Move4Nature

Environmental Education Network in the Carpathian

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Move4Nature

Environmental Education Network in the Carpathian

mountains

First Planning WorkshopBucharest, Romania, June 16-19

The Main IdeaThe Main Idea:The Main IdeaThe Main Idea:

To mainstream environmental issues into educational practice in the Carpathian schools through regional cooperation.

To create tools/educational materials which can be spread to schools

To establish environmental awareness and better connectivity

To facilitate environmental education interaction throughout the Carpathian region

To mainstream environmental issues into educational practice in the Carpathian schools through regional cooperation.

To create tools/educational materials which can be spread to schools

To establish environmental awareness and better connectivity

To facilitate environmental education interaction throughout the Carpathian region

Themes:Themes:

Nature protection and protected areas Including sustainable marketing (local

crafts/natural products) PET/Waste Mobility, energy and climate change

Nature protection and protected areas Including sustainable marketing (local

crafts/natural products) PET/Waste Mobility, energy and climate change

Outputs:Outputs: An Internet platform for cooperation

An informative and interactive training tour

A Carpathian and environmental tool, similar to the Danube Box

An Internet platform for cooperation

An informative and interactive training tour

A Carpathian and environmental tool, similar to the Danube Box

Outcomes:Outcomes:Outcomes:Outcomes: A strategy for interactive Carpathian environmental A strategy for interactive Carpathian environmental

education program education program

Better communication and coordination among the Carpathian countries on eco-education

Schools equipped with eco-educational materials and Schools equipped with eco-educational materials and teachers trained in using themteachers trained in using them

Better awareness of the mobility-related environmental issues

Better awareness in the countries about the Better awareness in the countries about the Carpathian environmental/mountain issuesCarpathian environmental/mountain issues

A strategy for interactive Carpathian environmental A strategy for interactive Carpathian environmental education program education program

Better communication and coordination among the Carpathian countries on eco-education

Schools equipped with eco-educational materials and Schools equipped with eco-educational materials and teachers trained in using themteachers trained in using them

Better awareness of the mobility-related environmental issues

Better awareness in the countries about the Better awareness in the countries about the Carpathian environmental/mountain issuesCarpathian environmental/mountain issues

Preliminary Schedule

I. June 2008:I. June 2008: a planning workshop

II. June - September 2008:II. June - September 2008: •finalizing tools for the road tour, beginning of Internet platform development

III.September - October 2008:III.September - October 2008: - the kick-off training tour

IV. October 2008 – May 2009:IV. October 2008 – May 2009: follow-up;•designing the Carpathian education kit•Internet platform development

The Planning Meeting

The Planning Meeting

The state of Environmental education in various Carpathian countries

How could the gaps in eco-education in the countries be met within a trans-Carpathian approach?

Designing the “training kit” for the Road tour:

what edu materials are already available? how the materials can be enhanced/completed:

additions/translations into national languages; Deciding on the stops and workshops/activities in every stop;

PET-recycling project;

The state of Environmental education in various Carpathian countries

How could the gaps in eco-education in the countries be met within a trans-Carpathian approach?

Designing the “training kit” for the Road tour:

what edu materials are already available? how the materials can be enhanced/completed:

additions/translations into national languages; Deciding on the stops and workshops/activities in every stop;

PET-recycling project;

The Carpathian Education Kit

The Carpathian Education Kit

What age groups will be targeted What can be the input form every country in the region What can be the input from every stop in the Training

tour Participant from each country will add to the

Move4Nature tool kit something from his/her nation The Danube Box example

Experiences with teacher training in the use of the Box The use of the box by the students

What age groups will be targeted What can be the input form every country in the region What can be the input from every stop in the Training

tour Participant from each country will add to the

Move4Nature tool kit something from his/her nation The Danube Box example

Experiences with teacher training in the use of the Box The use of the box by the students

The team will travel through several rural schools in the Carpathian region of Romania.

Tentatively 5 stops will be made in each country

During each stop, a 2-3 day interactive training-experience exchange workshop will be held: the teaching tools-training conducted, materials distributed, the idea of Carpathian/Caucasus space will be communicated, and each school will be asked to contribute to the Carpathian/Caucasus educational kit

The team will travel through several rural schools in the Carpathian region of Romania.

Tentatively 5 stops will be made in each country

During each stop, a 2-3 day interactive training-experience exchange workshop will be held: the teaching tools-training conducted, materials distributed, the idea of Carpathian/Caucasus space will be communicated, and each school will be asked to contribute to the Carpathian/Caucasus educational kit

The Training TourThe Training Tour

During the tour (?), the team will evaluate the state of environmental education/training needs of the rural communities:

- the state of the rural communities/schools - the state of environmental education in the

schools and the existing gaps - what age groups should be targeted (perhaps, a

wider age range should be considered, or some additional education approaches, such as training of community members in the marketing of locally produced crafts and natural products or sustainable agriculture)

During the tour (?), the team will evaluate the state of environmental education/training needs of the rural communities:

- the state of the rural communities/schools - the state of environmental education in the

schools and the existing gaps - what age groups should be targeted (perhaps, a

wider age range should be considered, or some additional education approaches, such as training of community members in the marketing of locally produced crafts and natural products or sustainable agriculture)

Outcomes:Outcomes:Outcomes:Outcomes:

The environmental training of the educators conducted

The training materials distributed

Awareness spread about environmental issues in the region

The Carpathian educational kit enriched with local inputs

The environmental training of the educators conducted

The training materials distributed

Awareness spread about environmental issues in the region

The Carpathian educational kit enriched with local inputs

Follow-upFollow-upFollow-upFollow-up Internet platform

Carpathian educational training tool kit

Training tours in other Carpathian countries

Joint (inter)regional youth/educators’ events

Internet platform

Carpathian educational training tool kit

Training tours in other Carpathian countries

Joint (inter)regional youth/educators’ events