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A water utility mission to mitigate climate change

Area: Tuscany
Description: Is a presentation of the initiatives of a water utility to mitigate climate change.

Air pollution and the ways to measure and monitor it

Area: Milan, Lombardia
Description: The slides are focussed on air pollution and the ways to measure and monitor it. In the final slides links to experiments and further knowledge (videos) are provided. The slides can be useful particularly in the investigation step.

An integrated passenger and route management system

Area: Chaidari, Athens
Description: The presentation offers an overview of an integrated passenger and route management system, piloted in the Municipality of Chaidari (Greece) through passenger and driver applications. The passenger nobile application in particular offers real time information on bus routes as well as advice on alternative routes. The application was available in Greek only. Unfortunately the application version is not compatible with the updated Android systems.

Article on the Natural Biological System (NBS)

Description: Article on the Natural Biological System (NBS) as a nature-based technology for sewage and waste stream treatment and management, rehabilitating affected water bodies, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and rebalancing eco-systems.

Climate change - USA Environmental Protection Agency

Description: This webpage by the USA Environmental Protection Agency offers a wide range of learning resources, neatly categorised in specific topics in relation to climate change, like the foundational concepts of climate change, the causes of climate change, impacts, indicators and risk analysis. The organisation of learning resources by topic facilitates the users' access to information on specific aspects of climate change. Resources to learning about how the earth's climate is changing and why, and how this is affecting our life.

Climate change at schools - NASA's Eyes on the Earth

Area: USA
Description: The website of the United States Environmental Protection Agency offers links to educational resources for teachers and students on the theme of climate change, ranging from learning units for teachers on different aspects of climate change (e.g. Climate change and the Water Cycle) to stimulating resources for students like NASA's Eyes on the Earth that presents current information on key indicators (i.e. vital signs) of our planet with regard to climate change. Great variety of resources for students and educators to learn about and teach climate change.

Climate change effects

Description: Activities to help students understand climate change effects on their immediate environment.

Climate change for students

Description: An introduction to climate change for students and resources for educators.

Climate protection and a carbon-free future

Area: Florence
Description: The presentation outlines recent initiatives of the Municipality of Florence towards climate protection and a carbon-free future, focusing on the city's actions in the field of sustainable urban mobility. Although the presentation offers merely an overview linked to the city of Florence in specific, the contents can be used as a case study example on approaching sustainable mobility. An example of a net zero city, how to transform your city to smart, green and inclusive.

CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from transport

Description: The resourse presents a learning activity for school education, inviting the students to research on CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from transport, and link this knowledge to their own mobility practices by monitoring the CO2 produced by different means of transport they use for travelling to and from school. Although most of the recommended resources presented through QR codes are outdated, they can easily be substituted by current updated resources on the same topics. Moreover, the value of the learning activity is mainly in helping the students discover their own role as citizens, realise their impact in the real world, and explore applicable solutions in their specific context. Ways to help students find available info on carbon dioxide production using different modes of transport and consider ways to reduce production to achieve higher air quality.

Domestic energy saving

Description: It is a brief compendium on domestic energy saving, and how it can influence the containment of greenhouse gas emissions.

Environmental education

Description: A variety of lesson plans and activities for children of different ages about environmental education.
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