COMENIUS PARTNERSHIPS:COMENIUS PARTNERSHIPS:1st PROJECT MEETING1st PROJECT MEETING

T.S.G. T.S.G. Blaise Pascal, Reggio- Emilia (Italy)Blaise Pascal, Reggio- Emilia (Italy)

11th / 15th November 200911th / 15th November 2009

EDUCATING IN SIMPLICITY AND EDUCATING IN SIMPLICITY AND SOLIDARITYSOLIDARITY

Activity 1Activity 1Survey resultsSurvey results

EDUCATING IN SIMPLICITY EDUCATING IN SIMPLICITY AND SOLIDARITYAND SOLIDARITY

1. In which of the following age groups do you fit best?

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aged 12-14 aged 15-16 aged 17-18 over 18

2. List the top 4 more important things in order of preference

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Friends Family Studies Music

3. How many things do you usually use on a normal day?

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20-50 50-100 more than 100

4. If you think carefully about, how many of them are really necessary for your daily life?

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about 10 about 20 about 30 more than 30

5. During last week, how much pockect money have you spent?

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1 to 5 € 5 to 10 € 10 to 20 € 20 to 30 € more than 30

6. How do you think a simpler life could help you in hte future? You could …

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Have moretime foryou andfriends

Be lessdependenton money

Be happier Be morebored

7. Think about your present lifestyle. How would you describe it?

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Simple Complicated Ordinary Materialistic

8. Would you say you are completely satisfied with it?

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Yes No

8.B. If No, in which ways would you like to modify it and make it more simple?

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Learning to dothings

Using thingslonger

Acting moreconsciuosly

Lesscomviniencefood

Changingshopping habits

9. At home, which of these items do you recycle?

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Glass Paper Batteries Plastic Clothes Used Oil

10. Do you have an approximate idea of how much your parents pay for these household expenses per month?

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No idea Knows all Knows 2 things

11. One way of simplifying our lifestyle is to grow our own fruit, veg, make bread, yoghurt, repair your bike, etc. If you had the

opportunity, would you like to try it?

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Yes No Blank

12. Here is a list of electronic gadgets.How many of each is there in your home?

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Between 5-10 between 10-15 Between 15-20 Between 20-25 More than 25

12.B. Which are the most frequent devices in your home?

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Mobile phones TV sets MP3 Radios

13. Do you think your lifestyle has any side effects in your area or in other partts of the world?

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13B. If yes ,tick two

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More pollution Labourexploitation

Few erresources

Higher prices Poverty

14. If you took part in all or some of the activities, what could you expect to get from them?

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Littlechangesin my

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Change ofmentality

Moreconsciousness

Lessconsumerism

Nothingimportant

Question 15.Question 15.Students´comments and suggestionsStudents´comments and suggestions

* Trips* Trips * Spend some time in the country * Spend some time in the country

living like our ancestorsliving like our ancestors * Visit recycling plants* Visit recycling plants * Limiting the money spent on * Limiting the money spent on

weekendsweekends * One day without using IT devices* One day without using IT devices * Working together* Working together

ConclusionsConclusions

** This questionnaire was answered by 91 students, most of them This questionnaire was answered by 91 students, most of them aged 15-16.aged 15-16.

* The most important things for them are family & friends* The most important things for them are family & friends * Many of them use more than a hundred things every day.* Many of them use more than a hundred things every day. * Most of them believe that 30 or some more are really necessary.* Most of them believe that 30 or some more are really necessary. * A simpler life could help them to have more time and to be * A simpler life could help them to have more time and to be

happpier.happpier. * Most of them are satisfied with their lifestyles, but they´d like to * Most of them are satisfied with their lifestyles, but they´d like to

modify them by learning to do things and they would like to try it.modify them by learning to do things and they would like to try it. * They have no idea what their parents spend on different bills.* They have no idea what their parents spend on different bills. * The vast majority believe our type of life has side effects, * The vast majority believe our type of life has side effects,

especially, in pollution, and in natural resourcesespecially, in pollution, and in natural resources * Most of them expect changes in their mentality, little changes in * Most of them expect changes in their mentality, little changes in

lifestyles and a reduction of consumerism by working in this lifestyles and a reduction of consumerism by working in this project.project.

* THANKS* THANKS