After the industrial revolution, environmental problems emerged with urbanization, rapid population growth and increased consumption. Climate changes are experienced all over the world, especially as a result of the accumulation of harmful gases originating from urban wastes in the atmosphere. It is the responsibility of all humanity to fight against climate changes. For this reason, we need to recognize the mistakes in our consumption habits and improve ecological awareness among people. Accordingly, with our Project The 5 "R"s Handicrafts, by transforming waste materials into handicraft products in our adult education institutions, it is aimed to increase the awareness of our educators, adult trainees and indirectly our society. We want to achieve with this project:
- To reduce consumption with the 5"R"s steps , transforming the waste materials into the handicrafts to help our participants gain eco-friendly consumption habits
- To increase the necessary knowledge, competence, skills, behaviors and experiences of our participants on environmental issues, to enable them to acquire environmentally beneficial habits.
- To enable our participants to participate in environmental production activities that improve their creativity
- To provide our participants green skills and upcycling knowledge and competences for sustainable societies and the world
- To enable them know about carbon footprint
- To able to use and apply information technologies to increase ecological awareness
- To ensure that they take environmental responsibility and know what needs to do this
- To enable them to participate voluntarily in organizational environmental movements
- To let them learn together, learn from each other, experience good practices
- To shape new socio-ecological habits
- To enable the participants to create environmental education environments
- To facilitate the dissemination of information about Erasmus+ and to encourage future collaborations
- To develop dialogue between different cultures
- To see the differences and similarities
- To develop awareness of European citizenship and identity
- To produce handicrafts, local handicrafts and toys with the waste materials.
- To prepare photo albums and videos, e-booklet, draft plan, presentations, project logo and website, facebook and instagram pages, project corner, exhibition fashion show, recycling board, checklists, notes. In accordance with our project priorities, ecological consciousness and green skills of the determined target groups will be improved. Craft products to be made with waste materials will improve the relationship between creativity, art and culture and provide new skills will be acquired. With the environmentally friendly adult education environments, attractiveness and participation of adult education will be increased. In general, awareness of the society to environmental problems will be increased; 5"R"s consumption will be encouraged