Scientific Excursion around Sustainable World

The central theme of the summer school is sustainable development. Sustainability has three main pillars: economic, environmental, and social.  The sustainable development goals are universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. For this reason, sustainable development is part of the education of most countries around the world. The GEM summer school focuses on presenting the role of science and research in fulfilling the economic, environmental, and social goals of sustainable development. The summer school includes outdoor STEM activities, the use of information and communication technology for simulations and modelling of processes in the landscape and group work, students’ projects, based on the principles of inquiry based learning. The environmental goals of sustainable development are in the focus of the summer school. Participants, teenager girls, will gain knowledge that will help them realize the role of the individual and his conscious steps in the sustainability of life in their surroundings, region and on the planet. The topics that the girls will address in their projects will teach them to understand the context of human activities with respect to the environment, the protection of plant and animal species and to consider and process information in a scientific context. The acquired knowledge and skills will enable girls to prepare activities aimed at sustainable development for their children’s and adult clients in tourism.

Contact Person: Sona Ceretkova sceretkova@ukf.sk