The Gmund elementary school has another title: it is now an environmental and sustainability school.
She earned the title with many promotions.
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primary school already has the title of Fairtrade School.
Now it is also allowed to call itself “Environment School in Europe / International Sustainability School”.
The Bavarian Nature Conservation Association (LBV), Environment Minister Thorsten Glauber and Education Minister Michael Piazolo have presented the award, which the headmistress Susanne Riedl, her team of 15 teachers and the 181 pupils can now be proud of.
However, for the time being only for one year, as long as the title is valid.
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With the award, Gmund is in good company with a total of 509 schools across Bavaria.
The school convinced the expert jury that it is committed to climate and biodiversity and promotes global and intergenerational justice.
Flower strips, bird protection and raised bed: the school could prove a lot
Eight classes and ten teachers set to work in two fields of activity: biological diversity in the school environment as well as the topic of regionality, regional nutrition, consumption and lifestyle.
"The fact that dealing consciously with nature and the environment has played a major role here for 30 years and that we also have the Fairtrade School award certainly helped us with our application," says the Rector.
The school was able to demonstrate a number of concrete results in the area of biodiversity: an insect-friendly flower strip, measures in the area of bird protection, the creation and maintenance of a raised bed including processing of the harvest as well as contact with external experts, for example at the Moosrain apiary.
There is good organic milk in the staff room
Gmund was also able to demonstrate successful campaigns in the second field of action, regionality.
These ranged from organic milk in the teachers' room and the distribution of organic school fruit to the garbage-free school yard, packaging-free sandwiches, copy-free weeks, contact with the Oberland energy transition, the exchange with the Miesbach grammar school and the Quirin primary school in Holzkirchen - both of which are already environmental schools - or the Commitment to sustainable mobility.
Participation in city cycling and alternatives to “parent taxis” were documented.
After all, the school scored with the news that it addresses education for sustainable development every day at school and makes it tangible.
Award should not remain a flash in the pan
How was all of this possible given the changing phases of face-to-face and distance teaching?
"Even before the pandemic, we had dealt with the application," says Susanne Riedl, "a lot was more or less prepared and then also possible in distance lessons." The award is not meant to be a flash in the pan.
"We're already registered for the next round," reveals the Rector.
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