Green Pack


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Green Pack
Organisation
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe	www.rec.org/REC/Programs/Greenpack	Contact: Kliment Mindjov Environmental Educational and Capacity Building Programme REC CEE Ady Endre ut 9-11 2000 Szentendre, Hungary Tel: +36-26 504-000 Fax: +36-26 311-294 E-mail: kmindjov@rec.org
Age group
10-14 years old. In English there is a Junior Pack (7-10 years)
Topic
The Green Pack includes 22 topics related to environmental protection and sustainable development, divided into five chapters: Environmental Components: air, water, soil and biodiversity; Threats to the Environment: urbanisation, noise, waste and chemicals; Human Activities and Impacts: energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry and tourism; Global Challenges: climate change, ozone depletion, acidification, and issues affecting seas and oceans; Values: ethics and values related to consumerism, human health and the environment, citizens' rights, and responsibility for the Earth's future.
Goal
The Green Pack is a multi-medium environmental education curriculum kit to teach children about environmental protection and sustainable development. The Green Pack is primarily intended for European primary school teachers and their students. The Green Pack’s interactive and multi-media presentation makes it a lively source of information for anyone interested in environmental challenges.
Resources
Includes: CD ROM, the teacher's handbook, DVD video and a dilemma game. Online (new 2008) versions: Greenpack online versions Older versions (2001-2005) are not online: New versions under preparation (2008-09): Balkan countries e.g.
Task
Read material, interactive small video of cartoons, dilema game
Description and Evaluation
In 2007-08, the energy and environmental chapters were expanded to link the use of fossil fuels with global warming and climate change. The Green Pack is an environmental education package, which was originally developed in 2001-04 with support from Toyota. Since 2001, the Green Pack has been implemented in 9 countries. Over 22,000 Green Packs have been produced, more than 15,000 teachers have been trained to use it, and some 1.8 million students have been taught using its interactive multimedia materials.