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“Let’s Protect the Environment Together” program launched

16 February 2016 [18:30] - TODAY.AZ

By Amina Nazarli

/By Azernews/

Environmental awareness-raising is crucial in mitigating the adverse effects of and adaptation to climate change, as the ecological problems know no boundaries and no country is safe from the consequences of climate change.

It is particularly important that environmental training programs also cover the younger age groups. Given this, IDEA Public Union, which has regularly been conducting both professional and amateur-level projects for many years, and the Ecological Education and Practice Center under the Education Ministry, have launched an ecological training program titled “Let’s Protect the Environment Together”.

The program aims to nurture caring attitudes towards nature among the younger generations, further increase ecological awareness and involve the youth in solving environmental problems, IDEA reported.

The ecological training program covers “Eco-club” members at secondary schools of Baku. Currently, there are eco-clubs at 25 schools in Baku and the network of such eco-clubs is to be further expanded in the future.

Within the program, monthly training sessions for schoolchildren will be held on such topics as basics of ecology, the ecology of plants and animals, human ecology, urban ecology and future cities, climate change, alternative energy, waste management, biodiversity and its conservation, forest ecology, green tourism, etc.

The first training held within the program was organized at the Eco-club of School No.6 of the city of Baku last week. Consisting of theoretical and practical parts, the February session of the training was devoted to the subject of “Alternative Energy – the Energy of the Future”. More than 30 pupils participated in the training.

Schoolchildren learned about renewable and non-renewable energy sources, their impacts to the environment, significance of energy for human life, advantages of alternative sources of energy, protection of our planet’s energy resources, energy resources and saving energy in Azerbaijan, as well as activities of IDEA Public Union in this field. The practical part consisted of interactive exercises on alternative energy and energy management, as well as group activities, crosswords, quizzes and contests.

Furthermore, the participants have enjoyed an opportunity to discuss environmental topics of their interest with experts.

IDEA Public Union and the Ecological Education and Practice Center intend to organize similar trainings for children at other schools of the country.

IDEA launched by the Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva in 2011 is aimed at promoting public awareness of environmental issues and action, collaboration with youth, education in the field of environmental problems and finding proper solutions for them.

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