the “guide” kaliningrad regional youth environmental group (non-governmental non-commercial...

The “GUIDE”The “GUIDE”Kaliningrad Regional Youth Environmental Group Kaliningrad Regional Youth Environmental Group

(non-governmental non-commercial organisation)(non-governmental non-commercial organisation)

Created: 1995

Registered: 1999

Coordinates:

Botanicheskaja St., 2, office 14,Kaliningrad, 236006, RUSSIA

Phone: +7-0112-461321Phone/fax: +7-0112-464486E-mail: [email protected]

Contact persons:Ismail Nigmatoulline (Coordinator of informational projects and cooperation),Alexey Golubitsky (Leader of the organisation)

The “GUIDE” Environmental Group © 2002The “GUIDE” Environmental Group © 2002


• Environmental education (raise of environmental awareness) among the community.

• Collection and spreading of environmental information.

• Involvement of young people with the rest of the public

in the environment protection activities.

• Development of cooperation in the environmental field.

• Development of the Nature Protected Areas networks.

• Maintaining of the independent monitoring of

environmentally dangerous projects.


Main objectives:


• schoolchildren• students• teachers• scientists biologists (ornithologists, ichthyologists, hydrobiologists and others)

geographers Earth scientists• other experts (cleaner production, ecomanagement and others)


Members:


• Ecological laboratory of Kaliningrad Regional Children Centre for Environmental Education and Tourism (CEBET)

• Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB)• Russian Bird Conservation Union• Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES)• AVA (European Network of Environmental NGOs)• Esrum Mollegard school• Kaliningrad State University• World Ocean Museum• Kaliningrad City Administration


Sample of links with other organizations:

Some facts about Kaliningrad regionSome facts about Kaliningrad region(water reservoirs and watercources)(water reservoirs and watercources)


Territory: 15100 km2

Population: ≈950000 persons

Borders: Poland – 210 km Lithuania – 200 km Baltic Sea coastline – 140km

Largest rivers: Neman (115km in the region), Pregolya (123km)Largest lake: Vyshtyneckoje (18 km2)Other water reservoirs and watercourses:

150 ponds and lakes (18 km2 in total)239 swamp (821 km2 in total)339 watercourses (5180 km in total)945 drainage channel (3384 km in total)

Main aspects ofMain aspects ofenvironmental problems of Kaliningrad regionenvironmental problems of Kaliningrad region

• Water management and pollution

• Air pollution

• Solid waste management

• Energy management

• Environmental education


Water problemsWater problems

Water pollution(“Quality”)

Main pollutant : sewage, wastewater

Sources: - factories, plants - agriculture - household


Water management(“Quantity”)

Water consumption is not controlled

No stimulus for water saving

Great overconsumption of water


PollutantsSmall

watercources

Nemanand

Pregolya

BalticSea

Local pollution is threat for Baltic Sea!

Link between pollution of local rivers and Baltic Sea pollution

Water problemsWater problems

Water pollution(“Quality”)

Main pollutant : sewage, wastewater

Sources: - factories, plants - agriculture - household


Water management(“Quantity”)

Water consumption is not controlled

No stimulus for water saving

Great overconsumption of waterlack ofenvironmental culture

andenvironmental education

Program of environmental educationProgram of environmental educationcombined with collecting information about combined with collecting information about

environment of the regionenvironment of the region(The “GUIDE” together with ecological lab of CEBET)(The “GUIDE” together with ecological lab of CEBET)

• Cultivating of careful attitude to the nature and water resources;

• Improvement of people’s level of environmental education;

• Teachers’ training to provide them possibility to carry out

environmental education by themselves;

• Collecting information about natural water objects in Kaliningrad

region (monitoring)


Main goals:Main goals:

• water ecosystem:

structure and functioning

• water quality:

what is water quality and what does it depend on

how does water quality affects the ecosystem

evaluating of water quality (methods accessible for schoolchildren)

• wastewater treatment

principles

methods

costs (conclusion: importance of water saving)

• practical steps for water cleaning – what can we do by ourselves(scheme: “I see” → “I like” → “I want to save” → “I learn” → “I act”)


Topics of the studies:Topics of the studies:

Program of environmental educationProgram of environmental educationcombined with collecting informationcombined with collecting information

about environment of the regionabout environment of the region(The “GUIDE” together with ecological lab of CEBET)(The “GUIDE” together with ecological lab of CEBET)


In the labOn the river

(outdoor)

Theoretical bases of water ecosystem’s structure and functioningBuilding of food networks and ecosystem modelingStudying aquarium materials (water ecosystem imitations)Working with previously collected material

Trips to water objects (on EcoBus)

Obtaining samples and materials

Comparing theoretical knowledge with a practical situation

Evaluating the water quality

Main activities




Data: collecting of and working withData: collecting of and working with

Tripsto water objects

Collecting water characteristics:BiologicalIndicator organismsBiodiversityBacteria numberBOD

PhysicalDepth and widthCurrent speedTurbidityTemperature

ChemicalOxygen contentsNitrogen and phosphorus contentspH

Data combiningand analyzing(together withchildren and

teachers)

Water qualityevaluating

Making decision about necessity of

action taking

Recordingto database

Applyingon the map

of the region

Providing datafor partner

organizations


Studies with children carried out by ecological lab’ teachersStudies with children carried out by ecological lab’ teachers(N.Belyakova, A.Dubinin) over the time from September 1998 till March 2002.(N.Belyakova, A.Dubinin) over the time from September 1998 till March 2002.

Studies’ topics Number of studies

Number of hours

A. Natural water ecosystems. Factors determining their stability

First glance at water plants and animals of Kaliningrad region 64 344

Food relations between organisms in water ecosystem 68 226

“The world in the drop of water”, “Who live in the pond?” (for small children) 58 134

B. Water pollution. Water quality

Evaluating of water quality by bioindication method.

Chemical and microbiological properties of water.

85 339

Household sewage and its cleaning

(excursion to waste treatment plant; laboratory work)

10 42

“Glass of water” (for small children) 6 12

Oil pollution of water:

Oil: treasure and danger

“Black gold” (for small children)

3

5

12

10

C. Studies with children’s research groups 138 543

TOTAL 437 1662


Studies with teachers carried out by ecological lab’ teachersStudies with teachers carried out by ecological lab’ teachers(N.Belyakova, A.Dubinin) over the time from September 1998 till March 2002.(N.Belyakova, A.Dubinin) over the time from September 1998 till March 2002.

Studies’ topics Number of studies

Number of hours

Water ecosystems: population, food relations; stability-determining factors.

Methods of water objects’ investigation; methods of water quality evaluating (field and cameral studies)

Principles of studies’ carrying out.

20 95

Water: significance in our life; sewage water and its treatment

Principles of practical studies with children; excursion to waste treatment plant; laboratory work.

12 21

Organizing of school monitoring of small rivers.

The Baltic Sea Project

2 3

Practical studies in ecological education

Topics and methods of studies with children of different age.

4 11

TOTAL 38 160



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