Greek Sustainable School

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Published: Feb 1, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dial.8885
Keywords:
Sustainable School whole school approach Education for Sustainable Development school climate school transformation citizenship
Aggeliki Trikaliti
Greek Sustainable School
Abstract
The “Greek Sustainable School” is a program that promotes the philosophy of sustainable school. The sustainable school is a visionary school that operates as a community, aiming to create a suitable school climate in which the involvement of all members in the management of common goods is encouraged, the democracy and human rights served, learning, culture, health and sustainable development are promoted and active and creative citizens are developed. The program Greek Sustainable School tries to highlight the school's transformation mechanisms in sustainable.  Τhe whole school approach has adopted and the introduction of sustainability in school is divided and organized around eight pillars, in order to encourage teachers to engage incrementally in processes of transformation of their schools and to monitor the progress of the changes they make. The eight pillars are: Democracy and Participation, Learning Framework, Culture and Arts, Building and Yard, Energy and Transportations, Water and Waste, Health and Nutrition, from the Local to the Global.
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