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The issues “use of paper” and “transport to and from school” were the

two with the highest subjective perception of insufficient attention or

neglect on the part of our school community.

The following students volunteered: Lara H. (6B), Catalina N. and Lucía

C. (6A), Franco L. (5A), Juan Manuel H. (5D), Alexander W. (4A), Valentina

C., Emilia F. T., Lara D. F. and Catalina U. (3C). With this team we worked

on our primary goal: to reduce the carbon footprint that the

transportation to our school produces and to rise awareness about it.

We worked together during lunch times and a whole afternoon in

preparing the position paper, the opening speech, the solutions as well

as the consideration of implications, responsible actors and budgets

for our solutions.

On Friday 21st, at 14:30 we were received in Lincoln school to initiate

the summit. The conference was based on the flow of debate in a

Model United Nations conference (MNU).

The opening speech was held by Lara H. and Catalina N.. An excerpt of

the speech follows:

“Our school prepares us for our

futures. For us to be healthy, critical

individuals, capable of rethinking and

reshaping our prospects. But it still

hasn't fully taken into consideration

one vital aspect of our future lives and

it is our planet and how to take care of

it. A normal and reasonable question

could be, why are we here? And the

answer is simple. Because we care. We

care about our future.We care about

the planet and all the living beings that

inhabit it. We, the Goethe Schule, will

begin to care, and we would be glad if

you wanted to do so as well”

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