Local Activities – Inspiring Change in Our School Communities
As part of our Erasmus+ project “A Happy Life in a Healthy Environment”, each partner school carried out two major local activities designed to strengthen students’ ecological awareness, promote healthy lifestyles, and foster a strong sense of community involvement. These activities—implemented simultaneously in Romania, Türkiye, Croatia, and Poland—allowed students, teachers, and families to apply the knowledge and skills gained throughout the project in real-life contexts.
The local actions encouraged participants to take responsibility for their surroundings, adopt sustainable daily habits, and appreciate the importance of physical activity, cooperation, and inclusiveness. Through ecological volunteering, sports challenges, family-oriented events, and dialogue with local stakeholders, the partner schools demonstrated that meaningful change begins at community level and can be sustained through consistency, teamwork, and shared responsibility. These activities also strengthened participants’ awareness of how small actions—walking or cycling to school, sorting waste correctly, planting a tree, or choosing outdoor play over screens—can collectively contribute to healthier, more sustainable communities.
Together, the two local activities showcased the project’s transformative impact in each partner school. They empowered students to become active, responsible citizens, reinforced the role of families as partners in education, and deepened cooperation between schools and local authorities. Most importantly, they laid the foundation for a healthier, greener, and more socially inclusive future, aligned with the project’s mission and the broader goals of sustainable development.
The two local activities were:
Local Activity 1– “Let’s Do It Romania, Türkiye, Croatia, Poland!”: an ecological volunteering campaign aligned with World Cleanup Day, where students and teachers collected waste, restored and maintained green spaces, and planted trees to protect and improve their local environments.
Local Activity 2 – “I Do Real Sports, Not Virtual!”: a movement-centered event promoting physical activity and sustainable mobility through car-free days, bicycle races, obstacle courses, and parent–child sports activities, encouraging healthier lifestyles and stronger community bonds