Our world has various global issues that need addressing. Some may be easier to change than others. While wars and famine may seem difficult to address, another problem often goes ignored, yet may have very serious consequences. Having studied the problems of waste in science and geography, we have decided it is time to “Vote with our Feet”. Having found partners who feel similarly using eTwinning, this project aims to develop better global citizens by encouraging them to DO SOMETHING about the issues of sustainability around them. It aims to reach the families and staff of all the students involved to change lifelong habits and improve sustainability within our society. It aims to use eTwinning to enhance the reach of this project to other countries around the world, with each school inviting another school on board in another country outside of Europe. Focusing on reusing, recycling and renewing, it will motivate students to take better care of the world and to search for effective answers to some of the problems facing 21st century world. They will develop skills they will take into the workplace and change their perspective on what is “good” in business. They will develop skills of teamwork, analysis, monitoring and problem solving as well as improving communication needed for promotion, maths needed for analysing survey results and ICT for communication, for creating surveys and for disseminating results. Each school will take on a different aspect of the project to promote to the others. e.g. reusable shopping bags. Recycling of plastics Using renewable energy sources Conserving energy. Each school will begin their work by using surveys to find out what families, staff and students do in their own and in the other schools involved. They will then research and promote their aspect with their own school, inviting other schools locally and globally to join in. They will re assess the effect of their promotion at the end of the campaign. The results will be shared with each of the other schools, and all schools will then carry out promotions to encourage their local communities to change. Representatives from the schools will all meet together in one place to have a “Summit” where aims for all the schools and their communities will be set, near the start of the project; a review during the project; and a celebration/promotion at the end of the project. These summits will invite guests from the other global partners joining in either in person or by video conference. At each summit, there will be a multiplier event where the local community will be invited to hear the suggestions and reasons for improving their environment. They will be able to sign up to the agreement on a number of levels – only using sustainable shopping bags, switching off LEDs and other lighting, etc. Other local schools will be invited to each “summit” in order to “pass on the flame”. Each school will create a booklet/leaflet on their focus, make videos to put on the internet, and have an environment fair, promoting their ideas on how to make a more sustainable world. Once the project has finished, the promotion will be carried on each year, with all participating schools promoting and carrying out surveys to measure the ongoing effect of their work. Designed and created by its founder member of 7 schools in 7 countries across Europe, the 500 students directly involved hope to change the outlook of every student and family in their school, have an effect on their local communities through promotion to other schools, but also, by inviting schools in non-European countries to join our project through TwinSpace and video conferencing to have a global impact. Designed and created by its founder member of 7 schools in 7 countries across Europe, the 500 students directly involved hope to change the outlook of every student and family in their school, have an effect on their local communities through promotion to other schools, but also, by inviting schools in non-European countries to join our project through TwinSpace and video conferencing to have a global impact.