Researching the Blue Economy in our own countries.
April brings the Green & Blue Research Collaborative Video and 22 April Earth Day. Each partner country researches Blue-Economy practices at home — rainwater harvesting, wastewater recycling, coastal and marine protection, smart water-management technologies — and produces a 1–2 minute video for the joint international video. The chapter also includes the MINKA platform educational webinar on citizen science for Blue Schools.
11 contributions
/ 11 total
🇹🇷Türkiye#april-earth
Sevgi Bayram
Istanbul TOKİ Kayaşehir Vocational and Technical High School
🌍 STEMCYCLE G2B — Collaborative Activity. "Green to Blue Economy in Your Country."
🔍 Research: Green-to-Blue Economy practices in your own country — academic articles, sustainable solutions in water management, renewable energy and environmental protection. Real-life examples include rainwater harvesting, wastewater recycling, coastal and marine protection projects, and smart water-management technologies.
🎯 Analyse: how these solutions contribute to sustainability and the Green→Blue transformation.
🎥 Produce: each country team creates a short 1–2 minute video — visuals, voice-over, simple animations or infographics.
🤝 All videos are merged into one joint international video — published on TwinSpace, shared on social media and included in the final project report.
🇹🇷Türkiye#april-earth
Tuna Al
Turkey Ankara High School
Shared academic article: "Ekonominin Renkleri: Sürdürülebilir Mavi Ekonomi Bağlamında Türkiye'nin Değerlendirilmesi" (The Colours of the Economy: Evaluating Türkiye in the Context of a Sustainable Blue Economy) — Dumlupınar University Social Sciences Journal, Issue 74. The study analyses how Türkiye is positioned within the Blue Economy framework, with sector-by-sector recommendations for marine sustainability.
🇹🇷Türkiye#april-earth
Hüma Al
Turkey Ankara High School
Compiled research and notes on green-to-blue economic practices in Türkiye — including links between renewable energy investment, sustainable urbanism and the country's marine resources. Used as source material for our collaborative video.
🇹🇷Türkiye#april-earth
Hajera
Ankara Eryaman Şehit Okan Koç Anatolian Imam Hatip High School
This study examines the concept of the green economy through the example of Türkiye and analyses the effectiveness of green-economy policies implemented in the country using data from the 1990–2023 period. The green economy is defined as an approach combining environmental sustainability, economic growth and social welfare. Sub-concepts such as green growth, green energy, green finance, circular economy, green technology and green consumption are explained.
The research evaluates the historical development of Türkiye's environmental policies within the framework of development plans and international agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Türkiye has gradually improved its environmental policies, however their implementation remains insufficient against global sustainability targets.
Econometric analysis examined the relationships between per-capita income and variables such as carbon emissions, greenhouse-gas emissions, electricity consumption, urbanisation, transport services and agricultural land. Findings indicate that electricity consumption and transport services have significant effects on economic growth, and that carbon emissions still move together with growth — meaning Türkiye's production structure and energy use remain largely carbon-intensive.
The study concludes that progress has been made but the transition is not yet successful, and calls for more renewable energy, lower carbon emissions, environmentally friendly technologies, protected agricultural lands, sustainable urbanisation policies, green-financing mechanisms, carbon-taxation policies and regulations aligned with international environmental standards.
🇹🇷Türkiye#april-earth
Hajera
Ankara Eryaman Şehit Okan Koç Anatolian Imam Hatip High School
💧 Wastewater management in Ankara is an important environmental service that collects, treats and safely returns used water to nature without harming it. This system protects both people and the environment.
🚰 Water used in homes, schools and workplaces flows from sinks, toilets and drains into the sewage system. This water is called "wastewater" and is not released directly into nature.
🏭 Wastewater is sent to special treatment plants where it goes through physical, chemical and biological processes to be cleaned. Dirt, harmful substances and most germs are removed.
🌿 After treatment, the clean water is released back into nature — or sometimes reused in agriculture and industry — preventing waste.
🌍 Thanks to wastewater management in Ankara, environmental pollution is reduced, water resources are protected, and a healthier living environment is created.
🇪🇺Multiple#april-earth
Project Team
STEMCYCLE G2B Partners
STEMCYCLE G2B Educational Webinar — "Citizen Science as an Educational Tool for Blue Schools: the case of the MINKA platform." Partner teachers and students learn how citizen-science platforms turn classrooms into coastal observatories, contributing observations to global marine-biodiversity research.
🇪🇺Multiple#april-earth
Project Team
STEMCYCLE G2B Partners
Earth Day activities across partner schools — tree planting, classroom debates, beach and neighbourhood clean-ups, recycled-material installations and a moment of silence for the planet at the same hour in every classroom.
🇮🇹Italy#april-earth
Liceo Classico Mario Pagano Team
Liceo Classico Mario Pagano
Inspired by classical thought on the commons (res communes), our students researched the Mediterranean Blue Economy through a humanist lens — exploring how literature and philosophy have always read the sea as a shared, living archive. Their video links ancient texts to today's Blue Economy KPIs in Italy.
🇷🇴Romania#april-earth
Colegiul Tehnic Stefan Procopiu Team
Colegiul Tehnic „Stefan Procopiu"
Our students researched Romania's contribution to the European Blue Economy: the Danube Delta as one of Europe's largest biodiversity reserves, the Black Sea coast and Constanța port logistics, and emerging Romanian green-tech startups. Their 2-minute video is part of the joint international piece.
🇹🇷Türkiye#april-earth
Silivri Yusuf Sarıbekir Team
Istanbul Silivri Yusuf Sarıbekir Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School
For Earth Day, students partnered with the local Silivri municipality for a Marmara coastal cleanup, gathering data on micro-plastic pollution. They followed it with a small awareness session at the school port-side about the Marmara as a shared Blue Economy asset.
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova#april-earth
Moldova Partner Team
Liceul Teoretic Partener, Chișinău
Our Earth Day reflection focuses on the Nistru (Dniester) river basin and the shared responsibility of Moldova and its neighbours for water quality flowing toward the Black Sea. Together with our Romanian co-founders we explored how rivers connect classrooms across borders.
