Right now, we are searching for high school teachers and classes in both Baden-Württemberg and California to partner up, to learn together about sustainability, and to develop green action plans in their communities!
What do state partners Baden-Württemberg and California have in common? They’re both GOING GREEN, of course!
The d.a.i. Tübingen is excited to have the opportunity to organize an exciting new transatlantic classroom collaboration project for sustainability, entitled "Going Green - Baden-Württemberg Meets California."
Right now, we are searching for high school teachers and classes in both Baden-Württemberg and California to partner up, to learn together about sustainability, and to develop green action plans in their communities!
How do the "Going Green" Partnerships work?
These project collaborations are flexible and can be conceptualized as:
For which school subjects is "Going Green" suitable?
“Going Green” integrates well into the curriculum of several school subjects, particularly English, (bilingual) Geography, Science, Math, Engineering and Informatics. Alongside promoting English language skills, “Going Green” also supports skill development in using CALL – Computer Assisted Learning and MALL - Mobile Assisted Learning systems, as well as in media literacy. Community action plans from previous Going Green participant schools range from the installation of refill stations, to the planning of community awareness events, to the development of web campaigns.
(© Joannis Kaliampos, Leuphana Universität)
(© Joannis Kaliampos, Leuphana Universität)
During two iterations of the collaborations, one from March – June 2020 and one from September – December 2020, California and Baden-Württemberg high school classrooms are partnered up to learn about sustainability together and create their very own community action plans.
In both June 2020 and December 2020, all Baden-Württemberg and California classroom action plans will be submitted to a state-wide competition for a PRIZE and to be awarded at a ceremony here in Baden-Württemberg! Participating classrooms which submit a project before the end of May 2020 also have a chance to participate in a national project competition!
From now until Monday, March 2nd we are accepting registrations for one of the Going Green Teacher Trainings being offered in multiple cities in Baden-Württemberg.
Project Deadlines
Going Green Iteration 1: March – June 2020
Going Green Iteration 2: September – December 2020
"Going Green" Teacher Training
Baden-Württemberg teachers that would like to take part in the project should attend a “Going Green Teacher Training” held at each of the German-American institutes in Baden-Württemberg. Even if you are just interested and not yet sure if you can take part in Going Green, you are welcome to attend the Teacher Training.
Teacher Seminar "Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM/MINT Classroom" by Joannis Kaliampos, Research Assistant and PhD candidate, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Please contact Sarah Taylor at Sarah.Taylor@dai-tuebingen.de to register for one of the Teacher Trainings by Monday, March 2nd!
This project is funded entirely by the state of Baden-Württemberg and seeks to bring the Baden-Württemberg – California state partnership to the civic level in an unprecedented form.
A huge “vielen Dank” to the Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg for the financial support of this project!
An additional thanks to our partners at Teach About U.S., the intercultural blended-learning platform used for the Going Green – Education for Sustainability project. Teach About U.S. is a cooperation by the U.S. Embassy Berlin, Leuphana University Lüneburg, and LIFE e.V.
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