GreenMind: Raising Environmental Awareness in Estonian-Russian Border Area (2019-2022)
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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:
- Press release (5.09.2019)
- Press release (25.11.2019)
- ERR news ETV+ (28.11.2019)
- … /list will be updated/
Past events:
- Partner meeting in Tartu 30.08.2019
- Pihkva region educational officials and teachers field trip to Estonia November 2019
- … /list will be updated/
Additional Information:
Eelika Laane-Hannus
project coordinator
E-mail: eelikalaane@gmail.com
Tartu Nature House, Lille 10, Tartu 51010