Country: Poland
School/ organization: Szramek High School in Katowice
Delegation leader/ teacher: Mariusz Kamrowski, Bożena Kurzeja
Students: Oliwia Gubała, Maria Żukowska, Marek Janiec, Tomasz Janiec, Maciej Kamrowski
In our project, we would like to inform the people of what a serious problem for the environment the daily use of cars poses, and of how every human can bring our society a step closer to sustainable development and life. To this end, we have done several presentations on the connection between environmental and economic issues and ways of maintaining a sustainable lifestyle in big cities. In March 2019, we carried out a survey among our schoolmates on transportation. The findings of the survey let us determine the percentage of young people who use more eco-friendly means of transport. Afterwards, our team calculated the average carbon footprint for the common student and presented the results in front of one of the classes. We have designed posters through which we inform the people of the idea of a sustainable city, and on how important public transport is in promoting a more ecological lifestyle. Our team has also measured the length of bicycle paths in the capital city of Warsaw, and, in future, we shall launch a campaign for the promotion of the use of bicycles and electric scooters in everyday life.
Carbon footprint.