Webinar (FI): 3 perspectives on environmental education/nature interpretation, part 3. Nature interpretation through projects 

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Pilke Elina

Elina Pilke presented examples of different funding sources for nature interpretation projects in Finland, as well as one case example of a recent joint project where one of our project themes was well-being impacts of nature. Funds for projects can be granted by the Ministry of Environment, the Finnish National Agency for Education, various foundations and EU´s LIFE Programme. The project Towards an environmentally competent learning community was presented as an example of projects funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education. The project had 9 partners and was coordinated by WWF Finland. It aimed to enhance sustainable practices and environmental literacy in early childhood education, schools, high schools, and vocational institutions. Educators were empowered to integrate sustainability into their teaching practices, emphasizing current environmental knowledge, sustainable daily life, and the well-being benefits of nature. Within this project we arranged training courses and published teaching materials about the theme nature’s well-being impacts.

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