Results of the 2 surveys on carbon footprint

Here are the analyses of the 2 surveys made in January 2012 and January 2013.
Thank you for answering the questions and asking your friends and family to answer these questions as well

ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT

FOR THE 8 COMENIUS PARTNERS

Aim : When our 8 Comenius partners decided to do a survey about the attitudes of children in each school and their parents as far as recycling and green behaviour were concerned , we intended to compare these behaviours at the beginning of our project in December 2011 and near the end of our project in January 2013. We hoped that our actions would help our students and their parents become aware of the importance of preserving our environment tanks to very simple actions.

Protocol We asked 40 simple questions to the same persons in December 2011 and January 2013. Our 8 partners had agreed on the appropriate questions that could apply in our 8 countries.

We chose a sample of 100 people in each country. This number varied in January 2013 because some of our students had left the school and could not be reached.

The results for the 2011 and the 2013 surveys are given in percentage.

Results We decided not to compare our countries with one another as a lot of factors interact in each country that individuals cannot control ( for example are there enough national or regional incentives in each country to encourage / favour recycling and alternative energies? )

We decided to analyse the data for each country and to see which country improved a lot .

We must say that we did not intend to make a competition between countries but to educate our students in each country as much as we could.

FRANCE

improved their behaviour :

- more people know what carbon footprint is from 53 % up to 70%.

- almost everyone recycles paper ( except for 3 %)

- more people empty paper recycling bins at school ( 29% up to 71%)

- many more people recycle paper at school ( from 37 up to 94%)

- almost everyone recycles glass , from 74% up to 99%

- almost everyone recycles plastic from 73% to 99%

- more people have a garden and a place to compost

- 20% more people recycle batteries , mainly in shops

- more people always recycle ink cartridges

-saving electricity : more people turn off their appliances ( from 14% up to 39% ) or turn off the lights when they leave a room ( 47 to 70%)

- the temperature in houses is 19° but they use gas rather than electricity

- saving water : more people turn off the tap when they wash their teeth or wash their hair

- the number of people having a shower doubled ( 47% to 87%)

- fewer people have a bath

- fewer people eat meat

- as more pupils live closer to school ( 36% to 47% ) they walk more or take public transport

- many more people use their own bags to go shopping

did no better : - they have the same number of cars

- as many people "do it yourself "

- as many people use public transport to go on small errands

did worse : - more people take their cars to go on small errands

Recycling paper was one of the main action at school and it did work !

The city also encourages people to recycle , having massive advertising campaigns , which explains why people are aware of the benefits of recycling

All in all we can say that improving one's behaviour and changing one's habits take a long time , but we know that our actions and our schools will go on after the end of our Comenius project. We are proud of our students who did their best to take part in this new way of being citizens of the world respectful of their environment.

We can notice it is easier to recycle when students and the population are given the means to recycle , such as bins or efficient collections of the goods that can be recycled.

To conclude even if the results may not be as good as we expected them to be , we can say that we also are confident in the snowball effect of our survey, as people talked to each other about recycling and new ways of consuming or reducing their consumption.

Ces deux enquêtes réalisées sur des échantillons de 100 personnes à un an d'intervalle ( janv.2012 et janv. 2013) montrent des comportements plus citoyens, conscients de l'enjeu environnemental. Les personnes interrogées ont recyclé davantage , ont essayé de marcher ou de prendre les transports en commun ou leur vélo à la place d'une voiture lorsque c'était possible, mais il reste des progrès à effectuer ...
Le recyclage du papier a beaucoup progressé au Lycée Pierre d'Ailly, les élèves utilisent les bacs bleus et se servent des brouillons mis à leur disposition.

A la maison on essaie d'économiser l'électricité et l'eau.

Brava à tous !

DEPLACEMENT EN BULGARIE March 24th to March 29th

OUR MOBILITY TO BULGARIA

Monday March 25th 2013 The first day our Bulgarian friends welcomed us according to old Bulgarian traditions (with salt, bread and geranium).
Arrivée au Lycée de Vratsa

 

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• cérémonie d'accueil ( pain, sel et branche de géranium)

After that we saw traditional Bulgarian dances called "Rachenitsa", a small exhibition which represents the history of their school from the years of its creation to nowadays and some products made from recycled materials.

• Cours de Danses traditionnelles

Then we all went to the conference room where the head master said some words and then they showed us a nice short video about Bulgarian history, culture and beauty. Then we had a short break after which we went to the Hemus hotel, where we had lunch.

