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Learn to act

Many students are already committed to sustainability. The aim of politics is therefore to increase this even more. What incentives programs like “Climate School Bavaria”[1] or “Consumer School”[2] offer.

"Oh, how delicious!" Paula Bäuerle used to reflexively grab it when someone offered her a chocolate bar. Now she prefers to hesitate. And first ask a few questions: Was the chocolate produced in an environmentally friendly way? How much and what type of sugar does it contain? Were the cocoa farmers paid decently? What quality seal does the product have? The 16-year-old has been a chocolate expert for four years: she gives lectures about climate-friendly chocolate at her school, which is attended by 900 children and young people. “I now make sure that I eat sustainable chocolate,” says Paula Bäuerle. She is a member of the Fair Trade working group at the Camerloher High School[3] in the city of Freising near Munich. The working group promotes fair trade with numerous activities, including organising green fashion shows and a cooking event in which high school students prepare a vegetarian menu together.

The fact that young people become active themselves and that sustainable action ideally becomes natural for them is a core idea of the global educational concept Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)[4]. Schools in Germany have a lot of freedom in how they implement climate protection issues. To ensure that it is not just a single waste collection campaign or a project day to protect the rainforest, some federal states have developed sophisticated programs that give students and teachers special incentives to get involved: the Camerloher high school has the official title “Climate School Bavaria 2023”. It is one of 51 schools that received the award this year, which comes with prize money of up to 1,500 euros. Public schools as well as private schools can take part in the program.

Every school must submit a well-conceived climate plan to the ministry

Since its launch in 2022, more than 70 Bavarian schools have been named “climate schools”. This was preceded by a complex certification process. An expert jury examines whether the broad field of sustainability has really been and is being pursued comprehensively. The actions of the Fair Trade working group, which has existed for more than ten years, are an important, but only one of many pillars of the climate protection concept that the Camerloh high school submitted to the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture.

In eight stages - the ministry has created a guide for this - teachers and students plan together the path to the climate school and get involved in this during their free time: They carry out surveys and measurements to track down “energy guzzlers”, organise information events, and collect the best ideas for a sustainable way of life and determine the carbon footprint of your school. This constitutes the basis for the sophisticated climate protection plan that every school must submit to the ministry. “It contains the goals that we have already achieved, that we are currently implementing and that we still plan for the future,” explains Andreas Decker, senior teacher and environmental officer at Camerloher High School.

Throughout M. Decker, all the threads for the school's climate concept come together. The school's waste has recently been properly separated - residual waste, paper, plastic and organic waste. A schedule regulates which class takes care of the proper disposal and when. The students are currently measuring the temperature in the classrooms and comparing them with the values determined during summertime. Do you need better insulation? That will be decided when all the results are there. “Next year we want to introduce a meat-free day in the cafeteria and ensure that even more regional products are used for our food,” says Anne Graf. The 17-year-old high school student is a member of the “Climate School” project seminar in high school and is responsible for the topic of nutrition. "I also plan to suggest healthy, vegetarian recipes to our chefs." It is the sum of many small measures that make a climate school a great role model.

Since this school year, the Ministry of Culture in Bavaria has set up a “BNE advisory network”[5] that is intended to support schools in the certification process. "We have to take action today and fight climate change - and not tomorrow or the day after. That's why we not only want to sensitise young people very early on, but also equip them with the skills to act in climate protection," says Bavarian Minister of Education Anna Stolz, describing the central goals of the "Climate School" program Bavaria". She aims “to reach at least at 300 climate schools in Bavaria by 2025”. The minister emphasises that the program should also motivate teachers and students to support friends or family members in making a contribution to climate protection. Paula Bäuerle from Camerloher High School is enthusiastically working as a multiplier. "I think it's great that I was able to convince my brother and my parents to buy fair trade chocolate," reports the high school student.

Climate ambassadors bring innovations from vocational schools to companies

The award is available in bronze, silver and gold. In order to achieve the highest qualification level, a school must be involved in all eight specified areas of action: waste, purchasing, nutrition, communication & networking, mobility, electricity, heat, compensation & carbon sequestration. And it must show how it can create the path to climate neutrality.

