Green Edu-trips
▶Summary
Green Edutrips focused on addressing the need to integrate sustainability into adult education. One of the main objectives was to strengthen the capacity of educational institutions to implement s...
▶Objectives
Green Edutrips focused on addressing the need to integrate sustainability into adult education. One of the main objectives was to strengthen the capacity of educational institutions to implement sustainable travel practices on an ongoing basis. In doing so, we aimed to equip these institutions with the tools to promote sustainability in everyday travel, fostering a mind-set of care for the environment. Following on from this, we also wanted to empower educators, providing them with the necessary skills to teach and motivate their students towards a more sustainable way of travelling. This is why the Green Travel Protocol was developed as a resource for institutions to adopt sustainable mobility practices and measure their impact over time. In addition to this, we wanted participants to understand that sustainability is a shared responsibility, for which the Green Vademecum was created as a resource for adopting sustainable travel practices in their daily lives. In this way, participants were expected to become active agents of change, promoting sustainability on a large scale.
▶Activities
The project consists of six activities which are described below: A.1: Green Edu-trips Kick-off in Granada: kick-off meeting where the partners established the working methodology, distributed responsibilities and defined the project implementation strategy. A.2: Development of The Green Travel Protocol: creation of a protocol with instructions for sustainable travel aimed at educational institutions. It includes a scoring system to assess the sustainability of each trip. A.3: Development of Vademecum Green: a manual with tips and strategies to reduce the environmental impact of everyday travel for commuters. A.4: Green edu-trips LTTA in Slovenia: activity where educators and youth workers were trained in the application of the Green Travel Protocol. A.5: Final TPM in Latvia: last meeting where partners analysed the project results, shared experiences and planned dissemination activities and sustainability strategies. A.6: Green edu-trips dissemination events: 3 national and one international event were organised to present the project results to a wider audience.
▶Impact
The concrete results of the project were the following: Green Travel Protocol: instructions for implementing sustainable mobility practices in educational institutions. Green Vademecum: practical guide to adopt sustainable travel habits in everyday life. Reports on each of the activities after their completion. National reports of the national test phases of the Green Travel Protocol. Common report of the test phases of the Green Travel Protocol Common report of the internal and external evaluation of the Green Vademecum. Three national events with 15 participants each and one international online event with 53 participants, 45 of whom were directly invited by us. Evaluations of the national and international multiplier events Project website in English and in the partners' languages (Spanish, Latvian and Slovenian) Scoring system to evaluate the sustainability of the realised trips 2 infographics on project information Social network of the project 67 posts between three partners and 21746 reached accounts 50 entities reached to communicate the project ideas 2 transnational project meetings and one LTTA in Slovenia