ALERTA EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

The Project The ALERTA European educational project is all part of the European Community SOCRATES program and, inside it, of the GRUNDTVIG 2 action, “Learning Associations”. Its course is expected to last two years, beginning in the academic year 2006/07.   Environmental protection and improvement, illiterate adult people integration, transnational cooperation, improvement of the English language knowledge and TIC development are the main topics that the ALERTA (“Applying Educational Lines for the Recuperation of the Earth”) European educational project will deal with. The main objective is that of developing informative actions aimed towards increasing society’s environmental awareness, as well as implying society in environmental protection.            The project, developed in a coordinated manner in Hungary, Turkey and Spain, is mainly aimed to young adults at risk of social exclusion, local community groups and other disadvantaged groups, both from a social and economical point of view.

Objectives The Project ALERTA, “Applying Educational Lines for the Recuperation of the Earth”, intends to bring into contact organizations and institutions working in the field of adult training and education in order to realise the following aims and objectives:   Development of informative acts or events aimed at raising society’s awareness about environmental protection.   Work on objetctive groups of adult people owing civic attitude and with low level of training.   Creation and development of stable partnership amongst the organizations with exchange of good practices about each organization, currently used technologies, of staff, in order to experience directly the different techniques and of new ideas for future cooperations in Community programmes.   Assimilation and consequent development of new methodologies of adult involving, training and inclusion in modern society, as a result of the combination of the different techniques developed by the partners.   ‘Ex-ante’, ‘in itinere’ and ‘ex-post’ assessments of all the implemented actions.   Improvement and/or introduction to the knowledge of English as a foreign language and to the use of Internet for the adult people involved in the project actions.   Further development of teaching/training levels and courses for adult teaching.   Creation of social integration elements based on the common knowledge of environmental problems.   Development of environment-conscious centers of a local-international kind with the new training/educational basis resulting from the partnership experience.   Publication of materials produced during the project activities.

ALERTA EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

“APPLYING EDUCATIONAL LINES FOR

THE RECUPERATION OF THE EARTH” 

MEETING IN AKSARAY (TURKEY)

REPORT

TUESDAY, 6th FEBRUARY 2007

 07:35 h. Departure from the Asturias airport towards Barcelona. 

 10:35 h. Departure from te Barcelona airport towards Istanbul.         

     14:50 h. Arrival to the Ataturk airport in Istanbul. Transfer to the Seres Hotel, where we will spend that night.       

      During the evening-night we visit “Saint Sofia”, the Blue Mosque and the Gálata bridge. Dinner at a restaurant in the surroundings of the hotel.

 WEDNESDAY, 7th FEBRUARY 2007

    10:30 h. Transfer to the Ataturk airport.     

   13:00 h. Departure to Ankara by plane.          

   14:00 h. Arrival to the Esenboga airport, where our partners Mehmet, Halit and Hasan, the driver, are waiting for us. They take us to Aksaray and, during the journey, we can enjoy the low temperatures and the snowed landscape these offer us.     

        Arrival to the Melendiz Hotel in Aksaray.          

   20:00 h. Welcome dinner with our Turkish partners at a restaurant before moving to the hotel.

THURSDAY, 8th FEBRUARY 2007

             9:30 h. Meeting at the hotel reception with the Turkish partners for a guided tour through Aksaray, taking advantage of the fact that our Hungarian partners haven’t arrived to the meeting yet. We are also accompanied by the director of the centre, Mehmet Emin Görgülü, and an English teacher, Sibel.

            We visit the city mosque and the library, at which the staff explain us each of the inscriptions in Turkish and Ottoman that we can find in this building.   

         We also visit a very peculiar minaret: it is bent as if it was the Tower of Pisa.

            11:00 h. Arrival to the government premises, in the city of Aksaray, dedicated to “The Protection of Nature”.     

       We are met by a biologist that explains us the jobs they carry out at the facilities.           

            Next, after having tasted an amazing welcome tea that shows the famous Turkish hospitality, we go to the manager’s office, which is something similar to the Spanish Government Delegate’s Office.

            Nihart Ildizar explains us what the main aim of their work is. This work focuses on the prevention of the environmental impact that both coal combustion pollution and increasing industry in that area have.       

     He speaks about what they have accomplished since they have started their work as far as stopping pollution in the city is concerned and he also takes interest in knowing waste management process in Spain, river cleaning, recycling, etc.    

        Jesús Rodríguez, director of the CEPA SUROCCIDENTE, takes part to clarify some questions and he offers his cooperation for the future contact with Asturian Agencies and Institutions related to the environment.      

                  Pablo Osendi, on behalf of those institutions associated to the CEPA (Fishing Association and Town Council Environmental Department), explains the work carried out at his department about “Contamination within the rural field in the council of Tineo”.       

     13:00 h. Visit to a ethnographic and archaeological museum.     

        16:00 h. After having lunch in a restaurant specializing in fish, we visit the Ihlara Valley and the Christian churches located there. From this visit, we emphasize its difficult access due to the snow.    

          17:00 h. We go to Güzelyurt, where we have the opportunity to watch the houses in the rocks. Here we can see a mosque with only one minaret from the sixteenth century, which, at first, it had been built to be a Christian church in the fourth century.              19:00 h. Arrival to the hotel, where the Spanish partners meet to share the conclusions reached today. 

