For a sustainable world, respect for nature
At Gökkuşağı Schools, students grow as individuals who protect nature, use resources efficiently and embrace sustainability. With our Eco School approach, environmental awareness is a natural part of daily school life.
Turning environmental awareness into a school culture
The Eco School is a programme that encourages environmentally friendly practices and embraces the principles of sustainability. Our aim is to develop students’ environmental awareness and to raise individuals who respect nature, use resources efficiently and carry environmentally friendly behaviour into their daily lives.
This approach is based on the seven-step method of the international Eco-Schools model, run worldwide by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and delivered in Türkiye by TÜRÇEV. The student is at the centre of the process.
Our children do not only learn about the environment; they carry the positive change they begin at school to their families and their communities.
Respect for nature, responsibility for the future
Understanding the value of nature, exemplary practices, sustainability and an environmental awareness that turns into action; the four foundations of our Eco School approach.
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Understanding the Value of Nature
Students develop a meaningful understanding of the value of nature and of natural resources.
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Exemplary Practices
All our campuses put concrete, visible environmentally friendly practices into effect.
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Sustainability and Protection
The student learns through experience that nature can be protected and sustained.
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Awareness and Action
They turn the environmental awareness they gain into action, influencing their family and community positively too.
Real change in seven steps
The international Eco-Schools model turns environmental awareness into concrete action through a seven-step method led by students.
Eco-School Committee
A student-led committee, the driving force of the process, is formed.
Environmental Review
The school’s environmental situation (waste, energy, water) is assessed.
Action Plan
Goals and concrete steps are set according to priorities.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Progress is measured and reviewed regularly.
Linking to the Curriculum
Environmental topics are integrated into lessons.
Informing and Involving
The whole school and the surrounding community are brought into the process.
Eco-Code
A shared environmental principle, created together by the students, is set.
Concrete steps for the environment
Examples from the environmental and sustainability activities our students take part in throughout the year.
Waste and Recycling
WasteWaste separation and recycling programmes.
Energy Efficiency
EnergyEnergy efficiency projects put into practice through saving methods.
Organic Gardens
NatureOrganic gardens that bring students together with the soil and with growing.
Environmental Clean-ups
AwarenessA sense of responsibility through environmental clean-up activities.
Nature Walks
DiscoveryNature walks to come to know and love the natural world.
Environmental Education
EducationRegular environmental education programmes on sustainability.
The Green Flag: a symbol of environmental excellence
The Eco School approach is based on the international Eco-Schools programme, run by FEE since 1994 and delivered in more than 100 countries as of 2024. In Türkiye this programme has been run by TÜRÇEV since 1995.
The programme’s international symbol is the Green Flag, a recognised mark of environmental excellence. This seven-step method aims at real, student-led change in themes such as water, waste, energy, biodiversity and climate, and is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Eco School questions answered
It is a programme that carries environmentally friendly practices and the principles of sustainability into the school culture. Its aim is for students to grow as individuals who respect nature, use resources efficiently and have a developed environmental awareness.
Eco-Schools is an international programme run worldwide by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education) and delivered in Türkiye by TÜRÇEV. It progresses through a seven-step method and is recognised by the Green Flag, the international symbol of environmental excellence. Our Eco School approach is based on this international model.
Work such as waste and recycling programmes, energy efficiency projects, organic gardens, environmental clean-up activities, nature walks and environmental education programmes is carried out.
It builds environmental awareness, an understanding of sustainability, responsibility and leadership. The student becomes part of real change by carrying the environmentally friendly behaviour learned at school to their family and community.
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