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Project days focusing on the sustainable school grounds of the future, including the construction of a triangle pergola as a cool chill-out area at the Erich-Kästner-Gymnasium in Cologne, in collaboration with the University of Cologne.
In the first week of the school year 2025/26, we met at EMS Strasshof as part of the Green Cool School GROW Europe project to get to know the new school director, Claus Bauer. Together, we explored plans and ideas for future greening projects at the school. Many inspiring suggestions were shared – a special thanks goes to the dedicated art teacher, Manuel Prammer, for his motivation and strong interest in making the school greener. We are optimistic that the first steps can already be implemented this autumn.
Green Cool Schools Award 2025/26 – Winning Projects Announced The winners of the Green Cool Schools Award 2025/26 were officially announced during our international webinar on 3 March 2026. The award recognises particularly committed schools and celebrates creative and impactful greening projects from across Europe. Schools of all educational levels were invited to submit their initiatives via the Green Cool
In May 2026, a new pergola was constructed in the school courtyard of our partner school BRG 6 Marchettigasse in Vienna.
Project days on sustainable school grounds of the future with pergola construction at Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium in Cologne in cooperation with the University of Cologne.
At the beginning of October 2024, we went on an excursion to Vienna and Lower Austria. All project partners and participating schools took part. This event gives the project team the opportunity to get to know each other better and meet in person, as all previous meetings have taken place online. The programme included excursions
Date: 27th January 2025 Time: 13:00 (1 p.m.), CET We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming webinar , where we will present our activities surrounding Green Cool Schools. During the webinar, we will explore the question: What defines a Green Cool School? We will introduce the criteria that characterize Green Cool Schools and share insights from the
On the very first day of the school year, in September 1, 2025, we met at BRG6 Marchettigasse as part of the Green Cool Schools GROW Europe project. After a short introduction with the principal Susanna Prokopec and committed teachers, we toured the school grounds and collected ideas on how and where greenery could be integrated into the school environment.
Each partner country is organising its own national webinar to present local progress and share inspiring examples from participating schools.
Let’s work together to create cooler, greener, and healthier school environments across Europe.
On September 23, 2025, students from different classes took part in a brainstorming workshop on the design of the school grounds. The workshop was led by Tilman Langner from Umweltprojekte Nord e.V.
We are happy to share that the first networking meeting took place on August 26, 2025 with enthusiastic teachers from the schools of Szentpéterfa and Kunsziget in Hungary. The delegation from Szentpéterfa – including the director and several teachers – was warmly welcomed in Kunsziget by the mayor, school director Liza Farkas, and representatives of the Reflex Association.
First face-to-face project meeting in Spain From the June 2 to 3, 2025 all Green Cool Schools GROW Europe project partners came together for the first face-to-face meeting in Bilbao, Spain. A total of 26 participants joined the two-day event, which was packed with program points, discussions, and opportunities to connect in person. Day 1: Project meeting and school visit in Basauri The first
Three inspiring days in Cork, Ireland – partners from Austria, Germany, Spain, Ireland and Hungary exchanged experiences, discussed upcoming webinars, the Green Cool Schools Award and the evaluation of the project’s teaching materials.
In December 2024, we launched the Green Cool Schools GROW Europe (Erasmus+) project, which aims to create greener and more sustainable schools in Europe.
We had the opportunity to present our project at the Erasmus+ TCA ‘Strengthening Cross-Border Cooperations through Inclusive Education’ in Neusiedl am See, Burgenland. (AT)
The focus of the first project meeting at the beginning of May 2022 in San Sebastian was the internationalization of the teaching materials with interesting knowledge and country- and climate-specific facts.