Annual Report 2019
Sow the seed of change!
1 Table of contents
Message from the President p2 J’aime ma Planète in a nutshell p3 Educational Activities Department p5 FEE Department: The Eco-Schools Programme p7 Balance sheet and Income statement p10 Development prospects p12 Acknowledgements p13
Message from the President
As every year, I have the pleasure of introducing the annual report of our association J’aime ma Planète (JMP). Each time, it is an opportunity to look back on the past year and to review what has been accomplished, the events and the difficulties that have marked our journey. This report encourages us to take stock and analyse our actions, to guide or redirect our future strategy and projects.
In general, we can be proud and pleased to see that over time, JMP has gained in credibility with its beneficiaries and its partners. This has resulted in an increase in financial resources, with some great surprises, such as the support from the internet users of Generations M (Migros) who chose to support the expansion of the Eco-Schools programme through their online vote.
As far as projects and actions are concerned, 2019 was also particularly successful. JMP continued its momentum with a consolidation and wider dissemination of its flagship projects. The challenges identified have been successfully met, resulting in significant and concrete progress on the ground. By way of example, we can highlight, on the one hand, JMP's geographical expansion with the opening of a branch office in German- speaking Switzerland (Zurich) and, on the other hand, the growing recognition of the Eco-Schools programme. It is very encouraging to see that this programme is now recognised by three French-speaking cantons and has seen the number of participating schools increase from 28 in 2018 to 53 in 2019. The figures for 2020 are continuing this upward trend. With regard to the exhibition on sustainable food, it is also continuing on its journey through the municipalities, allowing many students to deepen their understanding of this topic, which is so essential for nature and for human beings.
This year's successes can be attributed to the tireless efforts of the entire JMP team of employees who are doing an outstanding job, continuing to focus on a constant improvement in the projects undertaken. We also owe this success to the growing number of financial partners who encourage us with their support and trust. I thank them all for their contribution. Without them, we would not be able to continue our mission.
These positive results should not make us forget the magnitude of the task we still have to accomplish, as the situation remains worrying and requires urgent responses. The reports of scientists and experts are there to remind us. Civil society has also been widely mobilized to appeal to our leaders, especially young people, through the climate marches that have been held around the world. This goes to show that these issues have become a major concern for a large number of people.
We are more motivated and determined than ever to increase our impact in 2020 and to continue our commitment with passion and quality.
Thank you again to our supporters, partners and employees for this great year.
Patricia Defauw, President and Founder
2 J’aime ma Planète in a nutshell
JMP is a not-for-profit association with public utility status committed to the protection of the environment and the transition towards a sustainable lifestyle. It is active in the fields of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) and runs programmes and activities in schools to raise awareness among the leaders of tomorrow. Since 2015, J’aime ma Planète has been the national representative for Switzerland of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The FEE is the world’s largest environmental education organisation, with members in 77 countries.
Mission We imagine an inclusive society in which everyone can develop their full potential and become an active “citizen of the world”, ready to take up the challenges of our society for a sustainable future.
Goals • Create a strong relationship with nature and all forms of life from an early age • Promote a sustainable way of life based on respect for oneself, for others and for the environment • Help students to develop the skills needed for sustainable development and the motivation to take action • Support schools in running projects in education for sustainable development
Target group JMP’s activities focus particularly on children and young people between the ages of 6 and 18. We also reach out to the entire school community including teachers, school staff and parents through the Eco-Schools program and its eco-committees. Furthermore, we aspire to bring children's motivation into the family context and to local communities.
Activities Our activities are organized around two departments:
1. The Educational Activities department provides workshops in schools, outdoor learning activities and film projects on sustainability themes. Through its longstanding partnership with Yann Arthus- Bertrand, the department organises educational exhibitions on selected themes (biodiversity, forests, sustainable food, water) in schools and municipalities, accompanied by workshops on these themes. 2. The FEE Department represents the programmes from the «Foundation for Environmental Education» (www.fee.global) in Switzerland, including Eco-Schools, the largest international programme in education for sustainable development (ESD), recognised by UNESCO and the UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme).
“Member of FEE, official partner of UNESCO”
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“Member of FEE, official partner of the GAP” What is Education for Sustainable Education (ESD)?
