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Project Phases

Phase two (work package two)

Knowledge development and the creation of the toolkit

Requires a collaborative approach from all project partners and some of the connected groups. Each organisation / nation will have evidence from their own country on leadership training along with specific needs and expertise on how environmental education is taking place. It is essential to work collectively to ensure that an appropriate evaluation of tools and standardisation takes place.

Objectives:

  • Developing/defining principles of good sustainability and environmental education
  • Exchange of good practice between partner countries
  • Extracting examples of good practice from existing education
  • Defining the gaps of educational practice
  • Developing new educational material based on the lessons learned that will be freely available online
  • Developing a toolkit to provide pedagogical material for educating organisations that stands up to external scrutiny that will be freely available online
  • Providing tools to enable organisations to (better) implement environmental education in their educational framework either in regular or further training
  • Helping European outdoor sport organisations and public authorities to enhance sustainable and environmental responsible physical activity in natural areas


There are 2 key elements that will provide 2 intellectual outputs that are connected to this work package:

1. Compendium of good practice through an exchange programme to develop practical awareness and knowledge of environmental education processes in partner countries

The compendium will provide detailed information on the various mechanisms used to effectively develop knowledge on sustainability and environmental education in a range of settings and environments including:

While in WP1 information on leadership training was gathered from a more theoretical point of view, this work package will additionally deliver the practical insight and produce a report or compendium of activities and processes from the partner countries. Therefore, there will be transnational meetings to see practically what happens and to understand the processes in each partner country. Within this exchange programme partners will meet in 5 different destinations and share their methods of good environmental education in leadership training. This will be done “in the field” as well as for theoretical formats that are used in educational practice. Click on the following links to read the summary reports on each exchange:


For every exchange meeting, the hosting partners will be allocated 5 days to prepare the working sessions, provide connections to the local providers and to report on the outputs and outcomes. Additionally, every partner will be allocated 2-3 days to attend the exchange and participate in the training.

2. Development of the Toolkit of good practice

The toolkit is central to the project and will provide an excellent resource to the outdoor sports sector especially for those involved in leadership training. Training instructors, leaders, and guides on how to communicate and teach sustainability and environmental ethics and etiquettes is of extremely high importance for the outdoor sports sector. Without this there is potential to lose access to sites, to cause friction between users and land/water managers and to bring sports into disrepute with the public. Furthermore, engaging people effectively with nature through education can bring many positive benefits for mental health and well-being, volunteering for protected areas, being watchful of other activities and to carry out elements of citizen science for land / water managers.

In order to produce the toolkit, the partners have identified 6 key activities of work:

  • Defining scope and the structure of the educational toolkit
  • Detailed analysis of information on environmental education in leadership training
  • Defining principles of good educational practice
  • Developing new educational material based on the lessons learned
  • Initial drafting of the toolkit
  • Finalising the toolkit after the testing and evaluating phase

Project Phases

Phase one (work package one)

Phase one (work package one)

Analysing challenges of sport in nature and the current developments in environmental education for outdoor professionals.

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Phase two (work package two)

Phase two (work package two)

Knowledge development and the creation of the toolkit

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Phase three (work package three)

Phase three (work package three)

Testing and evaluating the toolkit and the methods developed for environmental education

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Phase four (work package four)

Phase four (work package four)

Disseminating the mechanism and findings of the project

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