EkoSkola Malta

ERASMUS+ Project Caring for Our Waters – Marine litter training for educators

The ERASMUS+ project by Gozo College Żebbuġ primary under the coordination of Nature Trust has started of with the first group of educators going to Athens for a week long about marine litter, single use plastics, effects on wildlife and what actions can be done especially from the classroom and school setting.

The participating educators had a very intensive 7 day training, 9am to 5pm, provided by MEdIES, supported by Nature trust and co funded by the European Commission.  The training involved exploring resource packs, adapting lessons to different age groups and abilities, catering for special students, creating new resources and learning about innovative resources,  fieldwork, linking with other educators from Greece and Spain,  visiting a research centre, a shipping company and a plastic recycling/upcycling company to see the whole plastic issue which is polluting our seas from different

perspectives and hence go deeper into the situation learning about the causes, effects and what actions need to be taken both on a personal basis, on a school basis and on a national basis.  The workshops also explored deeply the Marlisco educational resource pack. The aim of the school is to work on all fronts through its EkoSkola committee, mobilising the whole school,  the village community and also reaching out to the authorities.   This project is intended to create awareness, reach out to as many people as possible but on a more personal/school

level, cater for the varied needs of the students attending the school,  including all of them notwithstanding their various language limitations, cultures, religions and backgrounds through a common topic of interest,  the sea around us,  something we are all close to and enjoy throughout summer and the rest of the year being a small island.