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Gulf of Finland Year 2014 NEWSLETTER No. 1(38) 2014 ISSN 1237-489X Gulf of Finland Year 2014 >At the Dawn of the BSP >Schools act for saving the Baltic Sea >Borders - a New Comenius Project >BSP programs Cover photo: The Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida). PHOTO BY KAIDO HAAGEN The Baltic Sea Project Newsletter The BSP objectives are: is published once a year ■ to increase the awareness of students related to the en- Circulation (current issue): 500 copies. vironmental problems in the Baltic Sea area and provide First issued in Finland in June 1990 (500 copies) them with an understanding of the scientific, social and All issues are available electronically at HTTP://WWW.B-S-P.ORG cultural aspects of the interdependence between man and nature, Editor: Anne Kivinukk, Environmental Education Association Etalon ■ to develop the students’ ability to conduct research on Publisher: Tartu Environmental Education Center changes in the environment, Lille 10, Tartu 51010, Estonia ■ to encourage students to participate in developing a Phone: + 372 736 6120 sustainable future. E-mail: [email protected] Home page: www.teec.ee The BSP uses the following methods: Design: Eerik Keerend, Neoart OÜ ■ building networks of schools, teachers and educational Print: Ecoprint AS, Savimäe 13, Vahi village, Estonia institutions in the Baltic drainage area, creating and developing educational approaches and Authors are responsible for the choice and presentation of facts ■ contained in signed articles, and for the opinions contained joint programmes for environmental and international therein, which are not necessarily those of the BSP organisers education, ■ organising joint activities and events, publishing the Published texts may be freely reproduced and translated BSP Newsletter and providing other relevant infor- (except where reproduction rights are reserved) provided that mation. mention is made of the author and source. Financial assistance: The basic characteristics of the BSP schools are: Newsletter is published in Estonia with financial support from ■ active participation in seeking solutions for the environ- the Estonian Ministries of Education and Research and the Esto- mental problems in the Baltic Sea area, nian Environmental Investment Centre. ■ networking, Distribution: The BSP Newsletter is sent free of charge to all ■ a pilot that promotes environmental education in the BSP participant schools, organizations, and other research insti- spirit of the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21 & Baltic 21, and tutions and government authorities. Agenda 21 for the Baltic region. All correspondence should be addressed to: The educational approach for the BSP is: Gedy Siimenson ■ to achieve a balance between the holistic approach and Tartu Environmental Education Centre individual subject studies, Lille 10, Tartu 51010, Estonia ■ to change the role of the student from passive recipient Phone: + 372 564 668 87 to active constructor, E-post: [email protected] ■ to change the role of the teacher from supervisor to Logotype: Modified after Karin Peterson guide in the learning process, to use networks for providing participants with oppor- & Kjell-Ake Holmberg/Hompe ■ tunities to learn and pass along new ideas, Cover photos: Kaido Haagen ■ to use international co-operation as an inherent ele- ISSN 1237-489X ment in the school work. Etalon Estonian Ministry of Education and Research CONTENTS Editorial 4 BSP 25! At the Dawn of the BSP 5 My Brightest Memory 7 OUR PLANET Gulf of Finland Year 8 Protect the Baltic Sea 9 Creating a Connection to the Sea in School 10 HOPE for the Asian – Pacific ESD Rice Project 12 Agenda 21 NOW! 14 Borders – a New Comenius Project for BSP Schools 16 SUSTAINABLE SCHooL The Heart of BSP 18 How Important is Energy Saving for You? 20 THE STORY OF A PICTURE Visiting the Seals 22 BSP PROGRAMS • Sampling Trip to the Kola Peninsula 24 • Science Camp in Kappeln 26 • UN International Year of Water Cooperation 28 • Baltic Sea Project Annual Conference in Lithuania 30 • National Ecological Olympiad for the Polish Schools 31 • Biology –our Passion! 32 • Have You ever seen Small Apples on the Oak Leaves? 33 • Lyceum 179 is Open for International Partnership 34 • A Baltic Sea Day in Tartu Environmental Education Centre 36 • Student´s Research Work in Konopnicka School in Katowice 37 • Visiting a Meeting Point of People and Nature 38 • BSP Activities in a School No 509 in St. Petersburg 39 • A Practical Solution to the Environmental Problems 40 • Year of Water in our School 41 • Water Day in Vecpiebalga Secondary School 41 BSP Coordinators 42 BSP Events Calendar 43 NO. 1(37) 2013 > 3 EDITORIAL Dear readers! between the different stakeholders, to produce a The first year of the Estonian presidency of the new Learners’ Guide and search for new partners. Baltic Sea Project has passed quickly and it is time to sum up our experiences and set new goals for The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable the future. Development will come to its end this year but a As promised, during our first year as the