A school in Bilbao, the first in the world to achieve the SDG certificate
Learning and social commitment. And respect. And work; a lot of work among all the students of the Jesuit School. From the earliest stages to high school, everyone has done their bit this year to show that any action, however small it may seem, has an impact on the community where it occurs; in this case in Bilbao.
The green and historical route projected up to Mount Avril -and a strategic and educational plan aligned with the SDGs- have revealed its full potential so that this school helps botxo to reinvent itself in terms of sustainability.
In addition, and thanks precisely to this comprehensive planning, it has become the first international educational center certificate in culture of sustainable development by united nations. A piece of news that a few days ago, during a municipal forum on the 2030 School Agenda, was summarized by Xabier del Barrio and Elena Gonzalez with an expressive, “often a year”.
Both are 4th grade students and both are ecodelegatesschool links with that program to promote education and environmental awareness among students.
The act of official recognition of this commitment will be this Tuesday with the presence of institutional officials, Unesco Etxea (Nieves Fernández, president) and the ODS-Certificate entity (María José Gil-Delgado, president). And of course, the template of the center. It is an unprecedented distinction granted so far “for implementing the culture of sustainable development as a fundamental pillar for young people to commit themselves to shaping a better world”, they added from the SDG-Certificate entity.
Del Barrio and González recalled in that meeting with other Bilbao schools, that at the beginning of the year all the ecodelegates to think of a center project that ends up involving those of childish collecting and painting stones; those of Primary investigating the existing fauna and flora in the 5.4 kilometers of the route Bilbao Babesa that it was devised; already those of Secondary and Baccalaureate Putting this route in context with the Camino de Santiago, the Bilbao green belt and the Calzada de los Zamudianos.
And to integrate this Final Degree Project in the closest community, the delegates of the 2030 School Agenda They have collaborated with the City Council, with the residents of the Arabella neighborhood and with Peñaskal Fundazioa, which was in charge of making the illustrative QR codes of the route. To make the route more attractive and for more people and families to come to this environment, the student Elena González recalled that they have hidden up to 20 treasures Along the way.
Learning and social commitment. Or what is the same: improve the city and set an example. Because that is the spirit of the 2030 School Agenda to which a total of 55 schools have contributed their ideas this year. In the case of Jesuitinas Bilbao, the process began more than a year ago, preparing a diagnosis with a central vision regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).