Education to sustainable development: example of a vertical and transversal concrete academic project

Sustainable development is a complex concept, which concerns a wide range of social, scientific, economical and environmental issues. The necessity of Education to sustainable development is now admitted by a majority of politic personalities. However, evolution in daily life is still slow. This paper describes a personal initiative of a few teachers of Bordeaux academy: pupils from primary school, teenagers and their secondary school professors, students and researchers from ENSEIRB-MATMECA electronic engineer school, members of University of Craiova (Romania), were involved in this multi level and cross disciplinary thematic project: details are given on project goals, development and management as well as on the technical design. Future applications for ENSEIRBMATMECA electronic engineer school are finally discussed.