Footprints
Start date: Aug 1, 2014,
End date: Nov 30, 2014
PROJECT
FINISHED
Youth exchange in Bieszczady Mountains, Poland (Chmiel, 13.09 - 20.09 2014) gathers young nature lovers from Poland, Finland, UK and Canary Islands, 29 people all together. The mail task is to show an effort to reach harmony between people and nature in Bieszczady mountains. Fauna and flora of Bieszczady will be a way to intercultural education and participation of young people. Workshops, visiting places, trips and meetings with interesting people will be taken to improve theoretical and practical knowledge about nature. Participants will see advantages and difficulties of different close-to-nature jobs, take part in scientific project, and that will help them to choose the right education. We will show how much can an average person do for nature, local environment and local community working in NGO and as volunteer. Young people will be able to learn about their cultures, languages, taste national cousin of each country. We will brake stereotypes and prejudices, built positive image of all countries. History of Bieszczady will be an opportunity to talk about identity, mono and multi cultural society. The lasting effect of the exchange will the blog and "lesson of nature" - didactic materials, where, apart from the knowledge presented in the form of presentations and film, we will also put proposals of non-formal education methods in the classroom and outdoor. This can be used by parents, teachers and all nature enthusiasts.