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Activities of Kaliningrad Center in the context of Environmental Education. Dmitry Filippenko , PhD (Biol), project manager , Kaliningrad Regional Center for Environment and Tourism +7-4012-461321 / www.ecocentr39.ru. Our objectives and goals. Major Subjects and Target Groups.
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Activities of Kaliningrad Center in the context of Environmental Education Dmitry Filippenko, PhD (Biol), project manager, Kaliningrad Regional Center for Environment and Tourism +7-4012-461321 / www.ecocentr39.ru
Major Subjects and Target Groups • Baltic Sea Studies • Energy and Climate • Our target groups: • - School environmental teachers • - Students, pupils and kids • - Volunteers and youth • Biodiversity
Publishing results • More than 15 manuals and editions were published over last 10 years • Annuals content reports on the Environmental program ‘Nature Keepers” • Annual proceedings books of the children conferences
Directions of the work • Regional project of the environmental education “Nature Keepers” since 2004 year • Local ecological network combining the schools; teachers; children and volunteers • Annual ecological summer camps • Involving to environmental protection • Competitions for children and pupils • Simple research projects
Nature Keepers: 11 year’s towards to environmental education • Environmental program since 2004 • The single program of the environmental education in the region • Addressed to all the children ages since kids till students • Section “Discovering of the Nature” for kids of preschool age • Section “Biodiversity and its conservation” for school pupils • Direction “Life Style and Environment” for pupils and students
Seminars for teachers • Seminars and trainings for teachers on major topics of the programm (biodiversity, school agriculture, energy saving and climate) • Practices and field trips for teachers – trainings to be environmental educator
Annual Summer Camp “Baltic Investigators” • Available as a summer camp since 2012 year at the field bio-station in the Primorje village, at the Baltic Coats; • Practically-oriented educational approaches • Particular study of the English (via various activities such as lessons, games, projects etc)
Informational Campaign on Energy Efficiency • Started in 2013 in schools actively involved in energy projects • Regional conference on energy conservation issues in Kaliningrad 15th April 2014 • Flash-mob “EnergyRibbon” and visit to Wind-Energy Park
Waste separation in Schools • Interaction with Regional Union of Waste Management • All the schools, colleges and universities are provided by the special containers to collect used batteries • Some of schools have boxes with separate collection of PET and papers • Regular collection of paper trash up to 3-4 tons
Regional Award “Green Pennant” • Has been established in 2007 as a regional award for those schools providing various ecological activities • Previous step to get the Green Flag • Annually until 20 schools and kinder-gardens in Kaliningrad region awarded by the Green Pennant
International Partnership • Project «Educational Landscapes for Sustainable Development» (DBU)in 2008-2012 гг. • Project «P - stop» (Nordic Council), in 2009-2010; • Project “SPARE” (Norges Naturverfornbund) since 2010 year • Project «Ecological Educaiton and Green Solutions» (Nordic Council) in 2014-2015
Participation in projects • Spring Alive! • EcoSchools/Green Flag • Climate Changes • SPARE / School project • on Energy and Climate • March of the Parks
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