- Duration: 6 training days
- Target group: Teachers, eco-coordinators, school leaders, youth workers
- Language: English
- Locations: Locations: Larissa, Rhodes (Greece)
- Funding: Erasmus+ KA1
- Price (course fees): 480 euros
- Name of the course provider: Open Up Hellenic Association of Innovation
- OID: E10262009
Project-based, participatory and locally grounded.
- Exploration of SDGs and EU Green Deal through education
- Field observations or local case studies (where possible)
- Design of student-led climate action projects
- Collaborative planning and peer review
- Reflection on whole-school approaches to sustainability
Participants will:
- Understand key environmental and climate concepts relevant to schools
- Connect curriculum content with SDGs and the Green Deal
- Design age-appropriate climate and environmental projects
- Engage students in inquiry, data collection and community action
- Plan partnerships with local stakeholders (municipalities, NGOs, etc.)
- Develop a realistic climate action plan or project for their school
Day 1 – Why green education, why now?
- Introductions and sharing of school experiences
- Key concepts: sustainability, SDGs, climate literacy
- Mapping existing activities and gaps in participants’ schools
- Inspiration from successful school projects
- Reflection: our school’s green vision
Day 2 – From curriculum to real-world projects
- Integrating environmental topics across subjects
- Inquiry-based approaches to local environmental issues
- Group work: identifying potential project themes
- Drafting initial project ideas
- Feedback and prioritisation
Day 3 – Designing student-led climate action
- Giving students a meaningful role and voice
- Planning data collection, experiments and actions
- Tools and apps for citizen science and monitoring
- Group work: building detailed project plans
- Reflection: equity and inclusion in green projects
Day 4 – Partnerships, communication and community impact
- Working with local authorities, NGOs and businesses
- Designing communication strategies and events
- Storytelling and visibility for student projects
- Group work: adding partnership and communication elements
- Sharing and feedback
Day 5 – Whole-school strategies and sustainability
- Embedding climate action into school culture and policies
- Linking with eco-labels, networks and international projects
- Drafting a school climate action roadmap
- Peer consultation on plans
- Identifying resources and funding opportunities
Day 6 – Consolidation and closing
- Recap: key principles of impactful green projects
- Presentation of participants’ project roadmaps
- Planning possible Erasmus+ collaborations on green education
- Evaluation, Certificates of Attendance and closing activity
- Optional short nature-based activity (where possible)
16-21 February 2026, Larissa, Greece
9-14 March 2026, Larissa, Greece
6-11 April 2026, Larissa, Greece
25-30 May 2026, Larissa, Greece
27 July-1 August 2026, Rhodes, Greece
3-8 August 2026, Rhodes, Greece
5-10 September 2026, Larissa, Greece
