School information
- School name
- Colegio Rodríguez Alberto
- School year
- 2023-2024
- School website
- City
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Country
- Spain
- Sea basin
- Atlantic Ocean
- Region
- Coastal: <20 km from the sea
Project information
- Project name in native language
- TIREOUT
- Starting date of the project
- End date of the project
- Level of education
- Primary school
- Project website
- Project contact
vivian.garcia at universidadeuropea.es
victor.ar at colegiorodriguezalberto.com
info at colegiorodriguezalberto.com- Categories
- Healthy Ocean
The TireOut! Project,integrates, circular economy principles in Tenerife's educational sector by transforming marine waste, specifically recovered tires,into educational furniture,decorations,and games.It studies links between marine litter and factors like urbanization and tourism,reducing pollution,boosting environmental education,and fostering community engagement.
Objectives: The project promotes open citizen science by connecting schools and universities to research ocean health through a circular economy-based waste management system,focusing on used car tires.Goals include training scholars and families in citizen science,creating installations with recycled tires,raising environmental awareness through workshops,and fostering collaboration among schools,researchers,and the community.
Theoretical Framework: TireOut! introduces a cross-disciplinary citizen science approach using data-driven reports from various groups to identify pollution sources from used car tires on seabeds.Students,guided by teachers and families, will collect data,while volunteer divers recover tires for study.The project applies circular economy principles to tackle waste,build community resilience,and design tailored pollution solutions.
Methodology:
1. On the complete map of the located tires,a fully distribution on areas of each school is made according to their location.
2. In collaboration with local divers’ community (CBUT,university diving club of Tenerife,the location of abandoned tires on the sea beds will be located.
3. School students are trained in coastal data collection,with an open carry data logger for them and their families when going to beaches.
4. Data on different beaches and coastal areas made by students are digitalized and analyzed.
5. Partnering with local divers (CBUT) the project collects and decontaminates tires, engaging students and educators in design workshops.
6. Construction workshops engage the community in creating the installations. Continuous evaluations gather feedback and measure impact.
7. A complete map of found tires in seabeds and data collected are designed for publication on scientific media.
Schedule:The project includes a 2-months design phase (05/2024-06/2024),a 12 months construction phase (07/2024-07/2025), and ongoing evaluations, ensuring long-term impact and effectiveness.