What?

We Are Europe – Sustainable Development (WAE SD) is a project about Education for Sustainable Development for primary school children.

From early 2022 and along 3 years, organisations from different countries in Europe will implement a set of educational activities and create open resources.


The WAE SD project responds to the needs of children and educators by offering a variety of complementary learning
solutions that use active learning methodologies, game-based learning, storytelling, among others, that have the potential to:

• engage children, making the learning process more participative and memorable
• address more complex concepts in a comprehensive manner, namely by using storytelling
• contribute to the development of other XXI century and basic competencies, like literacy, teamwork, social competences,
ICT skills, among others
• include children with mild learning difficulties, as the array of learning solutions offered comprises inclusive approaches

Why?

Sustainable Development has been in the EU’s political Agenda for the past decades. In 2001, the EU established a Sustainable Development Strategy and more recently contributed to the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) plays a vital role in pushing forward the Agenda for Sustainable Development.
All educational institutions ranging from preschool to tertiary education and including both non-formal and informal education should consider it their responsibility to address sustainable development and to foster the development of key cross-cutting competencies related to sustainability (Issues and Trends in ESD, UN, 2018).

All educational institutions ranging from preschool to tertiary education and including both non-formal and informal education
should consider it their responsibility to address sustainable development and to foster the development of key cross-cutting
competencies related to sustainability (Issues and Trends in ESD, UN, 2018).
Starting ESD early in life should then be a priority. It is at an early age that children often experience the greatest
environmental challenges, and it’s when the foundations of many of their fundamental attitudes and values are established.
We know from research that even very young children are capable of sophisticated thinking in relation to socioenvironmental
issues and that the earlier ESD ideas are introduced, the greater their impact.

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