 A lighthouse among the climate schools is the Mindelheim State Vocational School[6]. Because it is one of the few vocational schools that have taken part in the program so far and because it has “gold status”. The variety of sustainability projects that the school has implemented with 2,200 students at its locations in Mindelheim, Memmingen and Bad Wörishofen is correspondingly large. “We are aiming for climate neutrality by 2030,” says headmaster Gottfried Göppel. With the help of financial support from the Unterallgäu district[7], solar modules were installed on all roofs of the school buildings. In the area of mobility, the focus is on, among other things, carpooling, charging infrastructure for electric cars and a solar carport.

Together with teachers, vocational school students have developed so-called learning snacks - knowledge in small portions that is imparted online. This is about, for example, food waste or green apps. And who knows exactly what goes into a CO₂ footprint? The school also offers additional professional training to become a sustainability officer. In a vertical farming project, students produce vegetables in a container with a photovoltaic roof. The Mindelheim vocational school plans to soon bring the project to a school in Uganda.

Source

Stephanie Schmidt, Lernen zu handeln, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung,  6-12-2023, https://www.sueddeutsche.de/stil/schule-klimaschutz-nachhaltigkeit-programm-1.6310233

[1] With the Klimaschule Bayern (Climate School Bavaria) we give schools the opportunity to systematically set out on the path to greater climate protection. At the end there is a certificate that makes the commitment to climate protection visible to the outside world. This is how we promote awareness of climate protection. https://www.realschulebayern.de/aktuelles/einzelansicht/klimaschule-bayern/5742bce98d7ef4911e784340daa06a2e/#:~:text=Mit%20der%20%E2%80%9AKlimaschule%20Bayern%27%20geben,wir%20Bewusstsein%20f%C3%BCr%20den%20Klimaschutz.

[2] The Verbraucherschule des Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverbands (vzbv) (Consumer School Network of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations) supports and promotes this commitment. We give interested schools nationwide initial help with implementation, regularly offer up-to-date information, support with online training and bring teachers together. Active schools can also apply for the consumer school award. https://www.vzbv.de/ueber-uns/projekte/verbraucherschule

[3] The Camerloher-Gymnasium is not a special school for arts subjects, but a state high school that is committed to the Bavarian curriculum in all areas. However, we are convinced that intensive and active engagement with cultural content is part of a comprehensive education of the whole personality. https://www.camerloher-gymnasium.de/schule

[4] Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) (Education for Sustainable Development) stands for education that enables people to think and act in a sustainable manner. The implementation of the UNESCO programs for ESD, currently the world program "ESD 2030", has been coordinated in Germany by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) since 2015. https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/bildung/bildung-fuer-nachhaltige-entwicklung/bildung-fuer-nachhaltige-entwicklung_node.html#:~:text=Bildung%20f%C3%BCr%20nachhaltige%20Entwicklung%20(BNE,2015%20federf%C3%BChrend%20vom%20BMBF%20koordiniert.

[5] The Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture has off an education advisory network for the 2023/2024 school year sustainable development (Beratungsnetzwerk BNE (consultation network)) at Bavarian Schools established. The BNE advisory network is established for each administrative district active and consists of teachers from all types of schools, the corresponding ones Perform consulting tasks. https://fibs.alp.dillingen.de/pdf?container_id=331263

[6] https://www.bsmn.de/

[7] Unterallgäu is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Neu-Ulm, Günzburg, Augsburg, Ostallgäu, Oberallgäu, and the districts Ravensburg und Biberach in Baden-Württemberg. The district-free city Memmingen in the west of the district is nearly surrounded by the district. The capital of the district is Mindelheim.

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The Future of Climate Education in the United States 5-6 p.m. Wednesday at Hemmingson Auditorium, Gonzaga University, and live-streaming online.

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The recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by student climate leaders! Join Aishah-Nyeta Brown & Jerome Foster II and be inspired by student climate leaders as we recognize the High School Student finalists. Watch now to find out which student received the $25,000 grand prize and top recognition!

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