2010 Lahti, Finland

5th European Forest Pedagogics Congress 2010

Finland, Lahti 21. – 22. October 2010, Sibelius Hall

„Forestpedagogics – beneficial impacts on education and society"

Results

On The 6th European Forest Pedagogics congress in Lahti 75 foresters, teachers, pedagogs and forest pedagogs from 18 european states discussed about the beneficial impacts of foretspeadgogy on education and society. The conclusions of the congress are containing a lot of succesful results but also pretentious challenges and important further steps for foretspeadgogy in Europe.

• Conclusions

Contents and contributions

• Official Opening by Anniina Kostilainen (planning officer at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki)

Topic 1: Quality-measurement - methods and results of evaluations and survey

• Tamas Szedlak (European Comisson):
  Shaping forest communication in the EU: „Puplic preception of forests and forestry" – study provided by EC in 2009 and the Communication strategy on Forestry
• Dirk Schmechel (Bavarian Ministry for nutrition, agriculture and forestry, Munich):
  The evaluation of Forest pedagogic programmes - surveys, results, demand for research
• Sirpa Kärkkäinen, Liaisons Manager Finnish Forest Association:
  The Attitude of teenagers towards forest and forest sector - a survey in Finland 2009 and the PR campaign "Now speaks the Forest" 2011-2013
• Clare Nugent (Head of Research Mindstretchers Ltd and Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland):
  Nature's Kindergarten - a comparative study of an international phenomenon
• Sally York (Forestry Commission Scotland)
  Woods for Learning – an example for a FP-strategy

Topic 2: Forestpedgogy and The International Year of Forests 2011

• Kai Lintunen (Manager International Communications, Finnish Forest Association, on the behalf of Mita Sen, UNFF):
  The International Year oft the Forests 2011 – PR – campaigns as a chance for FP
• Thomas Baschny (Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Envirinment and Watermanagement):
  Austrian strategy for IYF

Results of discussion in workshops

• IYF: possibilities for Forestpedagogy

Topic 3: Workshops concerning important acting fields of foretspedagogy

• Use of Drama in FP
• Forest pedagogics is more than a 2 hour fieldtrip – possibilities and ideas of long-term projects
• Methods and innovative ideas
  about how to communicate sustainable Forestry and Forest management in Forest pedagogic-programmes
• Young people's attitude
  towards use of forest and knowledge of forest. How to measure it?
• Case Forest:
  Try a new approach to learn in forest, museum or enterprise visit

Topic 4: Tools and innovative examples for the quality-development of Forest Pedagogics

• Case Forest
  A child centered method for FP
• Forest and climate Change
  Tree planting programme
• Climate change or Researching in the forests
  Aossibilities and programmes for teenagers
• UPM Forest Life
  Virtual walk through the forest
• Stress-management in nature
  Fill-up instead of burn-out
• Using webpage and information centres equipped by IT
  Educational website „Forest of Lynx eLynx”
• The international contest
  Young people in european forests
• FP across the Central Europe - Videoreportage from a study trip

List of participants:

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