Shaping the future: student projects for climate protection in Waidhofen

Shaping the future: student projects for climate protection in Waidhofen

As part of the “Klimaschule” project, five schools in Waidhofen and the surrounding area have launched an exciting initiative that focuses on climate protection and sustainable mobility. Around 180 students of the BRG/BG and the HAK Waidhofen, the HTL Karlstein as well as the NMS Dobersberg and Groß Siegharts are involved in this collaboration. The project is headed by the Climate & Energy model region Future area Thayaland, under the supervision of project coordinator Christine Papst and KEM manager Christina Hirsch.

Already in September the group was together at the Waldviertel job fair near Waldland, where the participants received positive feedback on the impressions collected. In the coming months, numerous workshops, excursions and excursions are planned to offer the students practical experiences that they should encourage to think creatively and solution -oriented.

practical activities and project work

A focus of the project is on active participation. The NMS Dobersberg and the NMS Groß-Siegharts will build raised beds, while the HTL Karlstein will construct a small wind turbine. The BRG Waidhofen plans to create creative works of art from old jeans and wood. In addition, all schools will create mobility reports that contain suggestions for improvement for the way to school. At the end of the school year, the results are presented at a final event in Waidhofen.

The overarching goal of the initiative is to raise awareness of the students to important topics such as climate change, climate protection, circular economy and the shortage of skilled workers. In addition, the young people are given the opportunity to actively participate in the design and implementation of sustainable solutions and to contribute their own opinion. However, this commitment is in the context of a greater need to promote awareness of environmental issues within young people.

The positive response and the activities already planned show that the “Klimaschule” project is taking a promising direction. Through practical action, young people learn what it means to take responsibility for the environment - an important step in today's time.

For further information and a more detailed insight into the project, interested parties can read here .