Think green, live better project/summary description "Think green, live better" is a sustainable social entrepreneurship and active citizenship project that began in the 2021/2022 school year with the 8th E class, then continued in 2022/2023 with 9th E, in 2023/2024 with 10thA and 8th D; in the 2024/2025 school year 9thD and 11thA and this school year 12thA and B, 10thA and 7thF, from the Dr Jaime Magalhães Lima Primary and Secondary School (EBSJML). All stages of the project and activities are documented in photographs and videos. These students, concerned about the impact of climate change, built a tree nursery with the aim of minimising global warming by sequestering carbon, reducing temperatures and air pollution (especially in urban areas) and also making a significant contribution to the well-being of local citizens and beautifying the landscape. This project is also an excellent opportunity for children and young people from more urban environments to get to know some forest species and, above all, to get in touch with the land. Therefore, as well as making the school community (and by extension the rest of society) aware of the importance of environmentally sustainable behaviour to mitigate the effects of climate change, these students develop habits of active citizenship and awareness of environmental problems. The project is aimed at developing activities that awaken the interest of the educational community in the subject of climate change in a constructive, enterprising, creative and fun way. They built a giant drop in the multipurpose room with a net in which to place the inorganic materials that are scattered around the school in order to create an impact and awaken the right attitudes. They started the project by tidying up and transforming the project's workspace at the school, always using the concept of the circular economy, everything they use are materials from the school that they integrate and transform; establishing partnerships and interacting with the various stakeholders 15 at the moment: EBSJML, logistical support and visibility; Jaime Magalhães Lima School Parents' Association, support with materials; Esgueira Parish Council, providing the Fonte do Meio Park site for transplanting trees and visibility; RAÍZ - Quinta de S. Francisco in Eixo, seeds and trees. Francisco in Eixo, seeds and trees; Siro, supply of substrate; Bemol, a hygiene and cleaning company, donation of pallets; Rio Novo do Príncipe School Group, donation of trees; Danfil - Digital Printing Centre, donation of billboards; Leroy, donation of a shelter to store the project's tools and materials; ICNF, donation of seeds and lecture; Quercus, lectures; Veolia, lecture on composting and donation of pallets; Movimento Gaio, donation of land to place 250 native trees; Lifeterra/University of Aveiro, bus and contacts to plant trees in Cabeço Santo; Cabeço Santo Association, donation of land to plant 300 native trees; fulfilling the various objectives set; collecting seeds, placing them in everyday packages collected by the students, juice, milk, water, etc. (students from pre-school to secondary school take part in the project) and jugs collected at school from the educational community, which are then cut up and used as pots in which substrate is placed to transplant trees. They have already transplanted 346 native trees at EBSJML, Parque da Fonte do Meio, Quinta de S. Francisco in Eixo (Raíz) and Serra da Freita. Of the 319 seeds planted by the project's pre-school and primary school students, 141 native trees have taken root and are ready to be transplanted. We have around 1,000 trees in the project, including those born and lent by Raíz and the Rio Novo do Príncipe School Group. In the 2023/2024 school year, they transplanted 75 native trees, transporting them in bottles that had been collected, cut and pierced so that they could be watered, at Raiz - Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, at EBSJML and Parque da Fonte do Meio, established partnerships. This school year they have already transplanted 6 at EBSJML and planted around 200 at Cabeço Santo. The team currently has 17 teachers, 121 students and 5 classes. Objectives: i)Partnerships established with stakeholders with the aim of afforestation: 8TH GRADE 21.03.2022 in Fonte do Meio Park / transplanting 11 trees offered by Rio Novo do Príncipe Primary School 11.11.2023, 9th E and 9th F, in Serra da Freita with Associação Gaio transplanting 250 native trees 23.02.2023, 9th E, at Fonte do Meio Park / transplantation of 17 pine trees offered by Leroy 23.10.2023, 8D students accompanied by Dr João Ezequiel, curator of the QSF and the project's teachers, Leonor Metelo, Odete Leite, Helena Azevedo and Ester Nolasco, collected seeds from American oaks, alvarinhos oaks, alders and sequoias. On 22.11.2023, 8th D and 4 10th A students, Martim Ribeiro, Reynaldo Guerra, Roberto Cruz and Tiago Vaz, celebrated Autochthonous Forest Day as part of the Think green, live better project by transplanting 12 autochthonous trees in the Fonte do Meio Park in Esgueira. 