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Developing capacity to teach sustainability in VET

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  • Home
  • Instructors
    • Teachers’ Guide
    • Theory package
      • Unit 1 – Introduction to the Training Package
      • Unit 2 – Sustainability
      • Unit 3 – UN Sustainable Development Goals
      • Unit 4 – Sustainability in Practice
      • Unit 5 – Circular Economy
      • Unit 6 – Lean Management
      • Unit 7 – Sustainability in Education
    • Electronic Toolbox
    • Learning package for students
  • Learners
    • Introduction
    • Learning package
    • 360º environments
  • Blog
  • About the project
  • Partners and Contact details
  • Piloting event in Graz, Austria
  • The Four Pillars of Sustainability
  • Train2Sustain LTT activity in Omnia, Espoo
  • Learning, Teaching and Training activity at ATEC – Portugal
  • Zero Waste
  • Different ways to travel
  • LTT meeting in Denmark
  • Fashion is one of the most polluting industries
  • Green Tech Cluster in Austria
  • Increase the amount of vegetarian food and reduce waste
  • Upcycling bread
  • The contribution of Artificial Intelligence to Sustainability
  • Visit to a waste management company Stormossen
  • Online LTT Event Austria
  • Lean Green and Sustainability in VET
  • Piloting event in Graz, Austria

    21.3.2023 /

    At the end of January, we had the pleasure to implement the piloting event of our project together with VET teachers and trainers from Finland, Portugal, Denmark and Austria. The event took place at bit schulungscenter in Graz, Austria. On the first day, we had the possibility to get to know each other better and the project and its results were introduced to the participants. Then, the first and second project result – the theory package for teachers and students as well as the activity toolkit – were presented in the setting of a learning cafe. The teachers could have a look at the materials and received a lot of…

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  • The Four Pillars of Sustainability

    27.12.2022 /

    “Sustainable development can be defined as progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Brundtland In the beginning we organized the sustainability in three pillars: The three pillars of sustainability are important because they offer a framework that can be used to evaluate the sustainability of an organization, business, product, or service. Finally, the 3 pillars are also used to define the goals of green technology, leading the way towards a sustainable future. But development happens and now we start discussing four pillars of sustainability:

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  • Train2Sustain LTT activity in Omnia, Espoo

    25.11.2022 /

    Omnia hosted the fourth LTT activity of the Train2Sustain project in hybrid mode in Espoo, Finland on 15.-17.11.2022. Partners from Vaasa, Denmark and Portugal gathered in Espoo for three days to discuss and work on the themes of sustainability and circular economy. Our Austrian partner couldn’t make it to Finland but participated online.

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  • Learning, Teaching and Training activity at ATEC – Portugal

    28.10.2022 /

    From the 5th to 9th of September, the Train2Sustain partners met at ATEC in Palmela, Portugal, for the second face to face Learning, Teaching and Training Activity. The meeting started with a presentation of ATEC’s activities and the Portuguese Education and Training System, followed by a walk around the facilities, in which partners had the opportunity to follow the training developed by ATEC and talk with some of the trainees.

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  • Zero Waste

    2.9.2022 /

    Buy less, choose well, make it last Vivienne Westwood What is the idea behind zero waste anyway? Feel free to join a short thought experiment: When you get up in the morning, you brush your teeth and take a shower. The toothpaste tube, the toothbrush, the bottles for shampoo, shower gel and conditioner – everything is made of plastic. Then you go to the kitchen and make yourself a sandwich for work. The toast, the cheese, the ham and the peppers – everything comes from a triple layer of plastic. On the way to work, you get a coffee at the bakery – once again the lid is plastic. Now…

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  • Different ways to travel

    19.7.2022 /

    What is sustainable travelling? Sustainable travelling is not just minimizing your carbon footprint choosing the most ecological transport. “Sustainable tourism is all about achieving a balance between economic growth, human well-being and environmental health. It focuses on reducing the negative impacts of tourism and on maximizing the positive benefits for communities, cultures, ecosystems, and the planet.” https://sustainabletravel.org/top-10-tips-for-sustainable-travel/ We decided to find out the difference between travelling the traditional way or doing it in a sustainble manner. Our experiment was carried out during the trips to and from our project meeting in Sønderborg, Denmark.

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  • LTT meeting in Denmark

    24.6.2022 /

    Twelve enthusiastic persons representing 4 European countries meet at EUC Syd in May 2022 in the project Train to Sustain. The topic was sustainability in many relations and contexts. We need more globes “Sønderborg Forsyning”, www.sonfor.dk, demonstrated how to handle waste and wastewater and here we learned about involvement of society, citizens, and educational programs from primary school and onwards throughout the whole education system – from ABC to PhD.High-end engineering in combination with a clear vision is told to the public through events and clever information really made a change and impact in Sønderborg. We need more globes if we keep consuming as we do now: The world 1.6…

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  • Fashion is one of the most polluting industries

    16.5.2022 /

    According to Industry Europe, European textile consumption ranks number four in the terms of environmental impact after food, housing and mobility. Textiles is the third highest area of consumption of water and land use, and fifth highest for the use of primary raw material. Textiles are used in clothing, household goods, furniture, medical and protective equipment and makes a day of our everyday life and the production and consumption of textiles continue to grow. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation global textile production almost doubled between 2000 and 2015. The European Environment Agency expect textiles consumption to grow by 63% by 2030.

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  • Green Tech Cluster in Austria

    24.3.2022 /

    In this article, we want to introduce the Green Tech Cluster to you, which is located in Styria, Austria. The Green Tech Cluster is a global centre for innovative energy and environmental technology. It was founded in 2005 with 80 organisations. Nowadays, it consists of more than 200 companies and research institutions. Together, they want to make our planet greener. The aim of Green Tech Cluster is to show that sustainable actions do not only cause costs, but they lead to a global competitive advantage. Therefore, the member organisations of the cluster are working on many diverse innovative solutions for more sustainable and circular actions and processes in different fields:

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  • Increase the amount of vegetarian food and reduce waste

    7.3.2022 /

    Omnia’s student restaurants are constantly striving to find new ways to increase the amount of vegetarian food, reduce waste and operate in a safe manner. Three thousand diners visit Omnia’s seven student restaurants every day. The more diners there are, the more food is also prepared, and the greater the impact of the choices made in the kitchen. Omnia’s food services are constantly considering how to produce food more sustainably and safely.

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