 

Présentation du Lycée par M. le Proviseur et vidéeo sur l'histoire de la Bulgarie . Repas traditionnel délicieux !

• After that we toured two museums in Vratsa, one about Bulgarian traditions , archeology in the city and another one about a famous man in Vratsa , Mumo OrozoB who invented carts

Visite des musées de la ville

Chloe Le Doaré

On Tuesday , March 26th we left Vratsa for the town of Veliko Tarnoko. After 3 hours on the bus, we went sightseeing.
Excursion à Veliko Tarnovo , ancienne capitale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 la forteresse , Axelle , Julie , Alexia et Chloé

 

We first visited the Tsarevets fortress with a guide who narrated us the story of the fortress. It was a beautiful huge place. At the top of it, we could visit a kind of church/museum.

 

After, we visited another museum, about the Renaissance, but it was less interesting – to me.
Parlement où fut signé la première constitution

 

Then we ate at the restaurant, it was delicious, and to finish we had 1 hour of free time.

 

 

 

 

 

 Julie Perciaux

 

 

 

 

 

We walked through the town, my pen friend telling me all I wanted to know about buildings or statues, very interesting.

Visite libre dans la ville avec les correspondants

I really enjoyed my trip in Bulgaria, I made friends with a lot of guys, particularly the Bulgarian boys, even with some who weren’t part of the Comenius project. My pen friend’s family was great and very, very hearty. I hope I’ll see them again in the future.
Voyage formidable, accueil très chaleureux .
 

Wednesday March 27th

At 9.00 am we visited Vratsa Natural Research Center and we were told about the second largest natural park in Bulgaria, its fauna and flora.
Visite du centre de recherche de la Nature à Vratsa , explication sur le recyclage et les opérations collectives de nettoyage des forêts

 I was impressed by the beauty of their nature the incredible variety of the different species of birds, the caves. The guide said that they intended to maintain the diversity of the place and they wanted to build some more infrastructure so as to develop green tourism, respectful of nature and educate people in the area. A program is being develop to help people recycle more ( 12 tons of rubbish have been collected so far)

 

Then we went back to school and we attended a ceremony to receive our certificate of participation to the Comenius project in Bulgaria. Then we were explained some of the courses followed at the school such as computer science. What stuck me was that they could practise sport, body building , make models or origamis in their free time.

We also attended an English lesson. I was amazed to see that there was a camera at the back of the classroom to spy on the students. The headmaster can see everything that takes place in his school Then we attended a mechanic class

Then after lunch we learned that the visit to Lednika caves had to be cancelled because of the snow. It would have been too dangerous to drive in the mountain. We enjoyed our last hours with our Bulgarian host family and new friends
Remise des certificats Comenius par M. Le Proviseur , Cours d'anglais , de mécanique
Trop de neige pour effectuer notre visite dans des grottes en montagne.

.Alexia Ruillet

Thursday, March, 28th

Départ pour Sofia, adieux déchirants ...dernier jour

We had to get up early to leave Vratsa and go to Sofia. It was time to say good-bye to our Bulgarians friends, which was difficult and heart-breaking. It was a 2 hours'drive .

Visite guidée ( le Théatre National, église romane St Georges de Sofia , la cathédrale Alexander Nevski ) et il fait toujours très froid

We met a guide in Sofia who took us on a walking tour. It was freezing but we saw lots of places such as Sofia's National Theatre and churches. We understood that Sofia was heavily bombed during WW2 .

Repas dans un restaurant traditionnel

 

We had a meal at a typical Bulgarian restaurant. We left the group in the afternoon to visit a modern art gallery , an old covered market and the former Cum , a typical covered market during the communist era which has been transformed into a very modern shopping mall.
Visite libre dans la ville, les anciennes halles , galerie d'art moderne

Then it was the hotel for our last night in Bulgaria !

We had a warm welcome and we got on so well with the Bulgarians !

Roman Church of St George

National theatre

Alexander Nevski Cathedral

Axelle Herbette

Prochain Déplacement à Vratsa en  Bulgarie du 24 au 19 mars 2013

Mobility to Spain January 26th to January 31st 2013

Our mobility to Spain January 26th to January 31st 2013

Déplacement en Espagne du 26 au 31 Janvier 2013

Saturday January 26th

We arrived in Madrid at 4.00 pm and took the tube to do sightseeing in the centre

Arrivée à Madrid et visite des principaux monuments

The bear is the symbol of Madrid      Daniel, Vanille and Laura

We arrived at about 1.00 am in Miajadas .

