The first student mobility of this project was held in Ylivieska, Finland on 6th-10th February 2023. Eight students from Bratislava, Slovakia travelled to Finland with their teachers. Because either Spanish or Portuguese students were not able to come to Finland, students from Bad Nauheim (Ernst-Ludwig-Schule), Germany had the chance to join the project. 

 

Students had prepared to the mobility in abvance and they performed presentations on the topic climate change after some warming up activies at Kaisaniemi school. During the week students acted - as active citizens do - against climate change, but also had the chance to relax with each other and to ease their (possible) climate anxiety. 

 

Students planned and implemented a peaceful demonstration against climate change in Ylivieska. Demonstration was held by snowmen. 

One of the demonstrating snowmen. 

Students also had the chance to participate in citizen science research Talviseuranta (Winter follow-up), which gathers information about snow situation and different animal around Finland. After this activity students also studied how nordic animals survive during winter and how climate change will affect to them.

Making measurements to Talviseuranta civil science research. 

Students also participated in a Climate Action Summit Simulation. This was a roleplay where students had to adapt to their roles as important decision makers in the world and to make decisions to mitigate climate change. Real data was used in the simulation model En-ROADS. As a result the increase of the temperature was limited to 1.8 degrees celsius compared to pre-industrial levels! 

 

In addition students also enjoyed Finnish nature; skating, skiing, sledging and frying sausages by camp fire was part of mobility´s cultural experince in Finland. These activies also helped students to get to know each other and Finnish culture, but they also showed how you can relax in the nature with little effort. 

The whole group: students and teachers from Finland, Germany and Slovakia.