New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Reconnecting with nature

Email user
giulia.ambrosioeu@gmail.com

Basic information
Initiative title
Edugreen: sustainable labs

Full initiative Title
Edugreen: sustainable labs

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
"Agriculture 4.0": creating educational workshops within the rural field, by using digital tools such as the hydroponic technology, i.e. a method of growing plants in water rich in mineral nutrients instead of soil

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Local

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Italy

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly rural

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
Yes

Which fund(s)?
ERDF : European Regional Development Fund

Here you can provide more details about the name of the specific programme, strand/action line as relevant, and the year
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Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organisation
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project)
- Name of the organisation(s): Istituto Omnicomprensivo Diodato Borrelli, Santa Severina (KR)
  Type of organisation: Other public institution
  First name of representative: Antonietta
  Last name of representative: Ferrazzo
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Italy
  Function: School Principal
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Via Mattia Preti, 1
  Town: Santa Severina (KR)
  Postal code: 88832
  Country: Italy
  Direct Tel: +39 0962 51055
  E-mail: kric825009@istruzione.it
  Website: https://www.ioborrelli.edu.it/
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/liceoclassicoilborrelli
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #ioborrelli
- URL: https://www.instagram.com/liceoclassicod.borrelli/
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #ioborrelli
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
The initiative aims to promote the realization of educational laboratories for sustainable nutrition, ones for the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency; it also implies the creation of sustainable laboratories to study and to test the impact of human actions on the environment, on waste production, on air quality, on water consumption, energy, soil and other natural resources, and for waste recycling. It also deals with a new form of agriculture, so-called "agriculture 4.0"

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
Environment

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Sustainability

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Digital

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Inclusion

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Change

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The initiative demonstrates how the use of renewable energy sources can be used to provide a better way of living for the present and future generations, thus ensuring sustainable production and consuming patterns.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
To create the laboratories many areas were embellished taking into account the need to reshape the surrounding environment to make it more pleasing and sustainable for the community and also to strenghten the sense of belonging to the territory.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
As mentioned above to strenghten the sense of belonging to the territory, the project involved not only the students, teachers and the school staff but also the locals, especially the elderly, who took active partecipation in the process of realization of the laboratories.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
Local citizens were involved in all the stages of the process on both a theoretical and practical levels. To make an example, the grandparents of the student were involved under the name of "nonni/e contadini/e" (grandparents farmers). They gave all the necessary advices to achieve the expected results and most importantly they showed how to harvest, to sow, to seed, to plant the soil

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
Stakeholder at various levels were engaged in the implementation of the initiative, for example by making the materials available and by grants

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
All of the disciplines were involved in the process to ensure a cross curricular learning

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
The project goes towards the active partecipation of all the people involved at variuous levels, thus for example studying the solar system is not just about visiting a planetarium but it is practically and physically made by the students and the other partecipants.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
This initiative could be easily transferred and currently it is in the making in other school levels.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
The methodology used is the learning-by-doing

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
3. good health and well being
4. quality education
7. affordable and clean energy
11. sustainable cities and communities
12. responsible consumption and production

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
The physical transformation of a specific area of the school as been completed successfully and is the fundamental part to implement the further steps: gardening, farming, production and consuming of green products (km zero). In addition, digital tools are used in order to trace the growing of the plants.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
- https://www.facebook.com/liceoclassicoilborrelli/videos/ministero-dellistruzione-le-scuole-edugreen-ioborrelli/620844982888107/?locale=ms_MY
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
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Please attach at least 6 high resolution images or visual representations of your initiative to your application.
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By submitting your application you confirm that you are the copyright owner of the images provided and that they can be used by the European Commission for the purposes of promoting the New European Bauhaus on all platforms (websites, print, social media and other).
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that you are not in in one or more of the exclusion situations foreseen under Article 136 of the Financial Regulation.
Yes

By submitting this application, I declare that I am not related to the entities subject to EU restricted measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and subject to Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)1, and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/05), which are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that all the information provided in this form is factually correct, that you assume sole liability in the event of a claim relating to the activities carried out in the framework of the contest, that the proposed initiative has not been proposed for the New European Bauhaus Prizes in any other category or strand and that it has not been subject to any type of investigation, which could lead to a financial correction because of irregularities or fraud.
Yes

By submitting your application, you guarantee that you are the author or have the rights to proceed with the application and to authorise the use of the initiative and that you have obtained any necessary consents, licenses or assignments from third parties and included copyright notices when necessary
Yes

By submitting your application, you understand that all the applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be shared for the purposes of the selection processes, and notably published on the secured platform prizes.new-european-bauhaus.eu and for the purposes of the promotion of these on the New European Bauhaus website and/or other European Commission communication channels. In this sense, the applications would be widely available. Applicants should ensure that they present their initiatives, initiative, in such a way that they could be shared without giving rise to intellectual property related concerns. If your submission is selected as one of the finalists, it will additionally be shared for the purpose of the public vote that will take place. The European Union is granted a licence to use and share your application with the general public and the official external experts for the purposes of the selection process, including the voting. The European Union has the right to use the images and visual materials and the description provided in the application for communication purposes related to the contest and beyond. Rights granted comprise the right to store, reproduce, display, publish and communicate or distribute copies in electronic or digital format, including, but not only, through the internet. Unless you have disclosed your name, the European Commission has no obligation to share your name when using or disseminating your contribution to the public. The European Union cannot be held responsible in case any submitted initiative, initiative is found to infringe third party’s rights. The European Union shall be neither responsible for the use that third parties may do of the applications or related content.
Yes

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you read and understand that the ‘Guide to Applicants’ of the NEB Prizes 2023, available online in the website of the NEB Prizes 2023, is an integral part of this application form and that it must therefore be observed when completing and submitting your application.
Yes