Seminar „A clean environment” in Chemnitz, Germany
24th-28th April 2023
Introducing of School Sustainability Garden Project
Introduction of School Sustainability Garden Project:
ESD (Education for sustainable development) is a mandatory topic in the curriculum for all types of schools in Saxony. During their teacher training students learn about the possibilities of including ESD in their subjects. The University of Technology Chemnitz educates primary school teachers. Within their studies, they have the opportunity to learn very practically about ESD in a garden together with their Professor for primary school didactics https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/aktuell/11638
The professorship cooperates with Acker e.V. This NGO supports schools in organising their own gardens.
https://www.acker.co/gemueseackerdemie/Programminformationen
The INSPYRED-Project group had the chance to visit the garden together with Acker e.V. during their weekly workshop.
Introducing of “Backpack project” University Chemnitz
The STFI (Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V.) is a non-profit research institution in Saxony, which is committed to the long-standing traditions of Saxon textile research. The researchers of STFI showed what students do when they attend the Rucksack-Projekt (backpack project).
Within 5 days, they produce their own backpack starting with the textile fibres. The project was introduced to us by visiting the different stations along the textile chain in the laboratories of the STFI (weaving, plaiting, textile finishing, testing).
Visiting Multigenerational House solaris
EXPLORE Fair. Introducing INSPYRED Project at the Multiplier-Event EXPLORE+
EXPLORE Fair. Introducing INSPYRED Project at the Multiplier-Event EXPLORE+
EXPLORE Fair. Introducing INSPYRED Project at the Multiplier-Event EXPLORE+
Board games Museum
Solaris Facilities for Youth and Environment workshops
Solaris JWS workshops 1 „Education for sustainable development (ESD)“
The workshop before midday at solaris Facilities for Youth and Environment showed the presence of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) within the daily work of the solaris Facilities for Youth and Environment.
Solaris JWS workshops 2 “Plastic project”
After lunch, we dealt with a project about plastics. A typical STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)-project about the properties of plastics was developed to show the ecological, economical and the social influence of this material by making experiments and putting links to the SDGs.
Visiting the European Office of City of Chemnitz
Visiting the Cooperation School
This state school in Chemnitz has shown how to implement inclusion, joint learning (different ages, different social, ethical, cultural backgrounds) and no grading up to year 7.
The INSPYRED-Project group got the opportunity to see the classrooms and was introduced to the pedagogical concept by the deputy principal of the school.
https://kooperationsschule-chemnitz.org/
