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Goals and Mission of our Society:
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Increase environmental awareness, knowledge
and responsibility of those who regard EE for a mission of themselves,
and - through them - of whole Hungarian society.
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Collect and disseminate knowledge and methods
of EE; help environmental educators, encourage and organise their
co-operation.
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Improve personal effectiveness of
environmental educators, develop their ability tomake contacts with
other people.
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Study, understand and improve personal
relationships for creating harmony amongst people and between people
and environment.
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Develop ethics based on the respect of nature
and man; develop responsible thinking in planetary and century scale;
improve cooperation and patience.
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Identify, train and practice skills and
competences needed for the ecological sustainability of the Earth.
History:
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Our Society was established in March 1992 by
53 devoted environmental educators.
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By now near 1 000 members.
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Since 1998 it is classified as "of
outstanding public benefit".
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Our Society was awarded with prize "For
Our Environment" in 1999.
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Our former presidents: Tamás
Vásárhelyi, András Victor, Ibolya Nyiratiné
Németh
Local groups:
Baranya county (1994-), Zala county (1996-),
Debrecen (1999-), Hódmezővásárhely (2003-)
Expert groups:
Museum Pedagogy (1999-), Human
Resources (2000-), Chemistry (2003-)
Youth Group:
Köröcske ("Little Circle") 2005-
Outstanding activities:
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Literature on EE (Conference, 1994)
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EE in family (meeting, 1995)
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Interactive methods in EE (in-service
training, 1996)
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National EE Strategy of Hungary developed and
presented to decision makers (conferences and publications, 1998, 2001,
2003)
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EE-TIPs (EE Teachers' Information Packages)
adaptation for Hungary (workshop and publications, 1998) National
meetings in every year: lectures, workshops, field trips
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Museums and environmental education -
conference and publication
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Teachers' training workshops, community
programs
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Partners in education (PIE) --
international cooperation led by Institute for Sustainable Communities,
USA, 2001
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"Greening schools" - conference and
manuscript, 2002
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Role of schools on local sustainability
(training, publication, 2002-)
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Grannies' EE (2003, 2004)
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Project "Schools in harmony with environment"
- 2004-
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Workshops led by Joseph Cornell (2006)
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Project "Otto Herman" (publication,
application for museums, 2006)
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MÉTA Workgroups (connecting science
and education, 2006-)
NEWSLETTER OF SOCIETY
Titled "KÖR", appears in every three
months. Informs members on news, possibilities, life of Society and
news on EE. It is supplemeted with "Basket of methods", a collection of
EE activities, edited by members.
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
Most of our members are educators (from
kindergarten to university), but there are artist, jurist, librarian,
doctor, cook, actor, editor and "simply" parents too. Ages are from
teenagers to retired academian. Two-third of our members live in
countryside.
LEADERS OF OUR SOCIETY
President: Saly Erika
Members of Presidency: Albert Judit dr., Marsi Mónika, Halácsy Ágnes, Bartha Cecília, Saly Erika, Laskovics Katalin, Újszászi Györgyi
Members of Board:
Vásárhelyi Tamás dr., Victor András dr., Darvas Katalin, Schróth Ágnes dr., Tóthné Timár-Geng Csilla, Adorján Rita, Vásárhelyi Judit dr., Benya László dr., Benkőné Di Giovanni Rita, Németh Ibolya, Szilágyi Ákos, Klein Ibolya, Hegedűs Andrea, Jánvári Bálint, Wintsche-Mikesch Viktor
Members of Supervisory Committee: Könczey Réka, Berényiné Parti Krisztina, Kelen Gábor
Co-workers: Gergely Nóra, Jakócs László, Szekeres Tamás
Honorary Members of
world-wide reputation:
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Attenborough,
David
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Meskó, Attila
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Cornell, Joseph
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Országh, Mihály
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György, Lajos
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R. Várkonyi, Ágnes
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Káldy,
József
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Schmidt, Egon
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Kontra,
György
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Sólyom, László
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Legány,
András
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Vida, Gábor
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László, Ervin
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Goodall, Jane
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REGULAR PROGRAMS
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Annual meetings: making friends, listening to
presentations, handicrafts, field trips to nice natural places, getting
know "local spirit".
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Traditional in-service training is: "Personal
relationships in environmental education"
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"Eco-christmas" is organized for children and
families: making hand-made presents from natural materials
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Annual canoe trips on Danube at Soroksár
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Help in edition of EE and methodological
publications, own publications
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Cooperations of dozen EE (and other)
non-governmental organizations
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Organizinmg conferences, trainings, lectures,
trips, museum visits, club meetings and other events
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Work more and more on methods of enabling to
sustainability, to develop skills and ethic needed to protect our
environment
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