Arrivée tardive à Miajadas , située à 3h à l'est de Madrid , prés de la frontière portugaise

We stayed at our host families in Miajadas, Extremadura ( it is situated 3 hours east of Madrid)

Sunday January, 27^th

in Mérida
Visite guidée de Mérida, magnifiques théâtre et amphithéâtre romains et visite du musée

In the morning, we visited first a Roman theatre and amphitheatre, then we visited the Roman Art Museum and we had a little visit in the town in order to see other ruins.


In the afternoon, we had free time so we went for a walk with the Spanish students. It was rainy but we spoke a lot so it was fun.

The visit of the museum was not as interesting as the visit of the theatre and the amphitheatre because ,to me, it was a bit long but we saw ,all the same, a lot of beautiful objects like mosaic murals, statues ... Laura Huss 1S1

Monday, January 28th 2013

Medellin,

Visite de Medellin , village natale du conquistador Cortès , joli village médiéval

Cortès was born in Medellin in 1485. It is a medieval village.

We visited its beautiful castle, which was open-air. It was very beautiful, it seemed like we were in old castle from the Middle-Age. Indeed, we saw a cistern. It was very sunny, and it permitted us to see the great landscapes surrounding. And as everywhere in Miajadas, we could have the pleasure to see
lots of storks.
                                                        Vanille       Andriamahefa 1S1

présence de nombreuses cigognes comme partout dans la région

Monday January 28th

We met with every Comenius student in the sport center, to play some games to get to know each other.
Participation de tous les élèves Comenius à des jeux collectifs

Those games were sometimes weird but very funny at the end, then after a good breakfast we went to Medellin.

We visited the castle and there the Spanish students performed the play of "Romeo and Juliet", it represented a huge work for them and finally it was really well played.

Belle représentation théâtrale de Roméo et Juliette par les collégiens de Miajadas , en plein air


I spent the afternoon in Almoharin, where a beautiful sun shone all day long, with Lune and her friends. We visited the small town and enjoyed our week off.
It was a very pleasant day.

                                                                         Daniel Régnard 1S1

 

Tuesday January 29th

Guided visit of Trujillo

and Cacéres

Wednesday January 30th, 2013

This day was the last one in Miajardas, first we were in a part of the school where students can learn a specific job. We cooked there " éclairs au chocolat"
 and we also learnt how to solder tins,

participation à des ateliers de cuisine ( confection d'éclairs au chocolats) et de soudage





Daniel

it wasn't that much interesting because it was a bit long. But some of us liked it nevertheless.

Then we went to the town hall to see a PowerPoint about ecology and recycling, of course it was important .
Réception par Monsieur le Maire et conférence sur le recyclage et la préservation de l'environnement en Extremadure

I spent the rest of the morning in lessons where it was very.. special. Pupils don't respect the adults the same way as we do in France and the lessons were noisier than in France, I can't really understand how they can work that way.
Back home I ate fajitas with Lune's family, the temperature was hotter than the last past 6 months, it was like summer. Then it was already time to say farewell to Lune and her family, and to every pupils we met there, it was a bit sad but we promised to try to see each other again

Happy New Year 2013

Be part of the environmental chain

Read it and sign it with your initials then pass it to a school friend

 

Faites partie de la chaine environnmentale

Lisez-la , signez-la an apposant vos initiales , puis passez-la à un camarade et donnez-la-moi lorsqu'elle est couverte de signatures ...

Our Trip to Portugal October 30th to November 4th 2012

WELCOME TO PORTUGAL !

Wednesday, October 31st

As soon as we arrived, we discovered that our arrival was an important event for everyone !

In fact, our Portuguese friends had prepared some posters about the previous trips, some dances and songs. Quite amazing as Yasmine and myself were the only girls from Comenius to join in !

Notre arrivée avec danses et chansons

 

 

 

 

 

To introduce Portuguese culture they showed us some videos about different cities … After all the speeches, we had a breakfast … At that's the moment we understood they loved eating !

 Après des vidéos sur notre projet et le Portugal , gros buffet d'accueil !

 

 

 

 

 

The moment to express ourselves had come so we created our own tiles as the Portugues are masters at Azuleros and it was a good experience.  Atelier de faience et visite de classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch, we went to visit theMuseum of Celtic culture and that's how we learned how rich Portuguese history was because of its romans origins !   Visite du Musée de culture celtique de Briteiros et visite guidée du site

To finish the day we went for a « little walk » with a bottle of water for each of us … why some water ? … because the little walk became a walk in the mountains … some of us thought it looked like the Amazonian forest, for others it was Vietnam ! Yet we were not too tired and fortunately we visited the Citania de Briteiros !

