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23 rd Junior – Eco – Expert Project

Our country, our future, our responsibility.
23 rd Junior - Eco - Expert Project - Střední odborná škola ekologická a potravinářská Veselí nad Lužnicí
23rd Junior Eco-expert Project

Final Report

Name of the project: Our country, our future, our responsibility
Number of the project: 22230035
  • 5.6. 2023
    The official launch of the project, after welcoming and photographing the participants, the students got acquainted with the Visegrad ideas of cooperation and development. Then there was a lecture by Jiří Dlouhý from the Society for Sustainable Development on the topic of“Sustainable Life and Sustainable Development”.
    This topic is about finding ways towards sustainable development of human society, approaching the ideals of humanism and at the same time the ideals of harmony of relations between man and nature, with the aim to preserve life in all its forms and to protect nature as a whole, with the awareness of the responsibility to present and future generations. In his lecture, Mr. Dlouhý together with the students dealt with the research and creation of the prerequisites for a sustainable way of life at local, regional, national and global level. The transition to sustainability in the current situation seems to be the only alternative to the trends exacerbating the ecological crisis, devastating both the biosphere and society on a local and global scale. The transition of society from the current lifestyle to a sustainable way of life will require fundamental and multifaceted social changes in the next few decades, so the lecture also focused on practical activities from everyday life, their impacts on the RU and how to manage them sustainably. After the lecture, the students got acquainted with the groups and with the topics and work in the individual groups.
    In the afternoon, the groups went into the field to get the first results.
    The groups 1,2,3 went to the Borkovice moor, to get acquainted with their history, flora, fauna and specific abiotic conditions. Furthermore, the students learnt about with the effects of wetlands on the landscape, their climatic function and the effects of man on the Borkovice moor, including climate change, as well as with the effects of peat extraction and subsequent reclamation. During the excursion, phytocenological monitoring of the area and sampling of peat and water took place.
     
    The fourth group went among the local ponds, where they devoted themselves to monitoring birds in the landscape, the influence of ponds on the landscape and the influence of man on the landscape.
     
    The last group went on an excursion around the local sandpits, which were created by flooding the area after sand extraction. While learning about this unique ecosystem, the students took water samples and, on the spot, determined the pH of the water, the temperature of the water, the amount of oxygen and took samples for later determination of nitrates and phosphates in the water.
    In the evening, the project participants visited the local Weiss Museum and got acquainted with the history of Veselsko, including the natural and cultural values of the local landscape, then the students visited the local church and learnt about its history and significance.
  • 6.6.2023
    Students of the 1st and 2nd group visited the plant Rašelina a.s. in Soběslav, where they got acquainted with peat extraction, its properties, treatment, processing and use. In the afternoon, students of the first group measured the flow of the Nežárky River using a hydrometric propeller, learnt about the flow calculation and work with the appropriate technical equipment.
    Students of the 2nd group worked in the school laboratories on the analysis of samples of peat.
    Students of the 3rd, 4th and 5th group visited the town Třeboň together with their teachers.
    Students of the 3rd group visited the Botanical Garden at the Academy of Sciences in Třeboň, where they visited the local exhibits and took a lecture on the importance of plant communities for ecological and climate change.
    Students of the 4th group visited exhibitions about ponds and the landscape of Třeboňsko in Š. Netolický House and the Třeboňsko House of Nature.
    Students of the 5th group visited the Třeboň aquariums with our freshwater fish. This permanent exhibition brought the students closer to the world under the surface of the Třeboň ponds. They could see typical freshwater fish such as pike, catfish, walleye, carp.
    In the evening, there was an“international“ volleyball tournament, some teams played volleyball for the first time in their lives, they fought bravely. Despite the fact that some students played for the first time, they had a good time and after the tournament ended, they played together just for fun. All players were rewarded in the form of desserts from a local café.
  • 7.6. 2023
    The first group went to measure the flow of the Nežárka river and in the afternoon, they counted the flows, comparing them with the flows during the floods in 2002 and with the values measured in the Lásenice and Hamr stations. The second group continued to analyze the peat, the students of the third group went on a tour of local sandpits and devoted themselves to phytocenological monitoring of this area. Students of the 4th and 5th also performed bird monitoring and water pollution at local sandpits. In the afternoon, all groups of participants devoted themselves to preparing presentations for the final conference.
    In the afternoon, there was a sports match in a relay run, which was also attended by some teachers, the reward was again sweet from the local café.
     
