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Theatre: "Energetic people"
Students of the topic group Theatre presented their play in the aula for all parents and students.
The worked a lot of time on it. The result was a nice group of sketches.
Music, Maestro! E.Y.E. song
Mr. Dewolf conducted a song about polution. The topicgroup music recorded it.
Solar Without Borders
On March 1st 2011 Bert Bernolet, from Solar Without Borders, gave a presentation in our school about his organisation.Every year there are in our school during the whole year some activities to finance and support charity. This year a part of the funds went to Solar Without Borders.
Solar Without Borders is a non-profit organisation. As its name suggests, SWB wishes to help developing countries by installing photovoltaic modules in communal accommodations such as hospitals, schools, orphanages, water supplies etc. The project started in Togo but today the organisation is globally active, in over ten countries.
In hospitals, photovoltaic modules power a fridge, which makes it possible to preserve medicines and vaccines. The solar-powered lighting replaces oil lamps, traditionally used during birthings and surgical operations in the evening or at night. Oil lamps emit insufficient light and chemicals that are hazardous to the newborn. Because of the poor conditions under which women must give birth, many of them, as well as many of the children, still die at birth.
In schools solar-powered light makes it possible for adults to take a course after their field labour. A large majority of the adult population in these countries still is analphabetic. Children can use the light to make their homework, teachers to prepare their lessons. Good education is fundamental in any well-governed society and proper lighting may very well be an essential switch in this process.
Solar Without Borders is a unique project which not only betters the lives of people in Third World countries and makes them more worthy of a human being, but also tackles the ever growing environmental problems through the installation of durable energy sources.
In cooperation with colleges and universities, Solar Without Borders works on a research project on recycling installations.
An important part of the vision of Solar Without Borders is the knowledge transfer to the South. It is important that the local people are involved in the decision and execution process. We also provide trainings on maintenance and function of the installations.
Solar Without Borders means to increase this knowledge transfer by producing photovoltaic modules in Togo.
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olar flowers
The group from nature 1 built a flower that was powered by a solar panel. They had a lot of fun.
The teacher helped them. You could chose for a little or a big flower. (source: E.Y.E blog)
Green house
During our second European week students visited a green house.
"The roof of the passive house was covered with the tipical black tiles and thermic solar pannels.
An architect told us everything about the adventages of green passive houses."
Visiting Ruddershove
The OCMW of Bruges installed 4.560 solar panels on top of the roof of the main building of Ruddershove. It's the bigest installation for a public place in Belgium.
It can provide electricity for up to 300 families. During the European week our students got a guided tour.
Energy calendar
In every class we introduced an energy calender. 12 known statues in Flanders and Brussels illustrate a funny calender. In each calender you can find lots of suggestions to decrease your use of energy. This calender is designed and published by VEA (Vlaams Energieagentschap). Every year you can order your energy calendar on their website (http://www.energiesparen.be/kalender)
Statistics: comparing invoices of energy providers
In the lessons of maths the students of the third year compared the invoices of their own energy providers.
Energy dependancy report
Here you can find our Energy dependancy report.
One ecological act a day
In the English lessons students read the booklet "52 actions for biodiversity", the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences edited it. It's available for download in all european languages thanks to the support of the European Commission, as part of the European Campaign for Biodiversity. You can download it here.
BEAUVENT: visiting windmill
In may 2011 the students of the topic group "Nature" visited the windmills in Kaaskerke near Diksmuide.
European week: working in topicgroups
All students worked in topics. They could choose between:
robotics, media & computer, nature, culture, music and theatre.
European week: meeting eachother
During the project we organized two European E.Y.E. weeks.
Working in topicgroups, chatting, visiting our lovely city, visting a wind mill, visiting solar panels, playing old games, a little party, sportsdays...
It all resulted in an nice exchange of experiences for the students and teachers involved in the project.
