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Introduction
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The present Project W.A.T.E.R. is developed by five European colleges from France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Romania. It receives funds during two years as of 1st August 2008 from the European Community under the Comenius Programme, an initiative of the European Commission and part of its Life Long Learning Programme. The Comenius Programme seeks to develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures, languages and values. It is named after the so called teacher of the nations John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), known among other things for his motto:
Objectives
General objective: The participating colleges want their students to become aware that they are part of a United Europe, despite their national and cultural diversity. How to respect and preserve environment is a current and frequent question in all European countries. Young people can easily identify with this demand and even more if related to water resources management. The project aims to encourage pupils to act responsibly towards their environment and to be aware of consequences of local decisions at a European scale.
Information exchange through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), along with visits to different countries, shall provide the students with a perception of personal and collective contributions they can make to the preservation of natural resources and landscape. Field work outside the classroom in the partner countries shall provide opportunities to participate in preservation activities and feel part of a bigger, the European Community.
Specific objective: Our purpose is to make everybody aware of the current situation of water management in the world. We intend to address some problems of water resources mismanagement, aiming to reduce negative effects on a global scale:
- drought
- rising sea levels
- shortage of potable water
- salinization of underground wells
- water pollution
- water mismanagement
- pollution
- deforestation
Mission
- Establish local sustainable solutions for water management and environmental issues.
- The use of their mother tongue for pupils to become familiar with environmental issues.
- Disseminate their research findings in English.
- Have students reflect on the different aspects of global water management and its consequences.
- Help students to learn team work, to bear the consequences and to share solutions without considering their social, ethnic or national differences.
- Encourage students to select the measures they want to follow up and to evaluate their achievements.
Themes
The associated colleges have agreed upon to work out five themes related to the general theme of:
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Results are published at the W.A.T.E.R. Blog and some have been transferred to the respective pages as mentioned above.
Project partners
The W.A.T.E.R. Project under the Comenius Programme is run by five european colleges, sharing Project responsibilities, and a total participation of almost 400 students and 50 teachers:
(S) Institution Saint-Pierre, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
- 70 students / 6 teachers
- English summary page for France
- Page pour travailler en Français
(C) Van der Capellen Scholengemeenschap, Zwolle, Nederland
- 75 students / 4 teachers
- English summary page for Netherlands
- Page om op Nederlands to werken
(M) Liceul Teoretic “Mihail Sadoveanu”, Bukarest, Romania
- 60 students / 10 teachers
- English summary page for Romania
- Pagina de a lucra în limba română
(L) Colegio Internacional Lope de Vega, Benidorm, España
- 66 students / 18 teachers in 2008/2009 and 51 students / 6 teachers in 2009/2010
- English summary page for Spain
- Página para trabajar en Español
(R) Nya Röllingby Gymnasium, Åkersberga, Sverige
- 120 students / 8 teachers
- English summary page for Sweden
- Sida att arbeta på svenska
Tasks, expected results, achievements
Here you find a list with all tasks, expected results, and achievements.
Upcoming (and ongoing) 10 tasks for the Comenius Programme W.A.T.E.R. are shown in this dynamic timeline.
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New tasks, results, or achievements can be added under the foregoing link using a form.
Partner meetings
- 1st meeting: 03 - 05 Dec 2008, Benidorm, Spain
- 2nd meeting: 13 - 17 May 2009, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
- 3rd meeting: 30 Nov - 04 Dec 2009, Åkersberga, Sweden
- Unofficial interim meeting: 29 - 30 March 2010, Benidorm, Spain
- 4th meeting: 25 - 29 April 2010, Zwolle, Netherlands
Questionnaires
- Nov 2008: 1st Questionnaire, called: WATER: Our most precious natural resource
- Dec 2008: Results 1st Questionnaire
- March 2009: 2nd Questionnaire
- April 2010: 3rd Questionnaire, and form to use for answers
eTwinning
| The International College Lope de Vega has registered at eTwinning with our Comenius Project / Wiki Portal. Increased activities on the present starting page of our W.A.T.E.R. Programme certainly would increase our chances of receiving an award. |
Related events
In February 2010 the famous urban planner Mario Gaviria gave a speech on sustainability at the International College Lope de Vega, Benidorm, Spain. In March 2010, within the framework of a project called "My sustainable City 2050", a representative of the Ecological Coastal Institute was interviewed: ¿QUÉ LE OCURRE A NUESTRA COSTA?. In April 2010 we finished the video on: MI CIUDAD SOSTENIBLE, proyecto complementario Comenius.
Download area
Here you find documents of general interest for download.
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