Comenius “GAIA” :Comenius “GAIA” Conclusions - Student interviews May 2009


Furtherwick Park students :Furtherwick Park students


Charleigh Burns :Charleigh Burns Q:What have you learned about sustainable development? A: I know that CO2 emissions are a great concern to the whole planet and that under the Kyoto Protocol we have to reduce these.


Connor Lockwood :Connor Lockwood Q: How can you impact on energy efficiency? A: By cutting down on electricity use, lighting and heating, control the use of water, recycle paper and plastics and we are doing this in School.


Orry Black :Orry Black Q:Do you know what sustainable development means? A: Being energy wise, the need for more efficiency and recycling of waste, paper and water.


Grant Kemp :Grant Kemp Q:What is Comenius? A: Its all about countries visiting and discussing sustainable development knowledge, planning and the use of the worlds limited


Matthew Ray :Matthew Ray Q:What is GAIA? A: Looking after the planet’s resources and what ancient cultures found out and did in respect of resource use.


Callum Ward :Callum Ward Q:What do you think about joining this project group? A: It has been very informative so far and the focus on our planets limited resources points out that doing nothing is not an option.


Carl Zeiss Oberschule students :Carl Zeiss Oberschule students


Sabrina Ramuenka :Sabrina Ramuenka Q: What do you think the Comenius project is achieving? A: It is more than just interesting in looking at the use of resources and how each of the partner countries often work separately in energy saving, but also how the cultures and curriculum’s can inform us to work together.


Jasmin Mischke :Jasmin Mischke Q: What do you think has been achieved over the past two years of the project? A: Learning the cultural differences but deeper understanding of the technical and financial problems associated with energy conservation


Mats Patermann :Mats Patermann Q: What is GAIA? A: It is the mother earth and we are all its children and we must be mindful of the use of resources and this conference has brought students from participating countries together as one voice.


Wiebke Haselbach :Wiebke Haselbach Q: Have the school groups discussed the different country cultures? A: Yes, we all like the fact that English schools have uniforms. This has been discussed at CZO but not adopted but they do look smart.


Max Kramer :Max Kramer Q: What is your opinion of the sustainable development conference? A: It has been very interesting working on projects and seeing how other countries deal with the same general issues affecting the planet.


Liceo Ginnasio Statale Augusto students :Liceo Ginnasio Statale Augusto students


Monica Boccuzzi :Monica Boccuzzi Q: What have you learned from the sustainable development project?A: A valuable and interesting experience meeting students from other countries, how they live and work in their schools, the different curriculum’s and culture. However we must also work hard to achieve the project aims and objectives.


Claudio Quaranta :Claudio Quaranta Q: What or who is GAIA? A: It dates back to the Greek or Roman Gods and the way we should use energy, particularly renewable energy. The work on this conference has taught all students to communicate how we must achieve this regardless of costs.


Simona Sinisi :Simona Sinisi Q: What is the Comenius aims as regards this project? A: To change the way we all develop and use resources to make sure this is efficient and renewable for the next generations.


Rebecca Aprili :Rebecca Aprili Q: What do you think has been achieved over the past two years? A: I am fairly new to the project and I asked could I join my school group to enable me to learn more about other countries, including England and Germany and become more informed about the work our school has done already but seeing that in greater context particularly energy saving ideas.


Chiara Corradi :Chiara Corradi Q: What do you think about the Comenius project? A: Before I came to England I didn’t know the extent of the project but I have enjoyed learning more about working together, in English, with other students and the difficulties we face which we must act on energy use and saving.


Marta Casasola :Marta Casasola Q: Have you been involved with the project before? A: Only at our school but I have enjoyed very much, my first experience of meeting those students from England and Germany who have been working on this research and have learned a lot which will help me think about the use of the world’s resources.


Federico Monteleone :Federico Monteleone Q: What do you think about the different school cultures and attitudes to Sustainable Development? A: Our school is very different to Furtherwick Park and Carl Zeiss, you have many more computers than we do and large playing areas both grass and tarmac. I hope we can get more computers because this will help us work on projects like sustainability.


Sara Esposito :Sara Esposito Q: What do you know about GAIA? A: It is important, in my opinion that we learn our future is in our own hands and working with the students from other countries, we can have a greater voice in order to do something about saving the worlds resources.


Davide Scancarello :Davide Scancarello Q: What do you think about the differences of the participating schools? A: It has been a very interesting experience working with students from other countries and I hope I will be able to do this again in the future. Two students have never left Italy or flown before and the project funding has enabled this to happen so it is proper we put great effort into learning and communicating our work.It is also nice to speak English rather than just in classroom sessions.