  • 8.6. 2023
    During the morning, the students devoted themselves to rehearsing cultural performances as well as professional presentations. In the afternoon, the final conference took place, where the students presented their achieved results and showed us their cultural program, which they had been rehearsing all week. As part of the cultural program, the students presented us not only their school, but also the region and the whole country they come from, with their traditions and cultural values. The conference was attended by directors of partner schools, the mayor of the town of Veselí as well as his deputy mayor, the first deputy governor of the South Bohemian Region and many others. After the final conference, the participants from among the headteachers met and agreed on the further continuation and direction of the project, the next organizer will be Austria.
  • 09.06.2023
    Departure day

Project in numbers:

23

years

40

hours of research

16

teachers

10

hours of rehearsing cultural performances

5

states

3

excursions

2

Sports tournaments

1

week (05/06 – 09/06 2023)

1

Final Conference

New experiences, friends and, above all, fun?

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Final report AJ pdf

Group presentation

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Group 2

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Group 5

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Austria

  • Name of the organization in its native language: Höhere Lehranstalt für Umwelt und Wirtschaft
  • Name of the organization in English:Higher vocational school specializing in environment and economics
    Address: Am Campus 1, Yspertal, 3683 , Austria

Justification of involvement: Partner schools have similar field of study – they focus on protection of the environment. We have had cooperation with this school for 22 years. Austria has better environment technologies. Our previous cooperate:mpacts of human activity on surface waters in the vicinity of ecological schools in Veselí nad Lužnicí and Yspertal (2009 – 2010), Taste and aroma of Southern Bohemia and Lower Austria – sensoric analyses of traditional food ( 2010 – 2011),Quality of soil depending on agricultural use in the area of environmental education in Veseli nad Lužnicí and Yspertal 2013 – 2014,Cross-border partnerships in the field of food and environmental analysis (2019-2022).

Hungary

  • Name of the organization in its native language: SZERENCSI SZAKKÉPZÉSI CENTRUM TOKAJI FERENC GIMNAZIUMA ÉS SZAKGIMNAZIUMA
  • Name of the organization in English: Szerencs Vocational Training Center Tokaji Ferenc Gymnasium and Vocational Gymnasium Address: Bajcsy – Zsilinszky Street ,18 – 20 , Tokaj, 3910, Hungary

Justification of involvement: Tokaji Ferenc Secondary Grammar and Secondary Vocational School The Tokaj Ferenc Grammar School has been part of the Eco Expert project right from its start. This partner encourage pupils to international co-operation and enhance tolerant behaviour.We have had successful cooperation with this school for 22 years.They have similar problems with environment.

Poland

  • Name of the organization in its native language: Zespół Szkół nr 1 im. W. Szybińskiego w Cieszynie
  • Name of the organization in English:Szybinski Secondary School No 1 in Cieszyn
  • Address: ul. Kraszewskiego 11, Cieszyn, 43 – 400, Poland
  • Websitehttps://www.szybinski.cieszyn.pl/szybinski_new/ 

Justification of involvement: This partner school focuses on the environment protection. Poland is a neighboring country and its cultural and social environment is very close to us. We have had successful cooperation with this school for 16 years.

Slovakia

Spojená škola Rakovice 25

Justification of involvement: Previous cooperation with project partner: Partner schools have similar field of study -they focus on protection of the environment. The first cooperation with this school was established in 2016, when students and teachers from this school participated for the first time in the project „The Sustainable Development of the region Veselí Region“.For the second time in history of Eco-Expert Project there is Slovakia participating with 14 students and 2 teachers.

Our country, our future, our responsibility

www.visegradfund.org

The Junior Eco-expert Project is weekly project (04/06/2023 -09/06/2023). Students from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland and Slovakia participate on the project. Students will learn the principles of the Visegrad Fund and sustainable development, which are closely linked together. The project brings together secondary school students from 5 countries in international work groups, who work together to engage in solving environmental issues in the region of the hosting school concerning the theory as well as the practical work.

