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The Cement and Environment La- bour Foundation (Fundación Laboral del Cemento y el Medio Ambiente - CEMA Foundation) has launched a new school environmental edu- cation campaign called “Colegios + sostenibles”, which will run throu- ghout 2022 and with which it aims to awaken the interest of children in caring for the environment, as a me- asure to curb climate change. To this end, it has designed, in collaboration with EMADE, a na- tionwide educational campaign that will provide environmental works- hops in schools located in the vici- nity of cement factories. During the campaign, students in 4th, 5th and 6th grade of primary education will participate in a wor- kshop on sustainability, Sustaina- ble Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change, given at their school by a specialised environ- mental educator. In the activity, students discover what climate change is and how it affects us, while motivating them to carry out everyday actions to miti- gate its effects, through a dynamic Cementos Portland Valderrivas, together with the CEMA Foundation, is launching “Sustainable Schools” to raise awareness among schoolchildren in the fight against climate change Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2021 Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2021 Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2021 and participatory approach. In ad- dition, they learn about the risks derived from this phenomenon, the involvement of each of us in the environment and the environmen- tal footprint we leave with our daily activities. It also explains how we can contribute individually to impro- ve this situation, through everyday actions such as reducing, reusing and recycling our waste, saving on water and electricity consumption, using public transport, etc. The campaign has already visited nine primary schools near the fac- tories in Castillejo, Hontoria, Mata- porquera, Villaluenga de la Sagra, Oural, Toral de los Vados and La Robla. Until the end of the current school year, the workshops will be held in another eight schools in the vicinity of the cement plants in Alicante, Morata de Jalón, Llose- ta, Añorga, Arrigorriaga, Lemona, Olazagutía and during the months of September to December they will be held in the remaining factories. MORE INFORMATION S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y 41 S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y