Bringing new generations closer to and enthusiastic about the world of electric mobility: it is with this goal that Ewiva, the joint venture of Enel X and Volkswagen Group, launches the educational project “E-MOBILITY@SCHOOL – the electrifying journey begins today,” which for the 2024-2025 school year involves more than 500 classes and about 12,500 students from secondary schools throughout Italy.
Sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security and in line with the goals of the UN 2030 Agenda, the educational initiative is free for schools and is aimed at raising awareness among the youngest students on extremely topical issues such as sustainability, climate change, emissions reduction and the future of mobility. The project, in fact, provides a curriculum that can bring teachers and children closer to the world of e-mobility, learn about its benefits, discover the technologies that make this type of mobility increasingly easy, as well as its impact in environmental terms, while promoting the spread of knowledge about the energy transition.
Not only that: by dialoguing with the new generations through schools, the project aims to break down existing barriers and clarify widespread doubts about one of the most current and recurring topics in the economic and information scenario.
Implemented in collaboration with Neways, a communications company specializing in educational projects, the E-MOBILITY@SCHOOL project involves sending to all participating classes a digital teaching kit to support teachers and students that deals with the most current topics of Environmental Education in line with the mandatory cross-curricular teaching of Civic Education (Law 92/2019) and the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030, specifically Goals 7 “clean and affordable energy,” 9 “business, innovation and infrastructure,” 11 “sustainable cities and communities,” and 13 “combating climate change.” Inside the kit there is also a final questionnaire that gives access to a certificate of participation useful to receive training credits, in agreement with the school.
Schools may choose to continue the journey by also hosting educational meetings with experts in the field who will engage students and allow them to get to the heart of the issues of electric mobility and energy transition.
Finally, schools may also choose to participate in the creative contest provided by the E-MOBILITY@SCHOOL project to further engage classes on the issues addressed. Students will have to create an artistic essay on the theme “Your idea of energy and sustainable mobility”; the 3 most interesting projects, selected by a jury, will become mural artworks created by professional street artists who will use them as inspiration to decorate Ewiva charging stations in different locations in Italy. In addition, the 3 winning classes will receive a cash voucher as a prize for the purchase of technology or educational products to be used in school activities.
“Ewiva is a joint venture created to accelerate the diffusion of electric mobility in Italy,” says Daniela Biscarini, CEO of Ewiva, ”and so it is natural to turn to the new generations, because they will be the ones to lead the way toward a zero-emission future. Young people must be protagonists of this change, as conscious and decisive actors in the green transition. Our task is to stimulate them and give them all the tools so that they can develop a full awareness with respect to their daily choices, including mobility, and a sense of responsibility toward environmental sustainability.”