3 Temmuz 2026 Cuma

🌍 Empowering Young Eco-Citizens


 

  • Teacher: Nesrine Souguir

  • School Location: Kalâa Kebira, Sousse, Tunisia

  • Student Age Group: Primary School (Ages 10–12)

  • Our Mission: Guided by our school's UNESCO Associated Schools Network commitment and a pedagogical passion for Earth Sciences, our classroom successfully integrated the SustainLab project to turn theoretical science into real, impactful climate action.

    🧩 Safer Internet Day: Learning e-Safety Through Play

    Before diving into global collaboration, our students mastered the rules of the digital world. For Safer Internet Day, they teamed up to solve an educational puzzle game. Through this hands-on teamwork activity, they pieced together the core principles of "Digital Identity" and online safety, learning how to protect their personal data and navigate project spaces securely.

♻️ 1. Our School Waste Sorting Station

Our pupils turned civic lessons into sustainable daily routines by setting up a color-coded Waste Sorting Station in the school hallway. The children take active responsibility for sorting plastic and paper, proving that small everyday habits lead to a cleaner school environment.





🫒 2. Circular Chemistry: Olive Upcycling

Our students explored the principles of the circular economy and local environmental protection by upcycling agricultural waste from olive production. Together, we conducted simple scientific experiments in class to transform olive pomace (fitoura) and used cooking oil into eco-friendly candles and sustainable blocks.





🧸 3. From Waste to Toys: Upcycled Creative Dolls

To explore the creative side of the circular economy, our students focused on reusing non-biodegradable waste to create handmade toys. By transforming discarded plastic bottles, caps, and materials, they successfully designed and crafted an upcycled plastic doll. This hands-on activity beautifully demonstrated how everyday waste can be reimagined into joyful, eco-friendly creations!








24 Haziran 2026 Çarşamba

 


 


 


 


Leyla Çinici/Baglıca Anatolian High School Türkiye 



SustainLab Project Successfully Completed: A Journey of Hope for the Future

The SustainLab project, which we carried out as a founding partner of Bağlıca Anatolian High School, has been successfully completed. This meaningful project, implemented with the goal of a sustainable future, has been an exemplary educational process where our students gained environmental awareness, took an active role, produced while learning, and took responsibility.


Throughout the project, thanks to the activities, research, and practical studies, our students have better understood their responsibilities towards nature, developed sustainable living habits, and strengthened their solution-oriented thinking skills. The work produced shows that education is not limited to the classroom, while also reflecting the hopeful perspectives of our young people for the future.


Geography Teacher Meryem Örük and Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Leyla Çinici, who led the project, inspired our students and guided them throughout this process.


Our students involved in the project:


11th grade students: Ayşe Belinay, Berna, Ece, Melis Dila, Eylül, Eylül İkra, Özgesi, Ela, İpek, Esmanur, Kübra, Eyşan


10th grade students: Ceylin, Muhammet Emin, Zeynep Asya, Veysel Yiğit, Defne, Gülceren


9th grade students: Ahmet Cevdet, İpek, Eren, Zeynep, Ali Selim, Aybige, Sude Firdevs


We sincerely thank all our students who contributed to this meaningful process, our valuable teachers who guided us, and our school administration for their continuous support. We believe that every step taken with SustainLab will leave lasting marks on the path to raising environmentally conscious individuals; we move forward with hope for a more livable future.