EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project

Today we celebrate the International Day of the Tropics! 🎉

This day honors the extraordinary diversity of the tropics and highlights the unique challenges and opportunities faced by tropical nations. It provides an opportunity to take stock of progress across the tropics, to share tropical stories and expertise and to acknowledge the diversity and potential of the region.

Through EcoPodcasts, we aim to raise awareness about the incredible beauty of our planet and the urgent need to protect and cherish it. Let's come together to celebrate and safeguard our tropical treasures. 🌴🎙️🌿

June is when many people start preparing for Plastic Free July. ☀️ Whether you're getting together a reusable kit or looking for places to buy unpackaged produce or bulk foods, now's the time to get ready to choose to refuse single-use plastic.

Small steps now will add up to make big changes during July! Join 100+ million participants worldwide by being counted and taking the challenge on our website. Participants tell us that the tips and tricks in our weekly emails during July help them to keep motivated during the challenge. ♻️

🔗 https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/take-the-challenge/

The is currently being piloted by the partner schools and/or their selected collaborating educational institutions. 🎙

Check out the podcasts produced by the students and teachers of Geo Milev in Bulgaria! You'll find interesting topics developed by the students, such as Air Pollution, Sustainability and Recycling and Waste Disposal. 💯

This and other podcasts in english are now available at https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/podcast/ - have a listen and let us know what you think! 💚

Stay tuned as the students' podcasts are currently developed, and join the Network!

https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/ & http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/

On the 5th of June we celebrated the ! Through our project, we aim to raise the awareness of schoolchildren and young adults about the Environment and Climate Change through a playful and interesting way: Podcasts. You can find these amazing EcoPodcasts Originals on our Platform (https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/) to get inspired! 💚

But let this day also be a reminder of what is happening to our Environment at the moment. The UN Environment Programme put this years focus on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are .” Drought and desertification are threatening essential ecosystems across the planet, including freshwater ecosystems and soil, the connective tissue that makes all life on Earth possible. 🌍

Let's come together and be the by protecting the environment in every way we can! 💯

Discover the podcasts produced by the students and teachers of the “Giovanni Calò” State Technical and Economic Institute of Franceville Fontana (BR) and the Liceo Scientifico e Linguistico Statale “A. Vallone” of Galatina (LE) in Italy in collaboration with the project partner University of Salento. 🎙

You will find interesting topics developed by students I.T.E. Calo', such as "Pollution of the marine and coastal environment caused by the excessive use of plastic" dedicated to how to commit to using less plastic, a pollutant that dominates our beaches and seas, causing damage to the fish that live there and to us who feed on them. 🌅

The EcoPodcasts Originals form the A. Vallone include topics such as "Visit the Natura 2000 Acquatina Frigole Network Site" dedicated to the issues of conservation, sustainability and value of the natural environments they are visiting and "touching first-hand" at the Acquatina di Frigole Basin (Lecce). 🌿

This and other podcasts in Italian are now available at https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/ listen and let us know what you think! 💚

Stay tuned as student podcasts are currently being developed and join the Network!

https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/ & http://www.ecopodcasts.eu

Today we celebrate ! Biodiversity is crucial for our and everyone elses survival on this planet. Let's come together to preserve and protect what was given to us. 🌎 💚

In Portugal, the partner school AECCB takes us on a botanical journey in their latest series of EcoPodcasts Originals: "Green Talks".🎙

You'll hear dialogues between unlikely but fascinating characters - the spontaneous and endemic plants of Parque Devesa, an urban park in Vila nova de Famalicãoin northern Portugal. The students explore the rich biodiversity of this urban oasis through creativity and environmental inspiration.🌍

Stay tuned as the students' podcasts are currently developed, and join the Network! 💚

https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/ & http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/

On the celebration of the Europe Day, we would like to acknowledge the welcome investments of the European Union, through the funding of important and timely Educational, Research and Innovation Projects, which aim at strengthening the European scenario at different sectors and levels.

