Plastics and Prejudice? – Sense and Sustainability!
Going Green with Erasmus+
“For us” is the last part of our Erasmus+ project. We’re supposed to act as multipliers and create a change for all of us. That’s what we try every Friday when we go on strike for the climate (#FridaysforFuture) and this is what we did on last Monday, when we met Hamburg’s Minister of Education,… Continue reading Talking Politics
There has been a surge in the popularity of electric cars in recent years as improvements in technology has made them more affordable and reliable. We have also seen many governments vow to make steps toward banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars in the future. For example France and the United Kingdom have… Continue reading Sustainability in electric vehicles
On Friday the 15th of March, 2019, over 1,5 million students all over the world were protesting for the environment. They were inspired by a 16-year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg) who has been on strike every Friday since August 20th, 2018, to persuade politicians to make more sustainable choices. Even though the… Continue reading Climate Strike in Turku
In Finland, Climate Change Education has recently been a topic of discussion among politicians and people who are wondering if it should be taught at school as a separate school subject. A citizens' initiative for this subject was made and almosta 5 000 people have already signed in agreeance. Since the topic of climate change… Continue reading Should Climate Change Education be a separate school subject?
Hello! Maybe you’re the kind of person who lives with two shirts and a bar of soap as the total impact of your carbon footprint, or maybe you have never heard of sustainability, or frankly don’t care. If you are either of the last two people, you may be wondering to yourself, ‘what is zero-waste’?… Continue reading To someone considering going zero-waste (or if you’re not, why you should be)
One group of our team decided to take a look at the usage of paper at our school. Watch this video to see, what ideas they came up with so far...
The newspaper article “Korrekt gebechert” (English version see title) written by Frank Drieschner published on 18th April 2018 in the newspaper “Zeit” is about a national-wide project (70 cities in Germany) which is called “RECUP”. This project is about refillable cups which should be used in the future in order to replace paper cups. These… Continue reading How to drink coffee to take away correctly
Plastics and Prejudice? - Sense and Sustainability! 