Eco-Schools(Europe)

Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA,Toyota Danmark A/S
Toyota Adria d.o.o.,Toyota Baltic AS,Toyota Turkey Marketing and Sales A.S. (2010 participated affiliates)

Promoting Environmental Education

Eco-Schools is an environmental education program run by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE),which helps schools become more sustainable. Approximately 11 million students from 37,900 schools in 50 countries are part of the Eco-Schools network. Joining with Eco-Schools in 2005, Toyota Motor Europe set up the Environment and Innovation International Competition through its Toyota Fund for Europe. This competition encourages students to design real solutions to today's environmental problems. Winning entries receive a grant which enables students to transform their ideas into action.

The winner of the last competition was Eltang Centralskole from Denmark. Their project addressed the theme "Let's Save Energy" by highlighting energy consumption and suggesting ways to reduce it. The students studied and classified the energy use of different items like lamps, computers and radiators and identified simple ways to save energy when using them. Building on that knowledge, they created smartphone barcodes for all items, enabling anyone interested in learning how to save energy to simply scan the barcode with their smartphone and receive relevant energy reduction ideas. Students showcased this innovative project at the supporting retailer Bil & Co.

In 2010, a new theme "Let's Reduce Waste" was launched in four countries: Denmark, Slovenia, Latvia and Turkey. This competition continued throughout 2011 linking schools with retailers to share best practices and find innovative ways of tackling environmental problems.

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• Environment and Innovation