3rd LTT Meeting in Platanias, Greece

In October 2019 (20-25) the 3rd International Meeting was organised in Platanias region
(Greece) by Gymnasio Platania. 25 students from Ernestinum Gimnasio in Celle (Germany),
IES Rafael Alberti in Cadiz (Spain) and Gimnasium Ghimbav (Ghimbav, Romania) met their
Greek colleagues and worked together. Each group of students were accompanied by their
Erasmus + coordinators and another teacher involved in the E+ project.

The program organised for this meeting was divided in to three different stages, each stage
was, as in the previous meetings, full of activities:


Day 1 started with presentations from each group on the specific topic of the meeting which
was "Food and Environment". They presented problems in the food chain due to
environmental pollution and climate change, the use of fertilizers and pesticides, over-
consumption of meat, the use of palm oil, the loss of seasonality, the disappearance of
endemic species, etc. Possible solutions were presented, and everyone was encouraged to
follow them.

Later on, the students participated in recycling workshops where they had the
chance to produce soap and biodiesel, they were informed on how they could create a
garden in their school and learned how they could reuse an old school desk as a flowerbed.

 

The day ended with a treasure hunt in the old city of Chania taking advantage of children's
ability to use mobile technology with a special application which was created for this
purpose.

Day 2 included an excursion to the Chania Botanical Park and the Falasarna region. In the
Botanical Park, the students had the opportunity to have a great educational and creative

morning.

They were informed about the Cretan diet, herbs and they prepared tzatziki and
stuffed vine leaves with the help of the chef of the park and later they tasted them.

Students walked around the park and felt the nature.

In the afternoon they visited Falasarna where they were given a tour in a local greenhouse and learned about tomato cultivation while the weather allowed them to end their day at the beautiful beach of Falasarna.

Day 3 included a visit to Ancient Aptera and then a visit to the Environmental Center of
Vamos.

There, students attended an olive tree program by the teachers of the Center, they
tasted olives and local produce, took part in clay workshops and also in traditional olive-oil
production. They also produced a natural skin cream made of only two ingredients: bees
wax and olive oil.

In the afternoon the groups met again at the beach of Agious Apostolous where they said
goodbye until our next meeting, which is in May 2020 in Celle, Germany.