Donante de Organos, 2 ES-41007 Sevilla Contact person: Prof. Simón Pérez González Tel: +34 955 62 37 75 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.iesjoaquinturina.es

“Instituto de Educación Secundaria Joaquín Turina” is a high school located in Seville, capital city of Andalusia, in southern Spain. Our teaching staff consists of, approximately, 45 members, and we offer different educational levels to 350 students aged, generally, between 12 and 20 years old. Apart from secondary education and post-compulsory educational levels, specific courses with a vocational focus in the fields of Management and Finances, are provided.

Our High School is placed in a middle-low class district, in the surrounding area of the city center. This part of the city have a high level of unemployment and some of our families came from another countries or belong to social minorities . We have taken an active role in several scientific and human rights projects and have worked as well in local projects concerning cultural prejudices and ethnic minorities. We have also organized some educational journeys in order to encourage an international dimension in Education among our students and social framework.

Our school have a strong motivation in taking part into this project concerning Climate Change and Global Warming. Some of our subjects are specially focused to this important matter for us, and our future generation, like Biology, Natural Sciences, Technology, etc. Through this project, we also like to rise awareness, between our students and teachers, to try to implement a better behavior concerning waste recycling, environmental care, new sources of clean energies, mass consumption, etc.