On behalf of our projects: # ; LightCode Erasmus+ Project; EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project; and EnCycLEd Erasmus Project, we sincerely thank the European Commission !

Happy Europe Day!


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In Austria, the Lichtenfels Gymnasium in Graz launched the EcoPodcasts initiative under the guidance of Prof. Daniel Truppe-Bugram. Students from the 9th and 11th grade are creating remarkable EcoPodcasts. 🎙

Inspired by the documentary film “2040 - We Save the World” and the “TED-ED Earth School,” these students have delved into various climate change-related topics. Whether working in teams or individually, they express their creativity on subjects such as environmental protection measures, recycling practices, sustainable food choices, and combating ocean pollution. 🌍

Stay tuned as the students' podcasts are currently developed, and join the Network! 💚
https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/ &
http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/

Highlights of the EcoPodcasts Project Multiplier Event in Portugal, organized by the Agrupamento de Escolas Camilo Castelo Branco 🎯🎙🎉

Happy World Tolerance Day! 🌍🤝 Let's take a moment to appreciate the incredible diversity of life on Earth. Just as ecosystems thrive when different species coexist, so can we thrive by embracing each other's uniqueness. In a world that celebrates differences, tolerance becomes the bridge to understanding and unity. 🌈💚

Happy World Kindness Day! 🌍💙
Let's spread love and compassion not only among ourselves but also to our beautiful planet. Small acts of kindness towards Earth, like reducing waste and embracing sustainable practices, can make a big difference. Together, let's create a world where kindness extends to every corner of our home.🌱💚

The Agrupamento de Escolas Camilo Castelo Branco (AECCB) has published their next European Journal! It is a report about their acivities and developments that took place in the second half of the year 2023 in its member's institutions.

Besides the EcoPodcasts project, they are involved in many other Erasmus+ projects which you can find in the report starting on page 34. We are proud to have this school group as a partner in the EcoPodcasts project which is featured on pages 61 to 63. Doing justice to its multicultural approach, all texts of the journal are both in Portuguese and English. Feel free to dive right in! (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PUtnXWRzkvg435pINm7vvaw3PWDJq0Km/view?usp=sharing)

It is great to have a team that has so much experience with Erasmus+ projects as the AECCB and is so enthusiastic about the European values. We are already looking forward to the next issure of the AECCB Journal, where we will be able to report about our progress!

The second Newsletter (2023/2) of the EcoPodcast project is now available on the project's website: http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/toolbox
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcgJKIo2VIOSC6t4nnT5CBujC9Oqai2K/view

We have been working non-stop since the start of the project and are proud to present the second issue, containing some the following contents:

A long period of virtual interactions among consortium partners led to the first face-to-face meeting in Malta during which the team managed to speed up its productive work together. Take a look at the Project Progress section to follow up on those outputs. In the section Project Publications you can find the published material which could be interesting for and useful to you.

We were able to organize the "Learning Teaching Training Activity" (LTTA) in Italy to broaden school-teachers horizon on the project in the form of a workshop.

Interesting for teachers as well as students to know: We launched the EcoPodcasts Platform (https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/) were you can find already published podcasts, the EcoPodcasts Originals recorded by our partner schools, as well as the "Teacher Resource Pool".

In the section Network and Synergies, the connections between the project and the relevant existing communities and initiatives are highlighted, as they have been continuously set.

At the end we want to direct you to our Social Media channels, so you do not miss any of our updates: you can find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Good luck with the project piloting phase! 🍀👍👏

Bravo 👏 👏

The last module of the Teachers’ training toolkit “Reflection Guide” provides practical guidance for applying reflection sessions in the classroom after each implementation phase of the project’s curriculum.
This module was developed by REACH and can be found here: http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/toolbox

School education comes from teachers and to prep them with everything they need to get students speaking about our environment we published our next module:
The module “Using radio & podcasts in class” provides a comprehensive online and offline guide on how to utilize the tools of podcasts and support students in storytelling and interviewing. Both modules (1) and (2) were developed by the University of Macedonia and can be found here: http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/toolbox

