BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

The needs of schools and NGO were identified through a SWOT analysis, analysis of reports, and council meetings. The identified needs include: 1. Understanding the causes of climate change and it...

BITL is a project with the following aims: • Enable participants and stakeholders to comprehend the severity of climate change; • Raise awareness about the dangers of climate change and its potential consequences for future generations; • Address environmental issues such as global warming and energy shortages, recognizing them as potential threats to the world if no precautions are taken; • Strengthen intercultural dialogue; • Provide opportunities to encounter and learn about new teaching methods and learning approaches, integrating them into the standard school curriculum; • Encourage participants to take action on social issues and become active citizens; • Offer the acquisition of innovative and motivating strategies for the social inclusion of students, utilizing national and EU cultural elements as support. The project aims to decrease the percentage of those who • say 'I don't know what causes climate change' from 68% to 42%; • say 'I don't know what precautions are taken nationally and internationally to curb climate change' from 72% to 51%; • and increase the percentage of those who say 'I know what precautions may be taken individually to fight climate change' from 23% to 56% within three years

Increased the number of Erasmus + mobilities with 103 students mobilities and 42 accompany persons Increased the number of Erasmus+ learning, teaching, training activities with 4 activities in each partner school Increased the number of Erasmus + transnational project meetings with 3 in each partner organisation Increased the organisations capacity to organise/participate at virtual mobilities Increased the organisations capacity to implement Erasmus + projects Increased the number of stakeholders involved in activities about environmental protection with 5306 persons Increased skills for students/teachers to monitor different places and investigate sources of pollution Increased teachers skills to taught students environmental topics and to project outdoor activities Increased soft skills : communication, teamwork and observation Increased participants communication skills to present environmental data clearly and logically about how climate affects vegetation/food, water, people/the way we live, animals, health, species, about the level of carbon footprint, about the destructive influence of smog on its residents, natural/national parks , examples of good practice of waste recycling in their schools Increased participants critical thinking to utilise reasoning and judgement when evaluating information about how climate affects vegetation/food, water, people/the way we live, animals, health, species, about level of carbon footprint, the destructive influence of smog on its residents, impacts of mining on the wildlife, chemicals Increased participants technical skills to use Environmental Science Apps, to analyse samples they collect in the field Increased participants digital skills to use different open digital tools to create posters Increased participants technical skills to do microscopic observation of water samples Increased understanding of some math ans science knowledges that helps environmental specialists, how lichens are indicators of pollution, Increased participants skills to collect data about the natural world in order to understand and protect it, to document changes in environment over time and identify patterns that indicate environmental problems