NGO/University partnership to educate general public about the Baltic marine environment Svyatoslav TYURYAKOV Stefan HANSEN Stefan HANSEN Evgeny MOROZOV Evgeny MOROZOV

The problem Universal concern to preserve the ocean Formulated, e.g. by IOC Perceived by few public

Local boundary conditions The Baltic Sea Small Densely inhabited Intensively exploited Fragile Level of awareness Decrease of awareness from W-SW to NE

Acting forces Museums Aquaria Science centres Universities Schools NGOs Better awareness level

Proposed solution NGO/University partnership NGO: Hohe Tied e.V. (Kiel) University: RSHU (St Petersburg)

Early days of the partnership Personal connections do matter Feb. 2002Center for Applied Ecology (Sillamäe, Estonia) proposes Hohe Tied to cooperate with a RSHU group, based on Centaurus-II Context of a larger event may help Jun. 2002Centaurus-II participates in Kiel Week Jun. 2003Partnership strengthens, taking full Jun advantage of Kiel Week

Early days of the partnership Kiel Week Process 2 cruises (4 h) a day in Kiel Bight Brief theory on the Baltic Sea 2 sampling points (‘dirty’ & ‘clean’) All information in plain language Target Group General public (groups of pupils, families, etc.) Outcome Very positive and strong feedback from the target group Feature: Feature: c ombination of university knowledge NGO approach scale of the sailing event

Man and Sea Educational concept Ideals of education for sustainable development Active role of a pupil in educational process Higher efficiency of learning in contact with subject Handbook 11 scientific chapters (theory + practice) 3 chapters on organisation and team-work Connection points between topics Stimulation of understanding the ecosystem

Going across the Baltic Learn2care Bringing ‘Man and Sea’ to Russia (2008) Testing of ‘Man and Sea’ by local educators Appreciation and willingness to continue

Learn2care days of work in the Gulf of Finland on Centaurus-II 123 local teachers participated Organisational structure set up 2009 Adaptation of ‘Man and Sea’ to conditions of the eastern Gulf of Finland

Learn2care 2010 Focus on teachers : in-depth training of 30 teachers with participation of 150 pupils Expedition toolbox: providing teachers with instruments to work within ‘Man and Sea’ Formal education program: encouraging local teachers to use ‘Man and Sea’

Acknowledgements Lighthouse Foundation (Kiel) for supporting the practical part of Learn2care Russian State Hydrometeorological University (St Petersburg) for supporting the ‘Man and Sea’ adaptation to conditions of the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland

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