Environmental and Social innovative practices in educative contexts

Third-party on-site course

Environmental and Social innovative practices in educative contexts

The course offers innovative and practical operative toolkits in sustainability education, designed to foster environmental awareness and to instigate tangible action in project development among educative communities, in order to generate local, national or transnational societal change.

Last updated: 24.03.2025

Next upcoming session:

14.07.2025 - 19.07.2025

Croatia , Jadranska Hrvatska , Crikvenica

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Description

Course Programme

Monday 14: Introduction to the Design Thinking methodology for project development. Presentation of the “Social and Environmental Innovation Toolkit”
Tuesday 15: Design Thinking for environmental awareness: co-creation activities and observation of the on-site case study
Wednesday 16: Design Thinking for environmental awareness: defining the Point of View and tools for creative solution finding
Thursday 17: Design Thinking for environmental awareness: ideation and prototype of a solution
Friday 18: Design Thinking for environmental awareness: finalisation of the prototype phase. How to apply the “Social and Environmental Innovation Toolkit” in different contexts.
Saturday: Final assessment

Learning objectives

The program introduces participants to the main European frameworks such as the strategies of the Green New Deal and the New European Bauhaus values of sustainability, beauty and togetherness.

Methodology & assessment

The program navigates the STEAM territory where botany, social and design research meet. Students will be introduced to vegetal knowledge and will prepare to address some of the problems emerging from the environmental and social transformations that affect the contemporary world.

Materials, digital tools & other learning resources

Participants will navigate skills ranging from biology to sociology, from architecture to engineering, interact in a group of researchers with an applicative perspective that will sustain the design of a personal or a co-created project.

Certification details

Certificate of attendance

Pricing, packages and other information

Price:

1500

Euro
Course package content:
- Half-board accommodation (breakfast + dinner) in a Twin room at Holiday Resort AD Torres shared with another participant of the same gender
- Local transfers connecting hotel, training venue and beaches
- Course fee for the attendance in one of the courses available in the Summer School catalogue (6 days)
- Half-day boat excursion with degustation of local wines, meats and cheeses
- Administrative and certification costs
Additional information:

Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
Cancellation & changes:

In case the participant cancels his/her attendance at the training activities, he/she has to pay the fee and/or compensation as follows:
until 1 month before the beginning of the course: no fees;
from 2 weeks before the beginning of the course: 50% of the course fee;
from 5 days before the beginning of the course: 80% of the course fee.
Additional information:

The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).

Additional information

Language:

English
Target audience ISCED:

Primary education (ISCED 1)

Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)

Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
Target audience type:

Teacher

Teacher Educator

Not-for-profit / NGO staff
Learning time:

20-25 hours