Author: Iro Alampei

On 24/11/2022, EFFEBI Association hosted a training event presenting the main project outcomes and deliverables: the PLASTEAM App; the Recommendations for teachers & students to make their school “plastic-free”; the Contest, and the STEAM-Box, a virtual box with didactical activities about plastics.

The event was addressed to teachers and trainers, aiming to inform them of the project’s tools and to share tips on how to implement these in their everyday school life. The participants had the chance to try themselves one of the STEAM-Box activities (the Rs of Sustainability), through which students can familiarize with the various Rs approach and reflect on how they can contribute to tackle plastic pollution.

During the event, the teachers walked the shoes of their students and shared thoughts on the relevancy of the project and urgency of such activities, so to make pupils agents of change already at a very young age.

On September 27th, within the 4^th transnational meeting of PLASTEAM, a 90 min webinar was held, aiming to inform interested educators on how to use the STEAM-Box educational material. The webinar was attended by 33 participants joining from the partner schools and beyond. It was recorded so that it can be used in the future.  

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Find STEAM-Box material in many languages: ENGLISH, ROMANIAN, DUTCH, GREEK,  ITALIAN.
Download the PPT that outlines the material, activity by activity.

The 4th transnational PLASTEAM meeting took place on 27-28 September 2022 in an hybrid format: It combined a face-to-face event in Timisoara, and an online interaction with those partners that could not travel to Romania. The partners discussed the progress in the project and especially its next steps, which is the Competition and the STEAM-Box Labs.

This condense practical document identifies a series of challenges that students and families may face in their efforts to minimize their plastic footprint, and for each challenge there is one or more recommendations how to overcome them.

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This condense practical document identifies a series of challenges that teachers and school managers face, in their efforts towards a plastic free school, and for each challenge there is one or more recommendations how to overcome them.

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Following the co-decided methodology, the STEAM-Box educational material is out. The material that includes 14 activities is envisaged to support schools in their effort to minimise their plastic use and resulting wastes.

Find STEAM-Box in many languages: ENGLISH, ROMANIAN, DUTCH, GREEK, ITALIAN.
Download the PPT/PDF that outlines the material, activity by activity.
Find the methodology behind its development

UPDATE (27/9/2022): Watch the VIDEO (recording of a webinar that took place on 27/09/2022)
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This interactive map available in 11 languages, presents a number of invaluable guidelines for businesses, public authorities, NGOs, schools and universities on how best to phase out single-use plastics through effective and informative examples.

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