GreenMind: Raising Environmental Awareness in Estonian-Russian Border Area

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More about the project

GreenMind: Raising Environmental Awareness in Estonian-Russian Border Area

Duration: August 2019 – January 2022

Partners:

Lake Peipsi Project – lead partner (RUS)
Псковский областной центр развития одаренных детей и юношества (RUS)
Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation (EST)
Tartu Environmentl Education Center (EST)

The project aims to contribute to increasing of public green minding for creation of environmentally-oriented, energy-efficient and attractive living conditions and recreation in the transboundary Peipsi/ Chudskoye region. The project capitalizes environmental knowledge and environmental awareness practices in the Programme area develops practical methodological tool-kits for the long-run, educates a substantial number of existing and future environmental education practitioners to work with the project products, and facilitates the establishment of a wider societal context that will secure the sustainability of the project results.

Activities:

The GreenMind addresses issues of environment protection and sustainable use of natural resources in the transboundary Peipsi/Chudskoye Lake area, through the introduction of intensive environmental awareness and educational measures covering such topics as eutrophication, waste management, and energy efficiency.

Project activities are:

Public events and environmental campaigns will be held.
Educators, children will be trained for multiplying knowledge.
Students and families will be involved in green minding process within 2 project contests of social eco-advertisements and “Eco-family”.
Outdoor public events’ organizers will be trained to organize eco-friendly activities.
Program area residents will take a personal and active part in the campaigns.
Residents will be informed about the environmental issues raised by the project.
Organizations (cafés, supermarkets, petrol stations) will join eco-campaigns and start introducing eco-friendly initiatives.

Project Newsletters:

In media:

Past events:

Partner meeting in Tartu 30.08.2019
Pihkva region educational officials and teachers field trip to Estonia November 2019
- You can familiarize yourself with the reports od the field trip here
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