The activities included awareness raising activities among pupils. In Austria for example, the school PTS Pottenstein (Austria) worked on a Fair Trade issue and the pupils from the school not only developed a video about it (www.schools2communities.eu/index.php/act/a-video-from-austria.html) but also interviewed people in the streets about their knowledge about Fair Trade. The other action in Austria took place at the primary school Eisteich. Pupils from this school have explored a project how to minimize their ecological footprint. The project “So much waste, is it necessary?“ raised the pupils’ awareness of avoiding plastic packaging and the responsible use of natural resources. In different workshops pupils were not only taught the effects of their lifestyle on the environment but also how waste is handled in developing countries like El Salvador.
Another action was conducted in Poland: Four schools from Zielona Gora, active in the field of preventing climate change in order to increase the level of life of the global South inhabitants, decided to switch to using recycled paper in their day-to-day activities and they have also addressed the same claim to the city council. Their other claim was to have bicycle stands in front of the schools so that their students could come to school without emitting CO2. The final action was the participation of ca 100 students and school coordinators in the Bicycle Critical Mass in May, where the students have collected signatures under two petitions regarding paper and bicycle stands.
There are many other actions, which schools from Global Action Schools 2 Communities project are organizing or participating in. To follow them, please visit: http://www.schools2communities.eu/. For more information contact katarzyna.zwolak@pah.org.pl
Information provided by Katarzyna Zwolak, Polish Humanitarian Action
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