01.03.2024, 8ºD and 10ºA transplanted 50 pine trees at QSF in Eixo In the next school year, we will transplant native trees from the project in Cabeço Santo with the LifeTerra project. ii) Signpost commemorative days associated with the spirit of the project with the planting of native trees or similar actions - 23 November - Native Forest Day; 21 March - World Forest Day and World Tree Day; 22 April - World Earth Day. Actions at Dr Jaime Magalhães Lima Primary and Secondary School 8th grade - Celebration of World Native Forest Day 23.11.2021 / transplantation of 4 trees 8th grade - Celebrating World Forest and Tree Day 21.03.2022 / transplanting 5 trees Celebration of World Native Forest Day 23.11.2023 / transplanting 20 trees, with 9th E and 10th A Earth Day 22.04.2022 - 8th E visit to the community gardens in Esgueira, in partnership with the Esgueira Parish Council / president Dr Ângela Earth Day 21.04.2023 - 9th E placing bottles with substrate made by the students, in 1.5 litre bottles, in the trees they planted on 21.03.2023 iii) Buying seeds; 8TH GRADE Collection at school 23.11.2021 and 18.03.2022 8ºE Trip to Quinta de S.Franscisco in Eixo on 18.02.2022 9TH GRADE Trip to Quinta de S.Franscisco in Eixo on 15.12.2022 8TH D Trip to Quinta de S.Franscisco in Eixo on 15.12.2022 iv) Carrying out sowing and planting, always in waste containers, mobilising the surrounding community, for later placement/replacement in the defined spaces; 8TH GRADE Planting the first seeds / project group 18.02.2022 Pre-school 25.02.2022 / Esgueira 1st cycle 04.03.2022 / Esgueira 11.03.2022 9th grade 03.02.2023 1st cycle 03.02.2023 Project group Parish of Esgueira: BSJML School and Fonte do Meio Park; Serra da Freita and Cabeço Santo. v) Create composting areas with leaves, leftovers from the canteen and gardening, thus obtaining compost that will be used as a natural fertiliser; Workshop on composting: Veolia Building the composters vi) Building receptacles for the materials; 26.01 , 27.01,02.02, 02.03, 22.04.2022 e 29.04.2020 vii) Organise various actions to collect materials, with the active participation of parents/guardians; Donation of pallets / Veolia Donation of gloves, recycling bins and pallets / Bemol Donation of soil for composting and cistern / Esgueira Parish Council Donation of materials for the project / JML Parents' Association Donation of substrate / Siro: Leal & Soares, S.A. Installation of a water point / Beatriz Cruz's father Donation of native trees / Rio Novo do Príncipe Primary School / 17.03.2022 09.06.2023 1 first aid kit / Diana Teixeira, 8th grade student viii) Publicise the space for practical work by other subjects/companies; 2022/2023 DAC - Lettuce 8ºB Siro Workshop ix) Involving other school projects and challenges that arise throughout the school year; 2022/2023 DAC 8ºC: collection of canteen waste on Thursdays at Aires Barbosa school DAC 8ºB: determination of soil pH DAC 10ºA 2022/2023 Library - participation in World Environment Day Lecture by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests Association intervention: Dawn of the Forest x) Sensitising the school community and the surrounding area to the importance of sustainable development; News on the school's facebook page In the school's newsletter and in the newspaper of the 6 Esgueira schools xi) Encouraging environmentally sustainable behaviour On 12.12.2023, as part of the Think green, live better project, the 8th grade implemented a partnership with the University of Aveiro through a lecture and a game organised by the Green Mind association. xii) Training critical, aware and responsible citizens. They took part in the "World's Greatest Lesson" competition and were honoured by being included in the Unicef book. News in the Diário de Aveiro on 24.11.2021 and 21.03.2022, with interviews with the project's students. The project: Its ultimate aim is to raise awareness, motivate behaviour towards ecological preservation and the fight against climate change, encourage changes in the attitudes and behaviour of children and young people, guiding them towards preserving life on Earth and improving the quality of life in the present and in the future. So far, the overall assessment of the project is very positive, in that not only have the students become aware of the importance of trees, but they are also having the opportunity to publicise the project, raising awareness and alerting the whole community to the importance of environmental preservation. The development of this project has also enabled a global approach between institutions to promote sustainability in the region, the establishment of local partnerships to increase the exercise of practices compatible with sustainable development.