<< Objectives >>The ARTFORWARD project aims to foster sustainability in the creative industries by providing secondary school students with education and practical experience in sustainable art, architecture and fashion design. Through innovative learning modules, partnerships with sustainable businesses, awareness campaigns, and digital tools, ARTFORWARD will empower students to become leaders in sustainable creativity.ARTFORWARD will contribute to a greener, more innovative future for the society as a whole.<< Implementation >>The project will implement the following activities:1) Development of educational modules on sustainable art, architecture and fashion design;2) Masterclass academy with sustainable start-ups, enterprises and innovation hubs in the creative industries;3) Traineeships and internships for students in sustainable businesses;4) Awareness campaigns activities, including workshops, seminars, conferences, to educate the public about sustainable practices in art, architecture and fashion design.<< Results >>The ARTFORWARD project aims to develop learning modules on sustainable art, architecture and fashion design for schools that can serve as a replicable model for other educational institutions to innovate their teaching methodologies, enhance students' skills, showcase innovative sustainability projects, provide traineeships in sustainable businesses, raise awareness of sustainability, and foster a long-term culture of eco-friendly practices in the art, architecture and fashion design sectors.

"<< Background >>Because it was the only way to build a European dimension by developing key competences like capacity to learn new skills, active citizenship, civic and social competences, sense of entrepreneurship, cultural awareness and expression. Although there is an increasing number of projects and programmes related to environmental sustainability issues in European schools, these are often initiatives that remain limited in time and scope. Thanks to this project we have tried to work together in four European schools in a non-isolated and self-referential way by incorporating environmental sustainability in several fields in a systematic way and with a broad discussion with businesses and institutions. With this project of ours we believe we have contributed to developing the skills and school competences needed for the green transition in the right way.<< Objectives >>The project aims to build a network of schools, their stakeholders and local institutions to help construct a European school space able to prepare for increasingly GREEN jobs. The approach used by the partner schools is based on an innovative action-oriented pedagogy to allow learners to develop knowledge and awareness and to work towards transforming today's society into a more sustainable one.The companies supporting the project become allies of the school to bring in new motivated and trained young people and thus initiate real change from yourself.The students from the four schools experience sustainable development in action by creating collections with up-cycling through a global approach while using a new pedagogy which is the establishment of a ""MOTHER"" COMPANY following the creative process.Consequently learning environments can be created in which students learn what they live and experience what they learn.The cooperation among schools, students, teachers and participating organizations was intended to foster opportunities for young people to empower each other through knowledge, skills, values and transformative attitudes.<< Implementation >>The activities implemented in the project are as follows:-After the KICK OFF MEETING the partner schools have internally organized the class involvement procedures and set up the project as a system activity;- they identified a ""MOTHER"" COMPANY that supported the students and teachers in the educational process;- they followed the training of the classes involved with a series of remote lessons/pills coordinated together by the Liceo Chierici school on the topic of green skills applied to planning and design;- they designed and created a collection of upcycling clothes, accessories and jewelry;- they created two FINAL FASHION SHOWS IN LYON AND REGGIO EMILIA in the presence of companies, associations and fashion districts;- research centers, and educational institutions got involved and interested in understanding the European project;- schools implemented teacher and student mobility in new teaching contexts;- they produced a video with digital stories of both the design process and the fashion show, distributed by the platforms of the institutional entities involved. The actions carried out were ""focused"" on permanent, formal and non-formal learning in contexts extended to the corporate world.<< Results >>The concrete OUTPUTS and RESULTS of the project were:- the realization of more than 80 CLOTHES, ACCESSORIES (bags and jewelry) by more than 150 students from the High School Chierici (Italy),the High School Paul Poiret and the High School Octave Feuillet (France), ESSDM Secondary school (Spain) where students were able to ‘in situ’ experiment the theoretical learning acquired by giving space to their creativity in REAL contexts;- an effective cooperation among schools and companies through the establishment of a DIRECTOR'S CABIN of companies’ patrons that closely followed the creative artistic process of the classes of students involved and ensured the acquisition of the basic skills on the project theme;- SHARING OF EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES ON SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH REPEATED MEETINGS, first online and then with TWO SHOWS in Lyon and Reggio Emilia;- the PRODUCTION OF VIDEOS AND DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS that narrated the creative process and/or the fashion show of upcycling clothes and accessories (jewelry and bags);- the awareness from the schools involved that it is possible to CHANGE THE WAY we teach in a GREEN way."