Have you participated in the European Youth Event? If not, you can find the recording here: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/topic/eye2025_29001?tab=webstr…

It is especially inspiring to listen to the session on "Skills of tomorrow: Are we prepared for tomorrow?": https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/20250613-1445-SPE…

Join us in the upcoming community café on 15 July where Karl DONERT will talk about Climate, Citizenship and Digital Education. To receive connection details, enrol here: https://education-for-climate.ec.europa.eu/community/challenge_hub/stre…

PALOMERAS CULTURAL CENTRE SCHOOL MADRID
Spain’s first school based solar Energy Community.
Great news from Spain where the AURORA project working with the Palomeras Cultural Centre School Madrid and the Spanish Solar Co-operative Ecooo has started work installing solar panels and air source heat pumps on the schools buildings. After a successful share offer to the local community raised €140,000, work has begun on the renewable energy scheme that will displace fossil fuels, lower energy costs and provide cooling for the school during the summer heat waves. With Spain's weather service confirming that the "extremely hot" June - with an average temperature of 23.6C (74.5F) - "has pulverised records", surpassing the normal average for July and August, this improvement cannot come fast enough.
The AURORA project is demonstrating across Europe that our Schools and Universities can be part of energy communities that install renewable community energy, educate our next generation to lower their carbon emissions, take action to tackle the climate emergency through experiential learning and divert fossil fuel profits back into our communities.
SAVE CARBON SAVE MONEY - GET YOUR SCHOOL YOUR UNIVERSITY TO JOIN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION.
More details on how it can be done will be provided on the AURORA website in September https://www.aurora-h2020.eu under the demonstration sites section.

The school in Madrid is the Colegio CC Palomeras School. The first school in Madrid and we believe in Spain to set up an Energy Community. Here I am with Marta, Sara and Chechu - what an inspiration they all are.

For anyone who wants to hear about the full AURORA energy community programme and what is being achieved you can also see a U Tube recording that was presented to update our AURORA Ambassadors. Details can be found at:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=c8TV_qJWGvg
The photograph you see with this post is the AURORA project Team visiting the school in Madrid that has now raised the full €140.000 to allow the scheme to progress. Another school in the UK in the Forest of Dean is just waiting for formal Government approval to progress having resolved all technical and political issues.
So it really is time your school worked out how to learn from what we have done. I think the scheme is so cool because investments are set so low - anyone can take part and it diverts fossil fuel profits back into your community. And yes I am the first international investor to support the school in Madrid !

For colleagues who missed the AURORA Workshop highlighting how the Education Sector can pioneer energy communities details of the event can now be found at:
https://www.aurora-h2020.eu/2025/05/03/aurora-workshop-highlights-the-e…

A full copy of the recording is available on the AURORA U Tube Channels at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VaXQqJtJlDs

The message from this event is that all schools have the potential to set up Energy Communities that can fund renewable energy for their buildings, lower energy costs for schools, lower carbon emissions and still give a return to investors who fund the work, that are often higher than you can get from a bank.
It is time we had schools across the EU Learning from what the AURORA project is doing. Our latest example in Madrid has raised €140,000 and is now about to install solar panels on the roof of the school and two air source heat pumps to keep students cool in summer. School children will also see the power being generated each day on display screens in the corridor of the main school buildings. The school is in a working class area of Madrid and is not wealthy. If they can do it so can you !!!

Do you run or host innovative green education projects? The call for green education projects is now open!

Following the previous edition, we are looking for contributions in 3 thematic areas, building on 2025 community priorities:

Schools as living labs for sustainability: Do you work on transforming schools into active participants in sustainability efforts?

Good practices integrating GreenComp framework within STEM teaching and learning: Do you work with STEM educators or learners?

Citizenship education: Do you work with learners or educators on citizenship education?

For more information check call details: https://education-for-climate.ec.europa.eu/community/call-2025

The more we learn from each other, the better. 

We are looking forward to your entries! 

Dear GreenComp Community,
our next GreenComp Café will take place tomorrow from 17:00 to 18:00 CEST. We invite you to join us here: https://education-for-climate.ec.europa.eu/community/GreenCompCommunity…