"Since the UN has designated 2017 as the international year for sustainable tourism, five secondary schools from Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal and the UK decided to rise to the occasion. Based on the idea that the tourism industry is not only a major source of income, but also harness potential dangers, such as social dislocation, loss of cultural heritage and ecological degradation, we found each in other in wanting to work together with our students on learning how to appreciate and protect our region, finding innovative ways of dealing with entrepreneurship in tourism and at the same aiming for a reduction of our ecological footprint by joining the ECO-schools and aiming for the Green Flag award after completion of our project. Each partner school will directly involve 60 to 70 students aged 16-18 years. These pupils will come from different backgrounds: some from middle class families, some from lower social status ones, some live in large towns, deprived areas or minority ethnic groups, others are from rural areas. With this project, we aim developing in them an environmental conscience and an understanding of their cultural heritage, in order to start innovating in a protective and respectful way. We want to instil in them the first seeds of green entrepreneurship. The main activities consist out of analysing students', their family's and staff's typical way of travelling, comparing traditional tourism to newer kinds, field trips, workshops, group works, seminars and surveys regarding environmental and cultural sustainability in tourism, short internships or job shadowing in hotels or agencies. Moreover, they will set up business simulation working with national tourism offices, local partners and municipal services in order to have or work in real-life experiences on which they will report through videos and interviews, next to the standard evaluations. Ultimately, all of the research will be presented on our ""Virtual Travel Agency"", a website showing our results, but also a manual for others who are aiming at travelling and living in a more sustainable fashion. Students involved will establish personal contacts with pupils from other countries inducing in them the feelings of mutual respect and facilitating the elimination of prejudices. Having contact with other cultures, they will gain knowledge both about their national cultures and those of the partners, and will find similarities that unite them and differences that enrich them. The project period will be interspersed with interdisciplinary activities carried out in different fields (science, geography, history, citizenship, law, ICT, and foreign languages). We aim to work in a cross-curricular way through eTwinning as well. Students will look for information independently or with the help of teachers, using different methods: from flipped classroom, to non-formal and informal settings. Questionnaires, surveys, conferences with experts and the local communities will help the target groups to reach a higher awareness of the issues developed. While the project website, which will be maintained for another three years, the Erasmus+ corner on each school website, posters, videos, PowerPoint presentations will have the aim of disseminating information as well as materials to other students, teachers, parents and the local community. We will also complete this learning path with the EUROPASS certificate. At the end of our two-year project each partner school will organise “Open Erasmus+ Days” to show all results and outcomes to students from other schools, parents and the local communities. To conclude, we believe that the change in students’ individual lifestyles such as becoming responsible travellers and promoting similar behaviour in their families and communities will have an impact on both local and global environments, in both the short and the long-term."