Chosen partners for Training course Sustainable youth exchanges in rural areas
Štrand moment for a healthy eco corner
The project “Štrand moment for a healthy eco corner“ was done by “Environment Engineering Group“ in cooperation with a public communal company “Gradsko zelenilo“ (“City’s Greenery“) and with support of the City’s regulation body for environment protection.
Activities on the project were done in the period between the 1st of May and the 30th of September 2009 on the right side of the bridge “Sloboda“ (“Freedom“), at the beach “Štrand“, beside a basketball court. The Public communal company “Gradsko zelenilo“ (“City’s Greenery“) as a partner on the project provided “Environment Engineering Group“ with the site for activities. The site that was provided for activities was branded and titled as “A healthy eco-corner“ and it was a place where all activities planned within the project were done.
During the project, 50 educative and informative programs intended and adapted for all ages with a special emphasis on children and the youth were done. Topics of the project: environment protection, recycling, biodiversity, sustainable development, climate changes and energy efficiency, health, healthy diet, physical activities, body and spirit care, recreation, organic production. The importance and practice of these topics were proved through many activities. Experts in some of these topics also participated to contribute to the quality of the activities by their knowledge and authority.
At the beginning of a program day, when the weather permitted, the present were doing morning exercises with advanced students of the Faculty of sport and physical education. The program between 9 and 10 in the morning contained of morning exercises, corrective gymnastics, exercises with music, stretching and so on. The morning program was adapted to the number of participants, age of participants and weather conditions. At the end of the morning activities, participants could refresh with lemonade and elderberry juice and get information on forthcoming activities.
During the rest of a day, the project team continued with activities in accordance with the topic planned for a particular day. The activities were: workshops, discussions, exercises, games, etc. Visitors of the beach “Štrand“ were introduced with ecological and healthy food and diet, organizations and institutions that work in the field of health, physical activities and environment protection and sustainable development. They were also introduced to the activities that they can do on their own and with the aim of protection and improvement of their lives and environment.
Commercial and educative material that was delivered in the course of program days contributed to the conscience and education of the visitors even after the project finished.
The project drew a special interest of younger, but also other citizens, so we hope that we will be able to continue with activities in order to educate and inform the citizens of