During the project students will visit selected locations, using chemical and microbial analyzes to process the samples obtained (as described in the other parts of the application). Students from partner schools will arrive on Sunday 04/06/2023 to the dormitory of our school, where they will accommodate. The project itself will start on Monday 05/06/2023 and will be finished by a Final Conference (08/06/2023), during which students will present theirs results.

From 5.6. 2023 to June 9th, 2023 students will attend the described events and prepare a cultural (folkloric)presentation of their country and school.

During the eco-project some leisure activities are planned; sports tournament, orienteering through the city. During leisure activities students from all schools will make international friendship and contacts, learn mutual cooperation and team spirit. During the sport tournament we will make photodocumentation and these photos will be presented on website of our school.

Invited directors and other guests will discuss future eco-project topics; agree on the next date of the project and its continuation or ways of funding the project and better cooperation with cities and regions.

Junior Eco-Expert Project has been organised annually for 23 years. It has enabled students to learn about various ecological issues of their respective countries.This year the project will be hosted by Secondary Technical School of Ecology and Foodstuff Technology in Veseli nad Luznici. Every year a group of 14 students and two teachers participate in the workshops organised by one of the partner schools: from Yspertal in Austria, Veseli nad Luznici in the Czech Republic, Cieszyn in Poland, Tokaj in Hungary and students from Piešťany in Slovakia. The project brings together secondary school students from 5 countries in international work groups, who work together to engage in solving environmental issues in the region of the hosting school concerning the theory as well as the practical work.

23 rd Junior - Eco - Expert Project - Střední odborná škola ekologická a potravinářská Veselí nad Lužnicí

21st Junior Eco-Expert Project Ecologically

21st Junior Eco-Expert Project Ecologically
Aware People – a Hope for the Future
3 June – 6 June 2019, Cieszyn, Poland

The 21st Junior Eco-Expert Project entitled ” Ecologically Aware People — a Hope for the Future” was organised between 3rd and 6th June 2019 in Cieszyn. 90 students with teachers from the five partner schools took part in it. The students were divided into five international groups. For the first two days the students participated in workshops and field trips related to the topic their group dealt with. They collected data which they later discussed and analysed to make presentations of their group work.

  • Group 1 – Protection of biodiversity in the mountainous region. The students learnt about the problem of dying spruce monocultures and about the influence of climate changes on the condition of the forests. They visited the Wyrchczadeczka Carpathian Gene Bank in Jaworzynka, learnt about acquiring the seeds of the Istebna spruce and the reintroduction of the endangered capercaillie. They also visited the Regional Centre for Ecological Education in Ustroń, learning about planning afforestation in the endangered regions.
  • Group 2 – Mineral resources and impact of their exploitation on the region. The group visited a limestone quarry in Leszna Górna and learn about its influence on the environment. They also visited a memorial room of an Auschwitz sub-camp in Goleszów. By the man-made lake in Goleszów they learnt about the properties of the unique Cieszyn oil shale and admired the biodiversity around the lake.
  • Group 3 – Sustainable exploitation and use of brine. The group visited the commune office and the graduation tower in Dębowiec and learnt about the influence of a brine well on the development of the community. During a visit to a pump room, a brine swimming pool and a graduation tower in a spa in Ustroń the students learnt about brine exploitation and its recycling to its natural deposits. Later they also swam in the pools.
  • Group 4 – Protection of water. The students visited company Emi, which provides complete solutions for industrial waste water treatment. During a visit to a fire station in Cieszyn they gained information on the influence of climate change on water levels. The group went on a field trip to the source of the Olza River, learnt about the dependence between the forest and water, collected samples to compare with the samples from the Olza in Cieszyn. At the ski resort ”Złoty Groń” they were informed about the use of water from the Olza for snowmaking.
  • Group 5 – Ecological methods of animal keeping. The students gained knowledge on using environmentally friendly animal keeping methods as an alternative to intensive animal farming during a visit to a family company using ecological methods of processing sheep products in Istebna. They also visited the “Little Beehive Farm”in Dzięgielów, where they learnt about beekeeping and the impact of climate change and of pesticides on bee populations.

