February 2023 - After understanding how our town has grown over the years, it is now time to make proposals for a sustainable Manresa. We have learned where the problems are and what are the challenges for the future. 

In groups, we have worked on proposals for a more sustainable Manresa. Our ideas range from increasing the current bicycle lanes all around the town or creating small green areas in the old quarters to introducing green roofs or electric scooters for renting. 

Some of our ideas are not only realistic, but also creative. 

We are going to present all the proposals so that all groups can learn from each other.

 

January 2023 - We have started to work on the topic of sustainable cities. And we have done so trying to understand how our city has grown throughout its history. 

We have looked at different maps from different time periods in order to understand how the town has grown, whether it has done so with planning projects or more informally.

It has been very interesting to see how little planning there was in the past, and how this has changed over time.

Our town still has lots of challenges to grow sustainably, but we can learn a lot from its history.

 December 2022 - While we have been working on our reusable sandwich wrappers, we sometimes had to wait in order to use the sewing machines. We decided to use this time to make something useful and contribute to our goal of improving the environment we live in. That’s why we decided we could recycle paper to make beautiful fridge magnets. It has been really good fun. We roll the paper tightly and we shape it like a small snail or a fish using glue. 

 

December 2022 -In order to minimise the amount of waste we generate, we have designed and created our own sandwich wrapper recycling old fabric. Our aim is to stop bringing our snacks wrapped in plastic and aluminium. 

We have learned to cut the patterns and to stitch the different parts as well as to use the sewing machine. It has been a very hands-on experience that we love!

Our sandwich wrapper can be used everyday and will help us reduce the waste we generate at school. We hope to extend the initiative to the rest of the students of our school.

 

December 2022 - To become more aware of how the air we breathe is affected by lots of different variables, we have measured it with a tool we borrowed from the Town’s Resources Library. We have taken measurements in different parts of the school: indoors, outdoors, with open windows, with closed windows, with more or less people in the rooms…

The conclusion we have reached is that the quality of the air we breathe changes due to a number of factors. It has been a useful experience to understand how pollution and the invisible particles in the air vary based on many circumstances.

 

 11 November 2022 - On our last day in Sicily, we visited the Sicilian Capital Palermo. We started at the Botanical Gardens and continued sightseeing in the town centre. We had time to wander around the town and admired the buildings from different time periods and the rich historical sites and heritage. 

In the evening, the school, in collaboration with the Town Hall, invited us to a farewell party with wonderful food and an amazing Erasmus Cake. We had music and dances and some farewell tears too…

It has been a wonderful experience for all the participants, we have learned a lot of things and we have had a lot of fun as well.

This is a summary of our Erasmus Plus mobility in Sicily

 10 November 2022 - On Thursday we visited the Mazzamuto cave and the woods surrounding the cave. We took part in the Altavilla’s School project “Each child plants a tree”, so all of us planted a tree in the Mazzamuto area. We enjoyed the wonderful landscape and the rich flora of the island, which is threatened by forest fires in the summer.  Italian students explained about the plants and trees of this protected area.

After lunch, we visited the Town Hall and we met with the Mayor of Altavilla. We also visited an art exhibition of paintings done on tin, which was quite unique.