Students of 3^rd Primary School of Zografou carried out a cross-curricular project that brought together nature and art as a scaffold of ESD. Throughout the 15-session project the students learned about the bond between humans and the natural environment and the need for more sustainable ways of living. They were introduced to cultural artifacts, artistic techniques and they studied the way artists observe the natural environment and reproduce artifacts to tell the stories of the earth (sounds, images, legends, people’s past and present). As a final project the students created owls made of clay, which now sit in the school garden.

At another school - Senior High School of Moudros, Lemnos, first grade students took it upon themselves to collect waste from the school meals, utilizing it for creative purposes rather than ending up in a landfill. After the waste was collected, the students categorized and processed it appropriately so that it could be used in their art project. A group of students designed and painted a mermaid where they fashioned her tail and surrounding areas with recycled plastic and metal. The inspiration for the project was based on a painting of a mermaid modeled after the Copenhagen Mermaid by artist Edvard Eriksen, which itself is based on the fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.