On the 5th June the students took part in the School Picnic and Sports Day, which gave the project’s participants a chance not only to integrate with each other, but also with other pupils of the school. During the Closing Ceremony, on 6th June, the participants of the project presented the results of their group work in the form of presentations. Each school also showed cultural programmes promoting their region and country. The head teachers of the partner schools and representatives of the local authorities and educational institutions from Cieszyn and the partner towns were invited to the ceremony. The implementation of the project was possible thanks to the financial support of the International Visegrad Fund and the Cieszyn District Authority.

Junior Eco-Expert Project has been organised annually for 21 years. It has enabled students to learn about various ecological issues of their respective countries. This year the project will be hosted by Szybinski Secondary school in Cieszyn.

Every year a group of 20 students and two teachers participate in the workshops organised by one of the partner schools: from Yspertal in Austria, Veseli nad Luznici in the Czech Republic, Tokaj in Hungary and Cieszyn, Poland. This year students from Piešťany in Slovakia will also join the project.

One of the objectives of the 21st Junior Eco-Expert Project is to provide the students with more in-depth information on good environmentally – friendly practices in all partner countries and the Cieszyn region. Helping them improve eco-friendly habits in their families and promoting sustainable nature conservation in the region will help educate a conscious generation that strives at preserving and restoring the environment.

The students are going to work in five international groups. Each group will deal with another issue.

Groups

1. Protection of biodiversity in the mountainous region.
2. Mineral resources and impact of their exploitation on the region.
3. Sustainable exploitation and use of brine.
4. Protection of water.
5. Ecological methods of animal keeping.
During the closing ceremony students will present the results of the group work. The students will also present cultural programmes promoting their country, region and school.

The head teachers of the partner schools and representatives of the local authorities from all the partner towns will be invited to the ceremony.

The implementation of the project is possible thanks to the financial support of the International Visegrad Fund and the Cieszyn District Authority.

Links:
https://www.szybinski.cieszyn.pl/eco-project  
https://www.visegradfund.org/ 

Ekologicky uvědomělí lidé – naděje pro budoucnost

3. – 6. června 2019, Cieszyn, Polsko

Eko-expert projekt je každoročně organizován už 21 let. Umožňuje studentům naučit se něco o různých tématech, vztahujících se k ekologii v jednotlivých zemích. Tento rok bude projekt hostit Szybinski střední škola v Cieszyně.

Každý rok se skupina 20 studentů a 2 učitelů účastní workshopů na jedné z partnerských škol: v Yspertalu (Rakousko), ve Veselí nad Lužnicí (Česká republika), v Tokaji (Maďarsko) a v Cieszyně (Polsko). Letos se k projektu připojí také studenti z Piešťan na Slovensku.

Jedním z cílů 21.Eko-expert projektu je poskytnout studentům podrobnější informace o postupech/technologiích přátelských k životnímu prostředí, a to ve všech partnerských zemích a v regionu Cieszyn. Pomůžeme studentům zlepšit ekologické návyky v jejich rodinách a propagovat trvale udržitelnou ochranu přírody v regionu – toto pomůže vzdělat uvědomělou generaci, která bude usilovat o ochranu a zlepšení životního prostředí.

Studenti budou pracovat v pěti mezinárodních skupinách. Každá skupina se bude zabývat jedním z následujících témat:

1. Ochrana biodiversity v horské oblasti
2. Zdroje minerálů a vliv jejich těžby na region
3. Trvale udržitelná těžba a využívání solanky
4. Ochrana vody
5. Ekologické metody chovu zvířat
Během závěrečného ceremoniálu budou studenti prezentovat výsledky práce ve skupinách. Studenti budou také mít kulturní vystoupení, které bude propagovat jejich zemi, region a školu.

Ředitelé partnerských škol a zástupci místních samospráv ze všech partnerských měst budou pozváni na závěrečný ceremoniál.

Realizace tohoto projektu je možná díky finanční podpoře International Visegrad Fund a Okresního úřadu v Cieszyně.