LLP Programme Education for active citizenship and sustainable development in schools

1. LLP Programme Educationforactivecitizenship and sustainabledevelopment in schools StudyVisit206, Dublin 13-16 may 2014 Prof.ssa Anna Maria Bevacqua Istituto U.Mursia, Carini - Italy

2. Three mainpointsofdiscussion Thispresentationincludes : • A generalviewof the school system in Italy. A presentationofmyschool and the implementationofsustainabledevelopment and activecitizenship in the school curriculum and activities, with a referenceto the schoolparticipationto a Comeniusmultilateral project “Differentbutequal in Europe” for the assertionof the humanrights and the fightagainst women’s descrimination. • A generalviewofSustainabledevelopment in Italy. Local Agenda 21 • The schoolinvolvement in ecologicalissues and the resultsof a school project on wastedisposal and sustainabledevelopmentwith a collectionof the students ‘materials on the topic. (As anintegrationto the presentation)

3. Challenges/barriers • Topromote a synergeticcollaborationwithlocalenvironmentalassociationsas WWF or the CNR( nationalCentreofresearches) or Enea (a natioanalagencyoperating in the fieldofnewtechnologies, energy and environment, aiming at enhancing the research and innovationsfor the implementationofsustainabledevelopment in Italy) • To propose anaction green planfor a sustainable eco-city to the Major of Carini • Todevelop the students’ social and ecologicalawarenessasactivecitizens • Tofindpotentialpartnersfor future projects

4. ExampleofGoodpractice A cross-curricular project “Expert in Waste processing” Classes IIIA, IIIB, IIIC Lyceum Subjectsinvolved: science, physics, chemistry, English, economy, statistics, business management with a final stage in a local business enterprise Objetives: • Toraiseawareness on ecologicalissues and activecitizenship • Toenhance a widerknowledgeconcerningrenewableenergy, recycling, wastedisposal…. • Toencourage a synergisismbetween the school and localagencies and university • Todevelop cross-cultural competencestospendforlabour market • Toincrease the useof IT Methodology: • Interactive and innovative approachwithanactivepartecipationof the students • Multimedialapproach (songs and internet resources) • Flexibility and creativeness FinalProduct and goodpractise • A powerpointpresentationof the material producedtopublish in the school website • Toorganizeanexpositionof the material in the schoolenvironmental corner • Toencourageintegratedcollection in myschool

5. Educational System in Italy

6. Location The townof Carini stands on a hill, 181 metersabovesealevel, on the mountains Ericini. The townwasidentifiedwith the mysteriousHyccara, whoaccordingto the legendwasfoundedbyDaedalus. Locatedabout 26 km from Palermo and about 10 from the airportof Punta Raisi, itsterritoryextendsto the sea. The countryhas a richartistic, cultural and historicalheritage and itisalsofamousforitssitesofgreatarchaeological interest, a legacyofancientsettlements. In recentdecades, the countryhasundergoneconsiderablechangessince the industrial development and the building expansionhaveradicallychangeditsinternalterritorialmorphologywith a high rate ofmigrantscomingfrom the townof Palermo.

8. Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore“Ugo Mursia” The Mursia Instituteis a secondaryschoollocated in Carini and includesthreedifferentcourses: • A vocational Catering and Hospitalitycoursespecializing in restaurant and bar service forcooks, waiters and bartenders and tourism • A science oriented-lyceum • A HumanSocio-Psycho-Pedagogicallyceum Ourschoolissuppliedwithlaboratoriesforchemical and astronomicstudies, a kitchenlaboratory, a linguistic and computer science laboratory, a reception desk forwelcoming and hospitality, a big auditorium and a wellequippedgymnasium. Ourinstitutionhasgotabout 1200 studentscomingfrom a diversified social background. The schoolinsists in a risky area with a high rate of drop- out and problems of integration of migrants and weakstudents, thereforeour “Mission”is to enhance social cohesion, inclusion and legality.

9. Kitchen • Ugo Mursia’s Laboratories Science Multimedia

10. The school and Europe: activecitizenship Comenius Project: DifferentbutEqual in Europe Comenius Project: • A CUISINE RECIPE WORKS AheadCreating aUnitedInternationalScene orInnovation iNEurope: a REstaurantCompany In a Proactive Environment Working On its RisKS

14. ActiveCitizenship

15. Sustainabledevelopment Save Nature Protect the environment

16. What’s sustainabledevelopment? For our students • According to  Our Common Future and the Brundtland Report, the definition of sustainable development is “meeting the needs of the present days without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” promoting environmental, economic and social well-being for today and tomorrow • A Sustainabledevelopmentstrategyaims at improving the quality of life ensuringprosperity, environmentalprotection, social cohesionand inclusion • A real progress integrates social, cultural, economical and politicalactionsasinseparable and interdipendentcomponentsof the human progress • Governementsshouldbecapableofpromotinganintegratedapproachwherepolicy-makers, education, research and finance haveto play anactiverolefor the developmentofall the world’s populations.

