Through action learning, students of 10 Mercator-Schoolclub-Schools are developing and applying action and planning competences to create their individual sustainable school environment. In the process of setting-up their own sustainable micro-business/project, students are involved in critical and cultural reflection on aspects of diversity and democracy as well as consumerism and lifestyle choices. The students’ aim is to re-define their project practice and school processes towards sustainable development in schools.

Teachers, parents and students of 18 schools are cooperating in school projects in order to learn from each other and build synergies for (future) school development processes.

Around 100 students, most of them with a non-German cultural background of four different schools, enhanced their capacity and creativity towards living together in a more cohesive society by exploring and critically reflecting on their values, perspectives and actions to construct a sustainable and integrative future by themselves.

Manual about the project, lessons-learnt and classroom activities

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Project:

How do you successfully move towards education for sustainability (ESD)? Together with experts and decision-makers from the school field and environmental education centres, local authorities, associations, and scientific institutes, creates went further into this question by discussing and identifying vital principles, concepts and strategies of ESD and how these core elements could be applied to the actual work of the participants.

Professional development of environmental and educational experts who experienced the computer-animated map exercise ”Fishbanks” as a valuable tool for several target groups at their workplace.
The simulation exercises strengthened systems thinking, planning and problem-solving.