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By grade 12 of the Goethe Gymnasium in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with teacher Mrs. Herbrand-Escher

Have you ever wondered where plastic actually comes from? The students from Goethe Gymnasium in Schwerin don‘t just answer this question in their Prezi. They designed an action plan for their school that comprises an annual sustainability day, a plan for a compost and school garden, and a water filling station. Wow!

By grade 10 of the Gymnasium der Stadt Alsdorf in Northrhine Westfalia with teacher Anissa Schiffer

They launched a massive public campaign and reached out to their community, e.g. they debated with local politicians, business representatives, and journalists. Their project even made it into the local newspaper, as well as motivating fellow citizens to donate clothes to a charity.

Friderico-Francisceum-Gymnasium zu Bad Doberan, English 12.1, teacher Ms. Witt

A hundred shades of… green! That‘s right, the students from Bad Doberan created their own vision of the sustainable city of the future and this is their motto. On their website, the students explain this vision with their own concept of future transportation, buildings, and energy supply. They also created a stop-motion film, which is part of their TV and street art campaign for greening our cities.

Schuldorf Bergstraße, bilingual Biology Grundkurs Q1, teacher Ms. Oldenburg

„Superstainable“ – this is the name of a board game that was created as part of the action plan of a course at Schuldorf Bergstraße. They say: “Realizing that our peers already know quite a bit about sustainability in theory and seeing at the same time that actually living a sustainable lifestyle seems to be a challenge. We believe that we can raise awareness within our school’s community by having more and more people play this game and talk about it, discussing sustainability issues while getting you inspired to act.”

Goethe-Gymnasium Frankfurt, M., bilingual biology course 10th grade, teacher Ms. Schröter

The students at the Goethe-Gymnasium in Frankfurt want to raise awareness on the impacts of buying non-seasonal or non-regional products. They worked as a team to create a blog and to inform people at the shopping mall of their city. The centerpiece of their action plan is a mobile app called “ Greenate”. This app shows its users where to find the nearest store, restaurant, or market selling regional and organic products.

Key Club, Nürnberg, teacher Ms. Roeber

Students from the Key Club in Nuremberg came up with the idea for a 3-step action plan titled „Awareness – Education – Recycling“. In the first phase, the plan launches a social media “selfie” campaign. Phase 2 then includes an initiative that would bring sustainability experts to Bavarian schools, to organize educational workshops. The project’s final phase would be the “Upcycling Art Festival” that the students will host in their town.

Awarded by the Going Green Team

Goethe-Oberschule Berlin, LK Englisch 1st term & the Green Team of Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, AR, teacher Ms. Kurzmann

GoetheGoesGreen – this is the title of the blog created by students in two different countries! Students from Goethe-Oberschule in Berlin and Fayetteville HS in Fayetteville, AR came together to design a green plan for both of their schools. The plan states, “Together with the Green Team of our partner school in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, we figured out a plan for living completely environmentally friendly for one week in 2015. We will keep you up to date with our challenge ideas on our website.”

BIP Kreativitätsgymnasium Leipzig, 11th grade English LK, teacher Ms. Naumann