17. Activecitizenship and sustainabledevelopment in the school curriculum • In secondaryschoolsstudentsacquirecompetencesofactivecitizenshipas part of the curriculum in the first twoyears (biennio) • Students are involved in environmental and ecologicalissuesas cross-cultural competencesthankstoextra-curricularprojects • The conceptsoflegality, democracy, social cohision are a priority in myschoolas a part of the school “Mission” • Students are sensitive to environmentalissuesas in the localcontextwastedisposal and management is a hugeconcernoften due to municipaldifficulties and lack of funds

18. Stepsforsustainabledevelopment in Italy • 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit toimplement the guidelinesof the Agenda 21 • CIPE Inter-ministerialCommiteeforEconomic Planning adopted the guidelinesof Agenda 21 in Italy (1993) • 1994 AalborgStrategicalguidelinesforsustainabledevelopment • 1999 Ferrara Charter put intoaction the guidelinesofLocal Agenda 21 • 1999 Firenze Documentpromoted a newapproachtolocalsustainability • 2001 A newenvironmentalactionstrategyhasbeenadoptedby CIPE foranhighlyintegrated vision of the followingpriorities: - Climate - Nature and bio-diversity - Management of the naturalresources and wastedisposal - Qualityof life in urbanareas

19. Sustainabledevelopment in Italy • The Environmental Action Strategy for Sustainable Development in Italy (NSDS) was developed by the Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, in accordance with the 6th Environmental Action Plan and the guidelines of Barcelona 2002 European Council and was approved by the Inter-ministerial Committee for Economic Planning (CIPE) on 2nd August 2002 (CIPE Deliberation n. 57 of 2nd August 2002 (available in Italian only). • CIPE an Inter-ministerial body responsible for the national economic policies has the task to put into action the NSDS, with a double effect: on one hand, the integration of the environmental concerns in the decision-making processes and on the other hand, the increasing co-ordination among the three pillars of development. • 2007 Implementationof the first National report to EU with the adoptionof a strong co-ordinationamongCentralAdministrators and Regions, in collaborationwith the Ministryfor the Environment , Land and Sea.

20. Local Agenda 21 in Italy • The local Agenda 21 persuits the goalsofimplementing social cohesion and solidarietyaswellas the protectionof nature and environment. • The Ferrara Charter following the guidelinesofAalborg and Goteborg indications, hasbeenadoptedby 288 Administrations and the numberisstill on the increase. • In general, the conceptofsustainabledevelopment and the guidelinesof the Local Agenda 21 havebeenadoptednotonlyby the local and nationaladministrationsbutalsoby the common citizens so thatexpressionsasactivecitizenship, protectionof the environment, eco-city, pollution, climatechanges, waste treatment, integratedcollectionhaveentered the dailydebateswith a generalmobilizationby the Italiancitizens.

21. ActiveCitizenship and civilinitiatives in Italy • 1.400 millionsignaturesweredeliveredto the Supreme Court on July 2010 callingfor a referendum on the public managmentof water, after the Ronchi’s Decreestatedthat water service and other public servicesaswastemanagmentwerereservedto private companies. • 95% of the citizens on a referendum votedtoabolish the implementationofnuclearpowerplants and in defenceofrenewable, safe and cleanenergy . • A largemovementofteachers, studentsfrom high school and universityprotested in 2010 against the government’s cuts in eduction and research, withhundredsofschoolsoccupiedthroughout the country. • Million women and mendemonstrated in the streets in February 2011, tovindicate the dignity and the rightsof the women and a properlegislationtofightsexualabuse and violenceagainst the women.

22. Italiangovernment’s priorities • Adoptingstrategiesto reduce carbondioxideemissionstomeet the Europeanreductiontargetswithinvestments on renewablesources, energyefficiency and savings • enhancing a nationalbiodiversitystrategyfor the protectionof the animals and the flora • Promoting a newmodelofdevelopmentcentred on the enforcementof the fundamentalhumanrights, the reductionof social inequality and a realcommitment on environmentalsustainability • Providingincentivenessfor an ecologicalconversion of industrial production and consumptionpatterns, supportingcompanies investing in the field of research in favour of the environment • Promotingsustainabledevelopmentissues and the idea ofactivecitizenship in education and in schools

23. Students’ materialsforsustainabledevelopment Classes IIIA, IIIB,IIIC The Three R’s

24. Activecitizenship. A suggestiontobeanactive citizen: “Smallaction, takencolletively, can add up torealchange”Classe IIIA

25. Make the recycling collection Try to make the recycling collection both at home and at school

26. Use your bike Don’t use private cars if you do short journeys

27. Use public transports Don’t pollute the air and use the public transporttomove

28. Useglasses and plates Don’t use plastic plates and bags

29. Use biodegradable bags When you go the grocery store use biodegradable bags

30. Use eco-friendly nappies Traditional nappies’s degradation requires 500 years

31. Use low consumption light bulbs they consume 5 times less and last 10 times longer

32. Userechargeablebatteries Batteries can be recharged up to 500 times

33. A-Z SUSTAINABLE AlphabetClasse III C

34. luminium

35. iodegradable

36. omposting

37. angerous

38. nvironnmental

39. actories

40. lass

41. ousehold waste

42. norganic

43. erbside

44. itter

45. aterials

46. ature

47. zone

48. lastic

49. ecycle educe euse

50. mell