It was a busy, interesting and pleasant day !

Alixe AUBRY 1ère

Thursday, November, 1st

Today, as usual, we had breakfast with the family, nothing very different compared to France. We were glad to see that we could understand more Portuguese than yesterday, maybe because we got used to the accent and the « sh » which are everywhere in the Portuguese language.

Then, we met at school to go to Geres, a National Park . Unfortunately, the weather was too cloudy, and we couldn't climb at the very top to see these wondeful landscapes because we wouldn't be able to see anything because of the fog.

excursion dans le Parc National de Geres

After doing a short tour of the city, we went to another place where we were taught how to make traditional bread, made with mais flour. It was awesome, and so good to eat ! So good that everybody ate too much and couldn't eat the lunch which was just after !

The bread was accompanied with chorizo or with olive oil, sweet orange and sugar.

atelier de pain de mais

After having lunch, we went to two beautiful cities. The first one, Ponte de Lima is one of the oldest village in the whole country. I found the village very peaceful, with very nice people who tried to talk with us even if the language barrier was still there.

 

 

 visite de Ponte de Lima

 

 

 

 

Yasmine REKIK TS1

 

Friday , November 2nd

Friday was a rainy day. Hopefully, we found the sunlight we needed in the prevailing good mood of the entire group. Indeed, we started the day by a short lesson on our ancestors who lived in prehistoric times. The lecture took place amid an incredible diversity within the room. The teacher juggled with some Portuguese, English, French and even lost herself in speaking Italian, even though there weren’t any Italians. And at the end of her speech, we had to copycat the rupestrian art of the cavemen. Anyhow, the mix of all these nationalities created an amazing atmosphere and we spent a jolly good time.      

 

After having fun dirtying our hands for art, a football match was organized by the Portuguese sport teacher. All of the kids wanted to play against us. Thus, two teams were quickly sorted out. One, mixed with all the European countries, and the other with Portuguese pupils. It is hard to admit it for us, but the facts are undeniable. We got beaten by teams of 12 year-old toddlers, while we were an average of 17 years-olds on our side. Anyhow, it was great fun sharing this moment with everybody.

Match entre collégiens de tous pays

The shameful defeat over, we attended a sacred moment of our journey as members of the Comenius project. Each of the coordinators of Comenius participated in planting a chestnut tree, symbol of the project. We sure hope it will grow strong and sturdy.

 

 

 Plantion d'un marronnier  symbole de notre action Comenius

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visite de Braga , de la cathédral Dom Jesus

Once on the bus, we discovered some beautiful landscapes that I wouldn’t have imagined seeing here. The countryside is really hilly with slopes everywhere. Moreover, there isn’t really any countryside, in the way that you can find houses scattered everywhere. And when you expect it the least, you find the sea at the top of a hill. Actually, we often went on the top of hills, since it was usually the location of churches and basilica. We visited two of them this day, and I must say they blended perfectly a gorgeous Baroque architecture with an outstanding view of the valley.

Eventually, we ended the day visiting the city of Braga, a lovely town which apparently is even older than Portugal itself. It is fair to say that everybody was exhausted after this particularly grueling day. Yet, as I said earlier, we didn’t even notice the bad weather thanks to the amazing time we spent visiting, chatting and sharing this unique moment of our life with our European fellow-citizen. And as the year will flow, I can honestly say that we will remember this day as a bright and sunny day.

Mathieu BRUN TS1

                                                                                              The stadium of Braga

Saturday, November 3rd 2012
Visite de Guimaraes First of all, we went to Guimarães, a city close to Briteiros, which is the city where we lived. So Guimarães was elected “European Capital of Culture” this year.

Furthermore, Guimarães is the place where was born the first king of Portugal, so it's a city which is very important in the history of Portugal.

Then we visited some churches, and especially one which was build in 1500, and which have the best architecture. It's a baroque church, but a little exaggerated because there are many things, in gold, and the architecture is symmetric with much decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we visited the international arts centre of José de Guimarães. He was inspired by African art, so he collected European Asian and African culture.

After that, we went to Porto and we visited the replica of a ship which went to India in 16th century.

I was amazed to be on a real ship, and stupefied to see how 150 persons could live on that boat.

Last but least, we visited the city of Porto and went shopping. We could see the rest of the city of Porto and it was very beautiful

Visite d'un ancien bateau du XVIth siècle


Mahé BULOT 1S1

At School ( Mahé , Yasmine , Mathieu et Alix )