«ESD empowers learners to take «To create a more sustainable world and to engage informed decisions and responsible with sustainability-related issues as described in the SDGs, actions for environmental integrity, individuals must become sustainability change-makers. economic viability and a just society, They require the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that for present and future generations, empower them to contribute to sustainable development…. while respecting cultural diversity» ESD creates interactive, learner-centred teaching and learning settings. What ESD requires is a shift from teaching to UNESCO Roadmap for Implementing learning. It requires an action-oriented, transformative the Global Action Programme on learning process.» Education for Sustainable Development, 2014 Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives, UNESCO 2017
Our Educational Approach Our educational approach strives for a holistic and transformative learning process that allows for the development of cognitive, transdisciplinary, social and emotional skills. Our activities place the student at the heart of a continuous learning process that is based on the love of nature and an understanding of sustainable development and that follows the learning matrix outlined below:
We understand… We want to… We can… We take action…
…the interrelations and …protect the planet and …think differently …here and now interdependencies its inhabitants between human beings …form our own opinion …to adopt new individual and their natural …contribute to building a and collective attitudes environment sustainable world …identify our spheres of influence and levels of …the challenges of action sustainable development and of the world around …imagine and us experiment with new solutions
The actions of J’aime ma Planète relate to the Sustainable Development Goals through objective #4 Quality education and helping to establish the dynamics for EDD in schools. JMP’s activities also highlight the many interdependencies between the SDGs through the themes covered (Food, Biodiversity, Water...).
4 Educational Activites Department in 2019
Nearly 4,000 children and young people took part in more than 340 activities in 2019. We strengthened our presence outside Geneva with 27% of our interventions taking place in the canton of Vaud.
Our activities are almost evenly divided between classroom workshops, exhibitions/workshops and field trips. Our main themes were sustainable food and biodiversity.
Through a partnership with the organic farm "La Flânerie", JMP introduces students to the production of our food in situ with games, workshops and activities. We also organize Biodiversity outings at the “Maison de la Rivière”.
Our Ciné-club attracted more than 750 We also undertook Actions days in partnership with five students from 13 different schools. For different companies. These days enable company employees the first time, we enhanced our to heighten their ecological awareness while accompanying programming with screenings for students on Nature outings in the form of tutoring. younger children (4-6 years old).
Events with the general public
We also extended our scope of action with the general public, notably through the Sustainable Food Weekend (see next page) and through a collaboration with the Escalade Race. We teamed up with this prestigious race to support it in its efforts to make this great popular event more sustainable. During this year, we observed the progress of the race and identified priority points for improvement in 2020.
We send out an evaluation questionnaire after each of our school-based interventions. Teacher satisfaction levels reached 97% in 2019.
“Many congratulations and a big thank “The photos were beautiful, the activities very precise and you for the intervention of the J’aime ma well adapted, the explanations clear. The two activities on Planète activity leaders for our three offer were very different, of an appropriate duration and classes of 4P. The activity leaders were with sensitive and sincere support from the activity professional, kind and pedagogical with leaders.” the students.” 6P teacher - Geneva 4P teacher - Geneva
5 Educational Activites Department in 2019
A major landmark in 2019 was the launch of the first exhibition developed entirely by JMP: "Food, a challenge for the future of the planet!". Its objective is to help discover the impact and challenges of our food, both globally and locally, in order to initiate a reflection on our consumption choices.
We took advantage of this new 100% JMP exhibition to strengthen our ESD approach. With the objective of empowering students, this project does not present preconceived solutions but gives the keys to the students so that they can make their food choices knowingly.
On this basis, we developed different learning tools and activities for 4P, 5P, 6P, 7-8P and 9P. For the first time, we were accompanied in this process by the Department of Public Education (DIP) of a French-Speaking canton, in particular in the definition of objectives and learning tools by academic level.
In March, we successfully launched the exhibition in Grand-Saconnex. A total of 19 primary school classes in the municipality benefited from our activities related to this event. We also organized the "Sustainable Food Weekend" in collaboration with Helvetas Switzerland, the Sharing Foundation, Swiss Food Academy and filmmaker Guillaume Thébault. This weekend attracted more than 250 people who attended conferences, workshops and screenings.
