This project started with the willingness of motivating our pupils to value the rural area where they live, to defend environmental sustainability and promote their local products. For this reason, four schools from France, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain with similar backgrounds have decided to start a partnership.

There are about 200/250 students involved directly in this project (96 in mobilities) and it is addressed to young learners aged 13-14, some of them with social and financial problems, who receive financial support, and others with learning difficulties

Our objectives are very clear. On the one hand, we want our students to be aware of the richness of their rural areas, encourage them to have healthy, environmental and sustainable habits, respect and protect nature and also value their local products. Pupils will also improve their digital skills while carrying out the project's tasks, using English as the language of communication. On the other hand, we also want to promote cooperation, solidarity, and teamwork to improve pupils' motivation and engagement and support their development of key competences.

Several activities will be carried out throughout this project. First, students will make a PowerPoint presentation about their schools and rural area as well as a video presentation to introduce themselves. Then, they will create an ebook about their local products and will learn to cook traditional dishes with local products following some recipes. After that, they will make online posters to promote the protection of the environment. Finally, they will visit local businesses, for example, olive oil mills, fruit processing plants, and farms to learn all the processes of elaboration, production, and distribution. They will go on some field trips to explore the countryside around to learn about biodiversity and its preservation as well as some outdoor sports activities.

The results of their work will be spread through social media such as Twinspace, Instagram and the project webpage to make our project known to the rest of the world.

There will be an Erasmus+ project team in each school formed by several coordinators each one with different roles:

-learning- teaching materials creators.

- economic managers.

- communication-cooperation coordinators.

- dissemination-evaluation coordinators.

For a better organization, we will create a shared folder in Google Drive where each coordinator will keep their documents. 

The impact will be measured at two levels: quantitative and qualitative. The first one will be checked through surveys and assessment questionnaires. The latter will be focused on the change in students’ motivation level and self-confidence to become active citizens in the promotion and defense of their environment. The system of checking and measuring results will be present at every stage of the project. The effects of the project will be profitable for the whole school community and local institutions. On the one hand, both teachers and students will have a better command of the English language, they will improve ICT skills and teamwork. As teachers, we will have the opportunity to know other school systems and so, develop the pedagogical and didactic level of our schools by exchanging new teaching methods and techniques. By carrying out project-based work, we want our students to be more creative, autonomous and critical. It will increase student self-confidence and responsibility. They will have the opportunity to have new international friends and will be more conscious of the different cultures, geographical and situations.