Agenda 2030: change the school to change the community

Topic(s) addressed

The principal topics of the project were health and wellbeing, the environment and climate change, with the aim of promoting awareness that every single action will be important to improve the quality of our lives.

Target group(s)

The project involved students aged 11-15 and their teachers at local and international level.

Methodologies

The methodologies included workshops based on non-formal educational activities, traditional lessons, role plays, site visits, peer-educational activities, manual labs, theatre challenges, and sport/health activities.

Innovation environment

Through working in an international context, sharing best practices and experiences in different fields, the schools had the opportunity to improve both their teaching methods and the environment in which they work.

The project engaged the local community and additionally involved parents, as well as public authorities and NGOs interested in the topics examined. The activities led by the students generated interest in the local communities and made them conscious that our youth is demanding a drastic change.

Teachers’ role

The understanding and embedding of Agenda 2030 goals into school programmes and curricula is a clear objective of the political community, many youth institutions and social stakeholders as well. In this sense, the teachers involved in the project were increasing awareness of the Agenda 2030 goals and reinforcing their inclusion into the current curricula as a clear way of addressing them structurally.

Impact and output

In terms of impact in relation to sustainability, it’s worth noting that all the schools, inspired by the Agenda 2030 project, decided to add the Agenda 2030 topics to the school curricula, not only during science, geography and active citizenship lessons, but also by running and designing specific extra-curricular activities open to all the students.

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