Our new exhibition was also staged in Coppet in the canton of Vaud. A total of 18 primary school and 9 secondary school classes were able to participate in our activities. This is the first time that a public secondary school has benefited from one of our exhibitions.
These two exhibitions are the largest ever held in the history of JMP with a record number of participating classes.
6 FEE Department: The Eco-Schools Programme
Selected by the Foundation for Environmental Education (www.fee.global) to develop its programmes in Switzerland, JMP launched the Eco-Schools programme in 2016 with a pilot year.
What is Eco-Schools? The largest sustainable development education programme recognised by UNESCO and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), today available in 68 countries and reaching more than 20 million young people.
Programme’s Objectives • Help students to develop the knowledge, skills and motivation they need to address and tackle the challenges of the world around them using real life situations. • Help schools to implement a gradual programme of (education for) sustainable development and improve the ecological footprint and the sustainability performance of the school. • Propose an inclusive method that brings the school community together around a common purpose and reach families and local communities.
The number of schools participating in the Eco-Schools programme in Switzerland almost doubled in one year to reach a total of 53 schools registered for the start of the 2019-20 school year. Of the new schools, 18% are based in German-speaking Switzerland. Nine schools were certified, including the first school in German-speaking Switzerland and the first public school. Two schools were awarded the renewal of their certification. This expansion was accompanied by an opening to public schools in 2 new cantons. The Eco-Schools programme was validated by the Compulsory Education Service (SEO) in the canton of Neuchâtel, while a pilot phase was initiated in collaboration with the Valais Education Service (SE).
JMP strengthens support and monitoring of schools in 2019: • A website was created specifically for the Eco- Schools programme: ecoschools-ch.org • The Eco-Schools handbook was developed for English-language schools • 3 training courses (Geneva, Lausanne, Basel) for 58 coordinators and eco-committee members • New certification materials, including Made in Switzerland flags highlighting the themes worked on by schools
7 They joined Eco-Schools in 2019
• Academia International School, Basel- • 8 public schools from Morges-Est, Vaud City • Centre scolaire de Martigny Croix, Valais • Etablissement primaire et secondaire de Lutry - Corsy , Vaud • Collège Saint-Louis, Geneva • Etablissement primaire et secondaire de Lutry - Grand Pont, Vaud • Crèche Pomme d’Happy Lausanne, Vaud • Etablissement primaire et secondaire de Lutry - La Croix, Vaud • Crèche Pomme d’Happy Neuchâtel, • Etablissement primaire et secondaire Neuchâtel de Lutry - La Croix, Vaud • D’Insle Montessori Schule AG, Zurich • Externat Catholique des Glacis, Geneva
• Ecole Anhugar, Vaud • Institut Catholique La Salésienne, Genève • Ecole Athena, Geneva • International School of Basel, Basel- Land • Ecole Brechbühl, Geneva • International School of Lausanne, Vaud
• Ecole Montessori Bulle, Fribourg • Lycée Français de Zurich, Zurich • Ecole Steiner Lausanne, Vaud • Zurich International School, section moyenne, Zurich
They received the Award in 2019 They renewed their Award in 2019
• Collège Champittet Nyon, Vaud • L’écoline, Vaud • Ecole Bersot, Geneva • L’Institut Florimont (primary school), • Ecole des Nations (pédagogie Geneva Montessori), Geneva • Ecole Internationale de Genève, campus de la Châtaigneraie, Vaud • Établissement primaire et secondaire de Chavornay, Vaud • Geneva English School, Geneva • Institut International Notre-Dame du Lac, Geneva • L’Ecole Active, Geneva • Les Coquelicots, Basel-City 8 They did it in 2019!
Établissement primaire et secondaire de Chavornay, VD – Biodiversity theme
After an audit, the school identified and implemented a large number of actions: • The construction of a handmade bench in the woods and its use as a place of study • The creation, by school pupils, of a permaculture garden to help them understand the links between biodiversity and food • The sale of vegetables at the village market to raise awareness with the local population of their Eco-Schools approach to biodiversity
It is the first public school in Switzerland to receive the Eco-Schools Les Coquelicots, BS – Litter and waste theme Award!
