Green Leadership Partner Meeting 4 took place in Helsinki, Finland on December 11-12, 2024, and was hosted by Sykli Environmental College. Project Coordinator Yurijs from LCCI introduced the new Coordinator Linda who is taking over the management and coordibation responsibility. Partners discussed the progress with Green hackathons: Mariliis from Tartu VOCO and Katrīna from Vidzeme […]
On December 4, Vidzeme Technology and Design Vocational School (VTDT) in Priekuļi, Latvia, hosted the hackathon “Clean.Good.Circular”, organized by VTDT in collaboration with the Erasmus+ project “Baltic Green Leadership”, the Cēsis Municipality, and the NGO “Zaļā brīvība”. This event brought together 20 teams – a total of 100 young people from schools in the Cēsis […]
The first Green Hackathon at Tartu Vocational College, held on November 4, brought together over 100 vocational students to develop innovative solutions for real-life challenges. The hackathon was part of the Erasmus+ “Baltic Green Leadership” project. Students’ teams could choose one of the 3 challenges: – How to reuse small home appliances presented by Tartu Association of Local Governments; – New ways to […]
Green Leadership webinar on October 11, 2024 was aimed at VET teachers and managers who organize hackathons at their schools. Katariina Mustonen from Sykli Environmental College introduced a pedagogical tool to be used in preparation of hackathons. Links to resources: – About Pedagogical Tool – Presentation by Katariina Mustonen – Blank Canvas
On September 17th, fourth-year automotive students from the Vidzeme Technology and Design Vocational School (VTDT), accompanied by their class teacher, Kristīne Krodziniece, went on a study visit to SIA “Getliņi EKO.” During the visit to the “Getliņi” landfill, students learned about the differences between landfills and dumps, waste sorting, biodegradable waste processing, and gas extraction. […]
The webinar was the initiative of Tartu VOCO and was addressed to VET teachers and staff who will organize hackathons at their schools in autumn 2024. After participants introduced themselves and their experience with hackathons, Mariliis Maremӓe from Tartu Voco made a presentation on planning of hackathons. Her presentation covered the key principles, the main […]
The VOCO Sustainability Week culminated in a teacher training day on Friday, April 12, bringing together nearly 30 teachers interested in green topics. During the day, teachers were introduced to the materials created by the Baltic Green Leadership project that they can use in their teaching. Teachers participating in green consortia also presented what has […]
Our Circula® -CIrcular economics and entrepreneurship game online session was a fun afternoon bringing together students from Latvia VTDT and Lithuania VESK. Altogether 18 students took on the challenge of creating new business models according to circular economic principles. The session was on Teams and the actual game was played on Mural -platform. Our afternoon […]
On March 27, 2024 partner representatives had study visits to find out about sustainability approaches in business and other sectors. Partners visited Tartu Food Bank, brewery A.Le Coq and had a lunch meeting with the sustainability representative of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 office. Tartu Food Bank works to reduce food waste of retailers by collecting […]
Green Leadership 3rd Partner meeting took place on March 26-27, 2024 and was hosted by the Estonian Agricultural Museum in Ülenurme near the City of Tartu (Estonia). Partners exchanged information about the plans for local teacher trainings at 3 VET schools and support for these trainings by Sykli Environmental College (WP3), concept and distribution of tasks in organization […]
