Klimat się zmienia - zmień sposób myślenia!

The project was a response to the identified needs and key areas that require improvement, which were included in EDPl of our school and documentation enabling work of Jugendpflege Uslar, e.g.: the need to raise the level of education in schools and change traditional teaching methods to more creative ones; introducing innovative methods using modern technologies; building school capacity to support staff and student participation in transnational projects and exchanges; equipping teachers with the ability to respond to students' individual needs and deal with their social, cultural and linguistic diversity; improving the language skills and competences of employees and students; elimination of language barriers; reducing geographical, social and economic barriers to students' full participation in education; inclusion of students with health barriers or disabilities in activities; increase students' interpersonal and intercultural competences covering the full range of behaviours preparing them for effective and constructive participation in social and professional life.

The main objective was to increase the awareness and skills of 30 students in the field of sustainable development and climate change and to promote ecological activities using digital technologies. Encouraging young people to make informed decisions and responsible actions for sustainable development, to follow the best example, use proven European solutions and transfer them to the local level - use them in everyday life. The project will teach students tolerance, open them to the world, increase self-esteem, change their approach to learning a foreign language and using it in practice. Project activities were to enrich knowledge about other European countries and their citizens, which would allow for promote an attitude of openness and tolerance, improve teachers' ability to respond to the individual needs of students with fewer opportunities and to deal with their diversity; help gain new knowledge about environmental protection, climate change and sustainable development. With regard to partners as institutions, the most important result would be the acquisition and development of the ability to establish foreign cooperation and the creation of a network of contacts, giving them a European dimension, gaining experience.

Due to the fact that the German partner withdrew from the project, one measure was implemented in its entirety. On August 20-21, 2022, a working meeting was held regarding the coordination and implementation of the project. The meeting summarized the activities carried out so far on-line between the partners. It was held in English. During the meeting, the objectives of the project were presented and discussed, the project schedule and dates of activities, recruitment criteria for the project and activities related to the development of project results, promotion and dissemination as well as evaluation of project activities and results were established, and a project management team was created. A person has been appointed to run a website devoted to the project and to deal with promotional activities. Promotional activities were carried out. Polish youth, despite the end of project activities, continued to carry out cost-free activities: e.g. conducted a happening on the market, won a smog sensor for the school, carried out activities of the Amnesty International global campaign, organized a collection of e-waste, conducted a debate and recorded a video on climate change, carried out activities as part of the "Clean up the World"

The meeting created the basis for building a database of foreign contacts of both partners and helped to internationalize our activities. The foundations for the efficient implementation of the project were established, the people responsible for project activities got to know each other and closer cooperation was established. Responsibilities were divided between the partners, the rules for managing and accounting for project activities were refined, uniform recruitment criteria were set, and the rules for promotion, evaluation and results dissemination activities were refined. A project website was created on the Internet at https://loczluchow.pl/nasza-szkola/erasmus/klimat-sie-zmieni-zmian-sposob-myslenia. The activities of Polish youth have significantly contributed to the increase in awareness and skills of Polish students in the field of sustainable development and climate change and the promotion of ecological activities using digital technologies. Our project, despite its premature end, caused a snowball effect, publicized activities financed from the Erasmus + program, and above all made our youth aware of the problems of broadly understood ecology and environmental protection - and this was our main goal.