Following the two already published Teacher toolkits we present the third one. The module “Applying design thinking and project-based learning in environmental education” intends to familiarize teachers with these educational approaches and offer them guidelines and examples on how to practically apply those. You can find it here: http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/toolbox

Not long ago we were able to publish the Teachers' training toolkit on our website: http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/toolbox
The module “EcoPodcasts Platform and Application Handbook” provides an instructional manual of the platform’s basic features, with detailed instructions on how to use them and how to guide students and other teachers to be engaged, interact and upload resources and podcasts. This module was developed by the Malta partner International Integrity Foundation IIF, who also developed the module "Tips and Guides for Community Engagement".

On this special day, we want to thank all educators who shape the minds of tomorrow and inspire us every day. Thank you for shaping the future one lesson at a time 💚

Take a look at our practical guide on "How to create a podcast", edited by the team at the University of Macedonia in Greece with the participation of all the Ecopodcasts project partners, which is available on our website. The aim of the guide is to provide students with the necessary information on both the equipment needed to produce a podcast and aspects of the creative process.
In the infographic below, created by the REACH team, you can get an idea of the topics covered by the manual, focusing on two important aspects: 1) what is needed to create a podcast? and 2) the essence of podcasting. We believe that, with our guide, we can help facilitate the use of podcasts in class as well as a means of expressing concerns about environmental protection and climate change.
Download the guide and A4 posters of the infographic in our toolbox section (http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/toolbox)! Feel free to send us your feedback and share it with any educator you think might like it!

Within EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project, we keep in mind the three R's - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle - not just during the Secondhand September, but all the time!

Illustration-Credits: Designed by pikisuperstar / Freepik

EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project is currently being piloted by the partner-schools and/or their selected collaborating educational institutions, in the countries of Bulgaria, Greece, Austria, Malta, Italy and Portugal.

Check the first podcasts produced by the students and teachers in Malta in collaboration with the IIF project partner.

They are already available at https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/podcast/ - have a listen and let us know what you think!

Stay tuned as the students' podcasts are currently developed, and join the ! https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/ &
http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/

📢 Our EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project REACH Team met today the Teachers from the Lichtenfels school in Graz (http://lichtenfels.at), who became "Champions" of the EcoPodcats Platform (https://go.ecopodcasts.eu/) after participating on the project's training workshop in Italy. Now the goal is to pilot the EcoPodcasts Project 🇪🇺 at their school 🇦🇹. Stay tuned for more! 🎯

Let's take sometime today to reflect about the importance of protecting the environment.😉

➡️ Our EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project is making a step forward within European Schools' Communities to use alternative and motivating technical means to bring awareness on this topic and to educate people about the challenges of climate change and the necessity of conservation of natural resources. ♻️🎙🎧🌿🔊🎤🍀

What about you? 🎯




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🌿🗣️ It is not yet too late to take action for a and for a lifestyle! 💚

Plastic Free July

🌿🗣️ It is not yet too late to take action for a #plasticfreejuly and for a #plasticfree lifestyle! 💚

If you are interested in getting to know details about what happened in the 3-Days event of the EcoPodcasts Erasmus+ Project LTTA (Learning, Training and Teaching Activity) Teachers Workshop in Frigole, Italy, last month, check the report about it in the project’s website (http://www.ecopodcasts.eu/cms/index.php/posts-news). 🌿🎤🎧♻️🇪🇺

There, you will also find a short video, compiled by the Austrian Team REACH Innovation, including contribution from some Consortium Partners and Teachers, Members of the invited Schools about had their reflections on the implementation challenges they faced or that they envisage to face with their students when piloting the project and producing the podcasts.
We hope you enjoy the short video about some of the "EcoPodcasts Implementation Challenges" and we are now doing our best to implement best ways to overcome them!

https://youtu.be/iyJ_8620zIo

The EcoPodcasts Project wishes the best of luck to all its partners and collaborators, with the production of Climate Issues Podcasts with their students! ♻️🎤🎧🌿🔊🎙🍀.

EcoPodcasts Project - Implementation Challenges