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International Workshop:
Environmental Education -
Renewable Energy for Children and Youth

18-20 May 2005, Berlin, Germany and Live on the Internet

The workshop was organised by:

ManagEnergy is an initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport. This workshop was broadcast live on the internet by the ManagEnergy Streaming Service.

DG Energy & Transport


The workshop was in English. Participation was free of charge.

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Programme
Day 1 - 18 May 2005
Part 1: Renewable energies and tuition

12:00

Registration

13:00

Address of welcome
Simone Probst, Parliamentary State Secretary

13:20

Renewable energy as a task of education
Daniela Mormile
, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy & Transport
Christopher Waldén, ManagEnergy


Discussion

14.20

Integration of renewable energies in school lessons (Example Denmark)
Janus Hendrichsen
, Schools Energy Forum Denmark


Discussion

15:05

Coffee Break

15.35

Integration of renewable energies in tuition (Example Great Britain)
Susan Crothers
, Norfolk Schools Energy Club, UK


Discussion

16:20

Formation of the working groups

16:30

Working Groups:

Working group 1: School curricula

Working group 2: Integration of renewable energies in geography, physics and social sciences

Working group 3: Projects integrated in normal lessons

17.30

Plenary session: Discussion of results from working groups

18:00

Optional: Visit to a typical Berlin pub

Day 2 - 19 May 2005
Part 2: Promotion of renewable energies by external organisations and presentation of good school projects

09:30

Summary of the workshops

 

Discussion

10:00

Solar School Forum
Ina Angelova
, Bg-ISES

10:30

Promotion of renewable energies by using the web
Andreas Drack
, Klimaschutz beauftragter von Upper Austria

 

Discussion

11:05

Coffee Break

11:35

Teaching teachers in an environmental education center

 

Discussion

12:20

NGOs supporting teachers
Brian Whitington
, Business and Education in London South, UK

 

Discussion

13:05

Lunch

14:05

Working groups: The role of external institutions: The fifth wheel?

Working group: "Media and Web"

Working group: "Training teachers"

Working group: NGOs supporting teachers

15.05

Plenum session: Results

15:35

Coffee Break

16.05

Campaigns for renewable energies for children and youth
Manfred Schmidt, iserundschmidt, Creative Agency

16:35

Address of welcome by the Ministry

 

Discussion with the press

16:50

Presentation of good school project

17:35

Get together and dinner

Day 3 - 20 May 2005
Part 3: Supporting Environmental Education by Research and Development

09:30

Transfer 21 – Science goes practice
Dr. Christiane Averbeck
, BLK Programm Transfer-21

 

Discussion

10:05

The research project FEEDU
Edy Deruwe
, Director, ABEA - Brussels Energy Center, Belgium

 

Discussion

10:40

The projekt “Environmental Education Renewable Energy for Kids and Youth"
Dr. Michael Scharp
, IZT, Germany

 

Discussion

11:15

Summary of the Ministry of Environment
Dr. Harald Kohl, BMU Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit

11:35

Last Coffee Break and Snacks

12:35

Optional: Two excurisions to good environmental projects

17:00

End of workshop

Internet Broadcast


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Further Information


Further information in English and German can be found at:

www.izt.de/eejug/internationaler_workshop/international_workshop.html

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