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Establishing the students’ environmental organization on the example of the EcoClub 'Green Wave' Anna Skidanova. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Faculty of Natural Sciences Department of Ecology. Preconditions of Arising.
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Establishing the students’ environmental organization on the example of the EcoClub 'Green Wave' Anna Skidanova National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Faculty of Natural Sciences Department of Ecology
Preconditionsof Arising • Energy: the most progressive members of the society are the students. • Education: the Universities concentrate young people and fill them with knowledge. • Action: the environment degradation and global ecological problems.
Preconditionsof EcoClub’s“Green Wave” Arising: 2003-2005 • The corporate culture of freedom in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy • The preliminary ideas of the Green Campus • The initial experience of the waste sorting introduction at the University • The first attempt of a group of students to receive a grant for the Green Office establishment
The First Steps 1/2 • These first examples of environmental actions had awaken interest of more students and graduates • an initiative group of people, who wanted to increase nature protective activity, had come into being.
The First Steps 2/2 • In order to • overcome administrative barrier and bureaucratic obstacles • keep implementing the projects • We decided to unite the forces from different actions and found a student environmental organization “EcoClub NaUKMA” • 13th of October 2006 “EcoClub” was registered as a students organization at NaUKMA
Resolution of the Constituent Assembly: the Mission To protect the natural environment via various environmental and educational measures
Resolution of the Constituent Assembly: Main Goals • To create an environmental educational centre in NaUKMA and to group young people around the principles of the natural environment protection; • To facilitate members’ professional realization and to give them the possibilities to get an experience in nature protection field; • To form an environmental friendly image of NaUKMA.
The Structure of the Organization 2006 2007 Full members 5 23 Associated members 29 11 Honorary members 3 10
Working Groups • Green Office • PR-group • Strategically planning • Waste management • “Green cinema” • History of the department in pictures • Sociological studies • International students exchanges • Web site supporting • Nature protective actions • Training group and more…
Standing Actions • International Earth Day celebration (from 2005)
Standing Actions • Photo-exhibitions
Standing Actions • Waste recycling
Waste Separation Extension to all offices and dormitories
Standing Actions • Green Office
Green office is a concept of organizational philosophy which aims at reducing its environmental impact via minimizing resource and energy consumption and of waste generation
Goals of the project • Develop step-by-step guidelines on GO planning and implementation based on the project experience; • Demonstrate benefits and feasibility of GO principles application to the organizational strategy through conducting relevant research; • Encourage other organizations to join the GO implementation activities through • dissemination of the GO idea through publications, • professional networks/email lists, • workshops, • mass media publications, • GO portal (greenoffice.ukma.kiev.ua) • as well as the NaUKMA institutional experience; • Establish a model GO classroom to provide visual demonstration of GO application
Standing Actions • Series of trainings for EcoClub members to build the true team
Our Current Plans • To register EcoClub “Green Wave” as a non-governmental public organization; • to draft a schedule for the next studying year; • to form library database for EcoClub members; • to develop “Education for the sustainable development” program for students from other faculties; • to prepare and carry out the trainings about “Green Office” concept • and many-many other activities…..
Contact Us Our Web site: www.ecoclub.kiev.ua E-mail: ecoclub@ukma.kiev.ua Address : 2 Skovorody Street, Kyiv, 04070 Ukraine