Project summary

This web-page is for an Erasmus KA229 school project called WHEGE. The schools in this project are in Finland, Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Portugal. Pupils taking part are 13-16 years old.WHEGE stands for Ways to a healthier and greener Europe and it aims to offer pupils a chance to broaden their perspective and to encourage them towards successful, happy and healthy life. Even though the world is getting smaller in the ways of communication technology, prejudices and xenophobia are narrowing the prospects for many young people. With this project we would like to broaden their prospects and to give them possibility to see other cultures and ways of life and give them tools by showing them how to take responsibility for their own life and make it a happy and healthy life without prejudices. This project is intended to create a greater interest for environmental issues and also to be an eye opener for joint European projects where you work with partners from other countries, with private companies and with for example non-profit organizations that work for similar goals.An important motivation is also a possibility to a developing dialogue between colleagues from other countries and a chance to learn from each other and exchange practices. Staff and pupils will practice their language skills and get new perspectives and points of view to their work. Each partner school will get added value in form of new skills and materials. During the project we will analyze the impact our behavior has on the environment and on our health and we want to work out common actions ( for example school rules for recycling and participating nature and environment conservation campaigns ) to raise the students' awareness about the problems. Facing the fact of increasing unemployment among European citizens, it is of utmost importance to make young people ready for an international work, in order to facilitate the possibilities for future work opportunities and to make people more tolerant when it comes to their working environment and peers. Also, environmental issues are particularly salient for today's generation. Thus, the climate-change risks that threat our planet indicate the need for a transition to sustainable energy and obviously our generation must be the one that adopts environmentally friendly ways of consumption and getting rid of waste. Pupils will create rules for recycling in schools and in a transnational project teenagers will see that it is our common responsibility to take care of our planet. The partner schools will attempt to encourage students to adapt pro-environmental behavior practices and community oriented solutions (volunteerism and civic participation). We will try to persuade them that it is their responsibility to lead the environmental movement forward along with a healthy, responsible lifestyle. With this project we would like to give the stakeholders tools and skills for making their future lives greener and more positive.nter your text here...