The school looked at its own waste management. After a collaborative analysis involving the students, an ambitious action plan was put in place including:
• Raising awareness about waste sorting among the younger children, led by older students • Organizing a toy and clothing exchange • A Christmas market selling only objects created from waste • “Zero-waste” snacks, with parents' participation
Les Coquelicots is the first school to have applied for and obtained the Eco-Schools Award in German-speaking Switzerland.
Champittet, Nyon, VD – Biodiversity theme
The school received the Eco-Schools award for its educational garden/greenhouse project including drawing up plans, creating and maintaining the garden, setting up a lombricarium, an insect hotel, nest boxes and a water saving project.
The school was brilliant in involving students in every stage of the project and was able to promote these actions within the framework of the school curriculum.
For this magnificent Eco-Schools project, the school received the 2019 Sustainable Development Award from the City of Nyon!
Eco-Schools is a great adventure: it Finally, the Eco-Schools programme allows us to approach sustainable allows all the players in an development and ecology on a day-to-day basis and no longer as a mere institution to communicate, theme. The teaching team, students and parents are committed! The internally and externally, to actions taken are very stimulating and motivating for the entire school showcase them and to be part of a community. Elementary school students feel really charged with a mission. modern sustainable development They are sometimes a little disappointed that some are not as concerned approach internationally. This is an as they are with the future of our planet. But they learn the importance of undeniable asset! every step and they try, like the hummingbird in the fable, to do their part!
Esther Gaëlle Eco-Schools Coordinator Eco-Schools Coordinator Lycée Rodolphe Töpffer Les Coquelicots Geneva Bâle-Ville 9 Balance sheet and Income statement
10 Balance sheet and Income statement
11 Development prospects for 2020: Consolidation and impact JMP has experienced strong growth in its activities in recent years. In less than two years, the Geneva-based association has become a national player thanks to two new offices in Vevey and Zurich. The opening of our branch office in German-speaking Switzerland in September 2019 represents a particularly important step and a real change of scale.
For 2020, JMP will therefore continue to expand its national coverage supported by its offices in French and German-speaking Switzerland. For the 2020/2021 school year, we would like to reach 75 Eco-Schools schools in Switzerland. Our learning tools, including the Eco-Schools manual, will be translated into German and adapted to the German-speaking Swiss study plan (Lehrplan 21). This expansion will be accompanied by the professionalization of our computer tools for monitoring schools. We will acquire new CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software for this purpose.
For its part, the Educational Activities Department will continue to capitalize on the success of its exhibition on sustainable food. The exhibition will be displayed for four weeks in the City of Onex (Geneva). The Educational Activities Department will also support the schools participating in the Eco-Schools programme in Switzerland with activities and outings to reinforce their school projects.
As part of our FEE mandate for Switzerland, we will launch our second international programme in Switzerland. Following the success of Eco-Schools, JMP will offer to the Swiss schools participating in Eco- Schools the Young Reporters for the Environment programme, with a pilot year beginning in September 2020. This programme allows young people to take a stand on a sustainable development issues by putting into practice journalism solutions through press articles, photographs or video reports.
12 Acknowledgements
Thanks to you, J’aime ma Planète has been able to continue its mission and undertake its projects in 2019. We thank all the foundations, businesses, donors and public authorities for their precious financial support.
Fondation Montagu Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz Fondation Mava Fondation Salvia Génération M Fondation Nature & Découvertes Fondation Petram Vontobel-Stiftung Fondation Henri Moser Fondation McCall MacBain Loterie Romande Losinger Marazzi Ferring CA Indosuez Switzerland HSBC Piguet-Galland SICPA Vernes & Associés Knight Frank Switzerland Weinmann Energies
We also thank the foundations and other private donors who wished to remain anonymous.
We also thank our educational partners who have enabled us, thanks to their skills and specific features, to carry out very rewarding projects.
FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education), GoodPlanet.org, GoodPlanet Belgique, Education 21, HEPIA, Museum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, La Salamandre, La Maison de la Rivière, Silviva, Terragir, WWF, Net’Léman, Partage, Payot, Plan Vert, SIG, Projet Zazimut, CIPEL, Les Cinémas du Grütli, Verdonnet Bouchet, La Flânerie, Bourgeois Primeurs, Au Chien Bleu, Difulivre, Editions Glenat, Nathan, Gallimard, Le Lombard, Franz Karl Weber and a number of associations based in Geneva and the canton of Vaud
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