Teachers' meeting

2024 October 8 to October 10

As part of the Erasmus+ KA2 project “GrInnED – Green Innovation: Make Education Sustainable!” (No. 2022-1-DE02-KA220-VET-000085712), an international teachers' meeting took place from October 8th to 10th, 2024, at Riga State Technical School. During this meeting, issues of sustainability in education were discussed from economic, social, and environmental perspectives. Teachers from vocational education institutions in Italy, Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Latvia shared their experiences regarding sustainability in education.

A visit was made to "Salaspils siltums," where participants could see how the company’s operations are focused on sustainable and environmentally friendly development. The project manager, Liena Ādamsone, spoke about the main aspects of green management, "green" businesses, "green" products, and corporate social responsibility. Lecturers Kārlis Dzelzītis from the University of Latvia and Sigita Alksne from the "Latvian Wood" association participated in practical experiments together with the teachers. The international teachers' meeting concluded at the National Library of Latvia.