Grundtvig - Archimedes

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-FI1-GRU13-06149
Venue: Hyrynsalmi Date of the Workshop: 01/06/2012 - 05/06/2012
Green Gold: the social and personal significance of forest
Subject area: Environment / sustainable development
Artistic education, also including Arts and Crafts and Music
Recognition of non-formal and informal learning
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
The group is formed by 15 participants from different European countries. The participants should
hold an interest towards forest and have a motivation to gain more information concerning the
social significance of forests both locally and globally. Participants should also have a high personal
motivation to rethink their relationship with forest and nature. Prior experience or knowledge from
the field of forestry or natural sciences is not required.
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
Green Gold workshop has two main objectives: social and personal. First, the workshop aims to
explore the significance of forests in relation to global environmental problems, such as climate
change and biodiversity loss. The second objective is to give participants an opportunity to explore
and reflect their personal relationship with forest and nature in the means of creative art. Both
dimensions of forest are processed in the surroundings of primeval Finnish forest in Nature and Art
Centre Mustarinda.
Workshop Organiser:
Contact details:
Vihreä Sivistysliitto ry, The Green Cultural Association
(ViSiLi)
Ruoholahdenranta 1 E
180 Helsinki
FI-FINLAND
E-mail: taru.anttonen@visili.fi
www.visili.fi
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