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Ecological movements in Russia
Environment
Environmentalism in Russia? This article written by our two new Russian European Solidarity Corps volunteers sheds light at the ecological movement of a vast country which is recently known for different headlines. If impact is required, then collaboration across the Eurasian continent amongst the ecological movement is needed.
Behind Green Steps: Lillah Martien
Team Intro
Dutch urban development student, that found a deeper meaning in green urban spaces. Get to know one of the youngest members of the Green Steps’ family: Lillah Martien
Mobile Campus 4.0- Summer camp 2022
Mobile Campus
Would you like to know more about the Mobile Campus program and the summer camps we run in St. Pölten? In this article you will read about all the exciting games and experiences that the children had in our last year summer camp!... What about getting a ticket and join us this summer?:)
Updates from our cooperation with CHANGEX
News
In this article we share an extract from the first newsletter from the ChangeX project. Our formats Big Friendly Giants and Plastic Pirates have been partially funded by the cooperation with this Microsoft project.
On Education and Sleep – or why we have to abandon Daylight Saving Time
Pedagogy
The Industrial Revolution has introduced Daylight Saving Time as a means to save energy and exploit human labor. It has left us with sleep patterns which have a negative impact on our overall health and our ability to think straight. Thoughts on reclaiming time.
GAMIFIED LEARNING ABOUT NATURE
Mobile Campus
Last spring we started our cooperation with the local elementary school of St. Pölten, Otto Glöckel. Helping schools in developing an environmental curriculum through the Mobile Campus 4.0 has become our main focus. The ARK, our learning platform, has a crucial role in developing awareness and stewardship in the communities that we want to strengthen, schools included. In this article we try to explain why schools need the Mobile Campus 4.0. The last activities we facilitated for this project represent a good example of the advantages of outdoor learning and why it needs a digital dimension.
Behind Green Steps: Youssef Hamza
Team Intro
Morocco, Italy and Austria. Politics, Nature Guide Trainings and jam sessions. Copywriting, Nature journaling and cardio. Hannah Arendt, Harry Potter and climate crisis. How could all these things stay together? Let’s ask to our ESC volunteer: get to know Youssef Hamza!
EUR 10.000,- Grant From Microsoft ChangeX
News
The ChangeX supports our environmental education project Big Friendly Giants in Austria with EUR 10.000 and enables our small team's mission to connect children with nature. Learn in this newsfeed what ChangeX is about and how we run our Big Friendly Giants project with local kids.
Natural Monument Application Rejected – Legal Changes Required
Environment
In December 2022, Green Steps, together with the Green Party and FG Lanius, applied for the declaration of 185 new natural monuments. A first written statement of the district authority, which we received at the beginning of March, concerns an oak tree in Nadelbach. The rejected application is based on obsolete legislation and is a textbook example for an authority which fails to understand causes and effects of climate change.
