collaborating, problem solving) while developing new methodologies and materials
Motivate participants to actively engage the local community, to integrate elements of participatory design in order to co-create and build synergies in order to bring awareness on environmental issues
Design competitions for students in order to make them Environmental ambassadors, to be part of the decision-making process and learn more on the SDGs.
��Ƶ how to evaluate and assess the Green levels of their school and find ways of getting Greener.

Target groups

Teachers in primary and secondary schools, educators that wish to build eco-consciousness among students and young people in general.

Methodology & assessment

The training course follows the principles of experiential learning and active involvement of participants. For each thematic unit, there will be an overall presentation of the theme followed by group and individual activities, in which the participants will use the instruments, discuss and reflect on their use.
The learning techniques that will be used are:
- Short presentations of the topics
- Use of active learning methods with individual and group activities
- Work on case studies
- Group discussions
- Individual and group reflection

Certification details

The cost includes the learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.

The cost can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.

Pricing, packages and other information

Price:

400

Euro

Additional information

Language:

English
Target audience ISCED:

Primary education (ISCED 1)

Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)

Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
Target audience type:

Teacher

Other
��Ƶing time:

25 hours or more