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    The Eco-Schools program engages over 17 million students and 1.3 million teachers worldwide in environmental education and sustainability. Run by the Foundation for Environmental Education, the program operates in 73 countries and has awarded over 16,000 Green Flags to schools for completing a seven-step framework to incorporate sustainability across subjects. It aims to empower youth to protect the environment and is the largest international network of teachers and students promoting education for sustainable development.

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    The Eco-Schools program engages over 17 million students and 1.3 million teachers worldwide in environmental education and sustainability. Run by the Foundation for Environmental Education, the program operates in 73 countries and has awarded over 16,000 Green Flags to schools for completing a seven-step framework to incorporate sustainability across subjects. It aims to empower youth to protect the environment and is the largest international network of teachers and students promoting education for sustainable development.

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    Eco-Schools

    - Engaging the youth of today to protect the climate of


    tomorrow
    *
    Students > 17m

    Teachers > 1.3m

    Green Flags
    Awarded 16,618

    * Status August 2016

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    A programme of the Foundation for
    Enviornmental Education

    A non-profit, non governmental organisation based


    in Copenhagen, Denmark

    Promoting Sustainable Development through


    Environmental Education worldwide

    An umbrella organisation with one member


    organisation in each country

     4 member organisations in 4 countries in 1981

     88 member organisations in 73 countries in 2017

     5 environmental education programmes

    3
    Institutional Partners

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    The Eco-Schools programme

    FEE Eco-Schools aim is to

    Ensure young people have power to be the change for sustainability that our world needs by engaging them
    in fun, action-orientated and socially responsible learning.

    Eco-Schools Goals and Objectives are to

     Foster student participation


     Encourage and develop critical thinking in students
     Encourage situational, real life, and outdoor learning
     Support students to take Action
     Enhance STEM skills through engaging and challenging content/actions
     Include everybody
     Motivate students to help to take responsibility for their future
     Develop the young leaders of the future
     Align the Themes and activities of the programme to the SDGs and to the GAP of
    which FEE is a leading partner.

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Programme Participants

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    International Schools
    • Started in late 2015
    • 25 International Schools in 15 countries
    • First Green Flag awarded International School in July 2016 in
    Doha, Qatar. Second in Thailand in December 2016

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    How to get involved as an International School

    ● If your school is situated in a country


    with a national organisation →
    Contact National Operator

    ● If your school is situated in a country


    without a national organisation→
    Contact Eco-Schools International
    ([email protected])

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Advantages for students: Advantages for schools:

    • inspires and empowers students • school improvement


    as leaders of change • links to the community and
    • increased participation, sense of beyond
    responsibility & school pride • collaboration with NGOs, etc.
    • character development • enhanced curriculum
    • learning within all subjects and • improved staff wellbeing
    beyond the classroom • increased school pride
    • and its fun! • financial savings
    • school recognition and publicity

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Development of the Eco-Schools programme

    Registered and Awarded Eco-Schools 1994-2016


    60000

    50000

    40000

    30000
    Registered
    Awarded
    20000

    10000

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    The largest international network of teachers and
    students in the world!

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Eco-Schools Themes

    Marine
    and Coast

    …and linked to SDGs!

    ECO-SCHOOLS 13
    Eco-Schools and the Sustainable Development Goals

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Education for Sustainable Development

    • Understanding Sustainable development


    • Connecting to concrete environmental problems and issues
    • Active solution-orientated learning
    • Developing not only knowledge but life skills – critical thinking

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    A Seven-Step Change Framework for Continuous Improvement

    ECO-SCHOOLS 16
    Savings made in schools in just one country WASTE
    and ENERGY

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    ECO-SCHOOLS
    Savings made in schools in just one country WATER

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Savings made in schools in just one country
    TRANSPORT

    ECO-SCHOOLS
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    Knowledge, behaviour change, fun facts !

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    Green Flag Award
    1. Before the application, schools must have carried out the following:
    • Registered with Eco-Schools International
    • Be working on the programme for at least one school year
    • Completed all Seven Steps of the Eco-Schools programme
    • Completed an Environmental Review for 10 Themes
    • Have a current Action Plan, with future targets. Either Global Citizenship or
    Climate Change have to be a Theme which is addressed in the Action Plan.

    2. Fill in Application Form and send to Eco-Schools International

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    Green Flag Award

    3. A pleasant on-site meeting, usually between the Eco Committee and the
    Assessor. It generally takes about two hours.

    Note: Since the Green Flag is of extremely high standard, it will take the school
    at least one school year to be eligible for assessment, and generally it will take
    two years.
    Note: Once you have received your first flag you must renew it every two years.
    For this renewal we expect you to take on, at least, one new Theme in the
    Action Plan and address School Procurement.

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    Costs
    1. Registration

     €600 - 2 years. The registration levy will cover administration, support,


    resources & tools, mentoring and further development of the programme over
    a two-year period.

    Note: We do believe that the savings in water and electricity alone as a result of
    implementing the Eco-Schools programme in your school will cover these costs.

    2. Assessment (Green Flag Assessment – every two years)

    €400 + travel costs + accommodation for one night (if necessary)

    Note: Eco-Schools International will designate an assessor as close as possible


    to the school to do the assessment to keep the travel costs as low as possible
    and avoid an overnight stay.

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    Some resources to inspire you
     Circular Economy now a permanent feature in new International
    Baccalaureate course

     World’s Largest Lesson – teaching resources on the Sustainable


    Development Goals

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    Follow us!

    https://www.facebook.com/ecoschools.global

    @EcoSchoolsInt @FEEEcoCampus
    @FEEInt

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/feeinternational/
    albums/72157650248164985

    https://www.instagram.com/ecoschoolsint

    http://tinyurl.com/hr23fgb
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    Any questions? Please contact us!

    More information at: www.ecoschools.global

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