AIM

The project aims at leading teachers of primary and lower secondary schools to push pupils towards sustainable behaviours – both at school and at home – and at contributing to the reduction of global warming (e.g., waste reduction, carbon footprint reduction, water waste, clothes reuse and recycling, etc.) To this end, children will be both actively involved in creative experiences and stimulating – material and sensorial – activities to help them to deeply reflect on issues related to the environment and sustainability, such as reuse and recycling, happening during their everyday life and of which they are mostly unaware. This will also contribute to increase the recognition of benefits on the adoption and consolidation of sustainable habits beyond existing practices.

OBJECTIVES

-to meet the needs of educators to support learners towards cultivating sustainable behaviors and values;
-to promote tinkering as a method in education in the field of sustainability;
-to train a group of educators in formal and informal settings;
-to use tinkering to engage learners in projects dealing with issues of sustainability
-to provide a better understanding on space careers; there is a great need in better informing young people on what it means to work for the space industry and the paths towards finding a job in one of them.
-to enable young people to deal with challenges, relationships, transitions, and social systems by helping them in acquiring essential skills such as self-management, personal responsibility, effective communication, curiosity and every day problem solving.