Sustainability festival with the presentation of the SustainaBul VO

Eco-Schools Netherlands and Learning for Tomorrow are pleased to invite you to the Sustainability Festival for Education on October 10!

On October 10, we will organize the sustainability festival for schools that are taking or want to take steps in the field of sustainability. Students, teachers, principals and school boards can find inspiration and exchange knowledge together.

The theme is Learning Inside Out: Learning from the Environment. From the classroom to the green grass, from traditional teaching methods to hands-on, together we will discover how your environment can be an inexhaustible source for sustainable development! Get inspired through workshops and meetings and learn who may receive the SustainaBul VO 2024.

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Program

The Sustainability Festival will take place on October 10 on the Day of Sustainability in Education. Since 2008, this day has been dedicated to inspiring good examples, exchanging experiences and networking between beginners and leaders.

Therefore, at the Sustainability Festival you will find rich programming where there is something to learn and experience for everyone's role. Whether you have been participating in the SustainaBul VO and/or Eco-Schools for years, are working on a specific sustainability theme or are still in the exploratory phase. In addition, the program has a special focus on the theme "learning inside out: learning from the environment.

Check out the full program below:

10.30 – 11.00 Walk-in with inspiration market
11.00 – 11.30  Plenary opening and warm-up
11.30 – 13.00  Workshop Round 1 

13.00 – 14.00 Vegetarian lunch
14.00 – 15.30  Workshop Round 2

15.30 – 16.00  SustainaBul VO 2024 presentation and plenary closing.

Workshops Round 1:

• Learn to make reports about your Eco-team!
  by Kiki Engels
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  Filming, writing, interviewing, photography and social media - in this workshop we will work with all these forms to tell a lasting story. You will learn the basics, but above all you will get to work immediately, because the best way to learn is in practice. So do you want to know what a catchy video must meet, how to use social media, or how to report on an event like this? Then come create stories with your eco-team! 
• Tasting Masterclass in Sustainable Education
  by Teachers for Climate
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  Teachers for Climate, the Netherlands Academy for Sustainable Education and Technotrend Foundation developed a series of master classes that support an integral sustainable educational vision. From sustainable didactics, systems thinking and future thinking, to challenge-based learning, outdoor education and student participation. At the Sustainability Festival, the Teachers for Climate workshop will give you a taster of this series of master classes.
• Plandel safari: away with litter (outdoor workshop)
  by Anton Damen, the Plandelman
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  Landscaping = walking + picking up plastic! Don't mind sweeping a street other than your own? With one hour of plandeling, you'll have made the neighborhood a lot greener and you'll also be well on your way to those 10,000 steps you wanted to make anyway. A mission impossible? Well no! If a quarter of the population cleaned up three pieces of litter every day, the Netherlands would be clean within a week. Will you join us on a pledge safari?
• The work of Sustainability Coordinator
  by sustainability coordinators and Giuseppe van der Helm
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  More and more schools have it, a sustainability coordinator. But what exactly is that, and what are the roles, duties and responsibilities of the "duco"? In this workshop, we will discuss together the usefulness of having a driver of sustainable development within your school and what it can bring you. There will also be room for questions, barriers or unexpected obstacles.
• Do you see me outside? (outdoor workshop)
  by Paul Swinkels, Artis
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  We will go on a tour of the neighborhood with a search card. Take a renewed look at (urban) nature. Learn to recognize species and learn more about your own habitat! Plants, animals and fungi, both the common and some rarer species are discussed. With the material you can get started yourself or create your own variation for your school environment.
• Sustainable speed dating
  by Thijs van der Meulen, Eco-Schools
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  During speed dating, you will engage in a brief (1 on 1) conversation about various education-related topics using stimulating questions. In one workshop round you can talk to three different people. A great opportunity to broaden your network and make new friends. In this round, you mainly speak to people with the same role.
  
  

Workshops Round 2:

• Follow-up: learn to make reports about your Eco-team!
  by Kiki Engels
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  A continuation of the morning session. You are welcome if you were also at this workshop in the morning, you will get tips and feedback on what you created in the morning. And if you are new: in this workshop we will work with multimedia to tell a sustainable story. You'll learn the basics, but above all you'll get to work immediately, because the best way to learn is in practice. So do you want to know what makes a catchy video, how to use social media, or how to report on an event like this? Then come create stories with your eco-team!
• Changemakers of the future: getting started with your Eco-team
  by the eco-team of SVOK and Willemijn de Vries, Eco-Schools
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  During this workshop, you will actively engage with the Whole School Approach yourself. The Eco-team of SVOK will take you on your own journey and discuss with you to determine next steps to go more outward in your education. After this workshop you will have tools for an integral approach to sustainability, insight into the factors and roles for a successful embedding, and concrete ideas to start working on tomorrow (with students).
• Country Fragrance: the ingredients of outdoor learning (outdoor workshop; English language)
  by Aurelia Chevreud-Gaud 
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  Join us on our outdoor expedition to explore the surroundings of your school. You will learn what the benefits of a natural, holistic environment are for teaching and for learning. You will experience how the outdoors can inspire and extend all kinds of learning and teaching. Let's broaden our teaching perspectives through Connection Gateways (c)
• Intervision SustainaBul VO
  by Learning for Tomorrow
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  Around the SustainaBul VO, an annual benchmark for sustainable development in education, a network of participating educational institutions is emerging to exchange with each other. In this intervision meeting, interested parties and participants can exchange good examples and discuss what they are up against
• Design an edible schoolyard
  by Teun and Katinka from Vergroen
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  Imagine a green schoolyard where you can hide, get lost, relax and where the tastiest nuts, berries and herbs grow. During this workshop you will make a sketch design for an urban food forest in your schoolyard. What are the benefits of an urban food forest? And what does a schoolyard look like that provides food for both animals and people? These questions will be addressed during the short introductory presentation. This is followed by a design assignment in which you will work in groups to design an edible schoolyard. The results will be shared at the end of the workshop. 
• Dhourly speed dating
  by Thijs van der Meulen, Eco-Schools
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  During speed dating, you will engage in a brief (1-on-1) conversation about various education-related topics using stimulating questions. In one workshop round you can talk to three different people. A wonderful opportunity to broaden your network and make new friends. This afternoon session is completely mixed, which means that students will have the opportunity to talk to teachers and/or rectors.
  
  

Practical information and registration

The sustainability festival will take place on Oct. 10 from 11:00-16:00. A vegetarian lunch will be provided.

The location of the Sustainability Festival is De Groene Ruijter in Bussum! At this biodiversity education and inspiration location around an old school building in Bussum you will find the Sustainability Festival on October 10. The location fits fantastically with our goals of the day: get outside more during your lessons and with the students. More about GRRU lesson you here. 

The venue is centrally located and easily accessible by public transportation - please note there is limited parking for cars.

We look forward to seeing you on Oct. 10!