Dominican Republic:
The schools are working more widely on sustainable development issues, including topics like renewable energy, recycling, water and reforestation. For example, one school focuses on reforestation through their “Green Day”. Students plant trees and continuously monitor their growth and conditions. In the other school, students are campaigning for renewable energy and recycling to green their school grounds.
Italy:
One of the schools focuses on maritime pollution and students got active through beach clean ups. They also work on the preservation of local biodiversity. For example, the school is collaborating with the local Environmental Education Center and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in their vicinity to learn about local species and how to preserve them and, at the same time, to develop an app for tourists with main points of interests through photos and explanations.
The other school has set up an 8 Module course focusing on the SDGs. Students study the SDGs and select one to deepen their understanding of the interrelationship with the other goals and they develop ideas and action plans to bring about change locally. A community action day is planned in the spring as well as documentation and evaluation of the project.
Japan:
The school focuses on student research and awareness raising on single-use plastics and more generally plastic waste. A focus is placed on using digital tools and building public awareness. For example, students take part in community service to pick up litter in community spaces, prepare an article for the school newspaper, create a website to present their research digitally and posters to display findings on the high school campus, university campus and local city office.
Namibia:
The schools in Namibia have focused on raising awareness of litter and waste issues in their schools and communities. For example, the environmental club in one school organized an assembly for the entire school to learn and discuss the importance of keeping the environment clean, share ideas on how to keep the school grounds clean and how to recycle waste at the school. Following the assembly, the entire school community participated in a school clean up.
Republic of Korea:
The school’s work has focused on students conducting research and writing articles on food waste and single-used plastics. Students reflected on their own and their communities’ consumption behaviours and lifestyle and investigated in their own school’s food waste management.
