Eco² Schools as New European Bauhaus Labs

The NEB|LAB ECO²-SCHOOLS project aims to support volunteer pilot sites and follower schools in developing a local green action plan for Climate neutral renovation of existing buildings and surrounding spaces and educative process, by involving a local community in learning action, with their neighbourhood/village in transition at 3 generations. The ambition is to involve +150 schools (campuses, educational third places) in an open cooperative process with common resources and support in 6 climate-cultural cross-border regions in the European Union. This starts with 5 first volunteer pilot sites that initiate a Climate neutral renovation action plan. By Open Schooling the selected pilots will develop concrete methods for learning-action, replicable tools, proof of concept projects working as innovation hubs for local communities commiting to a Climate neutral systemic change in continued improvement (EU Climate Law target = -55 CO2 by 2030, -6% better each year). The ambition is to involve +150 schools (campuses, educational third places) in an open cooperative process with common resources and support in 6 climate-cultural cross-border regions in the European Union. The NEB|LAB ECO²-SCHOOLS project will capitalize on 5 eco-renovation educational buildings projects that are currently in progress. By building on the concept of Open Schooling the selected pilot sites will develop concrete and replicable climate action plans to be transformed to innovation hubs in their communities raising citizen awareness activities to facilitate social innovation, promote education and training for sustainability, conducive to competences and positive behavior for a resource efficient and environmentally respectful energy use.