general thematic framework will follow and this clearly coordinator of the project we have tried to take the demonstrates that education for sustainable de- first steps in developing the programs and search- velopment continues to be very significant for ing for new learning and teaching methods, as well UNESCO. as finding ways to make better use of the collec- I would like to thank the Tartu Environmental ted data. I feel that some positive changes have al- Education Centre and the financial supporters of ready occurred, and hope there are more to come. our project – the Estonian Ministry of Education I would like to thank you all for your contribution and Research and the Ministry of the Environ- and motivation! ment. Finally, I would like to thank Kersti Sõgel The Baltic Sea Project is now 25 years old and for her dedicated work and wish our new general we have a general coordinator who is the same coordinator Gedy Siimenson all possible success! age! I hope this combination will bring us luck in Kerli Gutman achieving our aims for the future: applying for EU Secretary-General finances in order to strengthen the cooperation Estonian National Commission for UNESCO Dear BSP participants, This newsletter is the second edition published It is a pleasure to announce the 25th anniversary in Estonia, supported by the Tartu Environmental of The Baltic Sea Project! Education Center, Estonian Ministry of Educa- The fact that the Baltic Sea Project has pro- tion and Research, and Estonian Environmental vided everything that is now called education Investment Centre. It provides an insight to all the for sustainable development for all these years is wonderful educational events that have been or- remarkable. After all the negotiations, decision- ganized, the methods that have been used, and the making, acquired knowledge, skills, attitudes and new connections made in 2013, as well as what to values, BSP has grown bigger. The knowing that expect in 2014. Enjoy reading! Your suggestions the hard work of the participating teachers, stu- about the newsletter or any other matter are al- dents and coordinators has been noticed and it ways appreciated. has been fruitful, should give them all even more Although this year marks the end of the United willpower to continue with the various actions de- Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable De- signed to increase the awareness about the prob- velopment (2005-2014), we will continue shaping lematic condition of the Baltic Sea. I thank you the future together. Be kind to one another and from the bottom of my heart – you have made the continue looking after our common sea! BSP a wonderful example of an international net- Gedy Siimenson work in the UNESCO Associated Schools Project General Coordinator of the UNESCO Baltic Sea Project Network. 4 > THE BALTIC SEA PROJECT BSP 25! At the Dawn of the BSP >LIIsa JÄÄskELÄINEN, initiator and first coordinator of the environmental problems. From the very beginning the pro- BSP, Counselor of Education, Finnish National Board of Education, ject was aimed at developing school-specific, national and in- currently working on the reform of the basic education curriculum ternational models of action by the following means: t the end of the 80s the world was worried about the ■ building a network of ASP schools, educational institu- potential confrontation of the superpowers and the tions and INISTE1 teachers and schools located in the Bal- Aalarming news concerning the state of the environ- tic Catchment Area; ment. The state of the Baltic Sea was one of the deepest con- ■ collecting and developing common programs for environ- cerns for Finns. At that time I was acting as a coordinator of mental education; the UNESCO Associated Schools Project (ASP) in Finland ■ organizing joint activities and events; and and shared these concerns. The ASP was a pilot project for ■ publishing the BSP newsletter and other relevant informa- the implementation of international education, which, al- tion. ready in those days, included a seed for environmental edu- Personally, I also had the pleasure of introducing the cation. What could educators do in order to diminish the ideas of the BSP to the interregional meeting of the IRP2 in tensions in the region and make a contribution to a cleaner Bangkok, Thailand. During subsequent years, the BSP’s stim- Baltic Sea? ulating ideas were initiated and implemented around the I compiled an initiative for the Finnish National Com- mission for UNESCO designed to promote cooperation be- tween educators in order to work for a cleaner Baltic Sea. The formulation of the BSP was started. Naively, I thought that the environment was such a non-political issue that no one would reject it. Some of my colleagues were more doubtful: “The Soviet Union will never join, the DDR will never join.” Mr Erkki Aho, Director General of the Finnish National Board of General Education and chairman of our National Commission for UNESCO, took the initiative to a meeting of the European Ministers of Education and later also to the General Conference of UNESCO.
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