Sustainable Development Certification

The OKKA Foun­da­tion is re­spon­si­ble for main­tain­ing and de­vel­op­ing the sus­tain­able cer­ti­fi­ca­tion sys­tem for ed­u­ca­tional es­tab­lish­ments. It provices sup­port­ing ma­te­rial for the sus­tain­able de­vel­op­men­tal work for ed­u­ca­tional in­sti­tu­tions. Some doc­u­ments are avail­able in Eng­lish on the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion web­site: www.koulu­jaym­par­isto.fi

The main aims of the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion sys­tem are:
—de­vel­op­ment of the qual­ity of teach­ing, learn­ing en­vi­ron­ment and op­er­a­tion of ed­u­ca­tional es­tab­lish­ments,
— im­ple­men­ta­tion of ed­u­ca­tion for sus­tain­able   de­vel­op­ment in teach­ing and school cul­ture with a com­pre­hen­sive ap­proach.

The cer­tifi­cate re­quires an­nual sus­tain­abil­ity as­sess­ment which will iden­tify sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment ac­tiv­i­ties. Sus­tain­able de­vel­op­men­tal themes are al­ways planned for the next school year, in­clud­ing the goals and meth­ods. The plan­ning of sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment at Perho is or­ga­nized by the sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment team (KEKE-ti­imi), which in­forms the steps of work for stu­dents and staff. Mem­bers of the team in­clude both staff and stu­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tives.

Themes of sustainable development

Study year 2017 – 2018

 Well-being of the staff and the students

• Per­son­nel and stu­dent sat­is­fac­tion sur­veys
• Pre­ven­tion of bul­ly­ing
• En­cour­age­ment of the stu­dent union ac­tiv­i­ties
• Com­mon events and ac­tiv­i­ties
• Pro­mo­tion of equal op­por­tu­ni­ties, equal­ity and   anti-dis­crim­i­na­tion ap­proaches

Nutrition & Health

• En­vi­ron­men­tally friendly meals
• Nu­tri­tional food at pro­fes­sional kitchens
• Spe­cial di­ets and veg­e­tar­ian di­ets
• Lo­cal and re­gional foods, sea­son­al­ity and the healthy foods of the lakes and the forests
• En­cour­age­ment of out­door ac­tiv­i­ties & ex­er­cise
• Choos­ing the right type of nu­tri­tion helps main­tain­ing your per­sonal health!!

Cultural diversity and internationality

• On-the-job learn­ing pe­ri­ods abroad
• In­ter­na­tional projects and vis­its
• Be­com­ing fa­mil­iar of the cul­tural events & hol­i­days
• Eth­nic food theme days

Study year 2016-2017

Re­spon­si­ble pro­cure­ment and sus­tain­able con­sump­tion

• Nordic Swan Eco-La­bel for Restau­rant Perho
• Sus­tain­able Gas­tron­omy—elec­tive study mod­ule
• Veg­e­tar­ian food of­fered at the cafe­te­ria Herkku

Re­cy­cling and pre­ven­tion of waste

• Re­duc­ing the use of pa­per
• Im­prove­ment of the re­cy­cling man­age­ment
• Re­duc­tion of the food waste
• Dis­man­tling of the waste mound– work shop

Other themes of past study years

Cultural environments and traditions

• Get­ting to know the lo­cal his­tor­i­cal sites
• Vis­its to the Ho­tel and Restau­rant mu­seum, busi­ness and farms
• Know­ing the his­tory of your own school