            20:15 h. Dinner with all the Project partners, including the Hungarian ones.

FRIDAY, 9th FEBRUARY 2007

             9:00 h. Departure from the hotel after a lecture about the places we are going to visit and the importance of keeping them in a perfect condition. Nowadays, the constant influx of turists might damage these natural reserves. The director of the School and the English teacher come with us again.        

    In our way we stop briefly and they offer us a coffee with simit, a Turkish typical sweet, and they talk to us about the underground city we are about to meet, Derinkuyu, with eight floors.         

    13:00 h. Lunch at a restaurant in Avanos, where we taste some typical dishes.  Afterwards, we visit a ceramics shop, where they show us how they make each piece and how they decorate it after.             

           Later, we arrive to Goreme, where we can watch the houses and churches of the rocks where the first Christians lived.    

         20:00 h. Dinner and, afterwards, meeting with some partners from the Arts and Music School.

SATURDAY, 10th FEBRUARY 2007

             9:00 h. Arrival to the Arts and Music School, where we are met by the director, the directive team and other teachers.       

      Visit to the centre facilities and welcome concert performed by the students.

            10:30 h. The meeting begins with Jesús Rodriguez, speaking in the name of all the Spanish partners, showing his gratitude towards the Turkish partners for their kindness, generosity and their warm manner at all times. Afterwards, he informs about the activities carried out by the CEPA SUROCCIDENTE since the last meeting in Spain, emphasizing the dissemination this meeting has reached through the media. He also speaks about the courses and workshops (Computing and English) started, focusing on one that is addressed to people related to environmental protection; this workshop is carried out in collaboration with the “El Banzao” Fishing Association. Futhermore he explains how the project website development is going and its projected final result for the end of this partnership first year: links, publication of experiences and works carried out, reports, etc.He brings forward the topics, which had already been sent to all the project partners before, that are going to be addressed in this meeting: 

ü      Proposal for next year’s renewal.

ü      Choice of the Project logo

.ü      Study of the participation diploma model for the students.

ü      Planning of the works that should be developed for the next meeting in Hungary.Next, our Turkish partners, Mehmet and Halit, tell us both about some of the activities that they have been developing and those that are to be developed during this academic year in order to make the students aware of the importance of environmental care. Here are some of them:

 Ø      Planting flowers, plants and trees in the Centre enclosed area.

Ø      Contest about cleanliness and ornamentation in the classrooms.

Ø      Course for the students about the environment.

Ø      Chats about environmental problems public awareness. At last, our partner Ildiko explains us the works carried out in her Hungarian center: 

Ø      Survey for parents, students and teachers.They infer that they are all quite aware about the importance of separating the rubbish. There are also explanations in the website about how this can be done properly. The parents are very involved with these environmental problems and they say that it’s a public problem.

Ø      “Japanese Day” celebration, in which everybody goes out to the School garden to speak about environmental problems.

Ø      Rocks exhibition, in order to show the students the beauty nature gives us so that they take care of it. All of the partners emphasize the large broadcasting that the ALERTA project is having through mass media (press, radio, TV) in their countries.

       Next, Mehmet and Halit show us the logos they have selected for the Project from a school contest carried out in their Centre.        

        Between all of them, after holding a ballot, we select one. However, we decide that it should be coloured in a different way. Our Turkish partners will ask the author of this logo whether this is possible. As expected, we also agree on requesting the Project renewal for the next school year. We also stress the importance of improving communications, so that these become more fluent. We also agree on the meetings planning for the Project renewal (October 2007 in Turkey, February 2008 in Hungary and June 2008 in Spain) as well as other issues related to that renewal request.Finally we fix the date for the next meeting in Hungary and we discuss about its planning.     

        The meeting ends with the Director of the Centre’s, Mehmet Emin Görgülü, presentation of this meeting diplomas. All the participants show their gratitude for the wonderful stay and welcome that our Turkish partners allowed us to enjoy. 14:30 h. Transfer to have lunch and, afterwards, departure by bus towards Ankara. 20:00 h. Arrival to the Ankara hotel. Farewell until the next meeting with our project partners. 20:30 h. Dinner at a restaurant near the hotel.

SUNDAY, 11th FEBRUARY 2007

             08:00 h. Transfer from the hotel towards the Ataturk airport. 10:30 h. Departure by plane towards Istanbul. 15: 10 h. Departure by plane towards Madrid. 20: 50 h. Departure by plane towards Asturias.

WASTE MATERÝALS

   Waste material is used to refer to any material unused and rejected as worthlessand to that leaving them to the air, to the sea or to the land.These waste materials can be thrown in many different ways, for example by means of the chimneys of the factories or homes. As a result of those waste metariels, many immense ecological defects occur. While the gases coming out of the chimneys of the control heating unit pollutes the air, the liquid waste materials thrown by the factories to the rivers, decreases the varieties of the animals that are living round those areas, and it makes the water of the rivers unuseable. And also as a result of the gases used in industry; the ozone hole has been getting bigger and day to day and global warming exists. In our country, which is surrounded by seas through three sides, waters are polluted by both our home waste materials and industrial’s. And also by not refining the waste waters, by fertilizing our land excessively and unconsciosuly, we pollute our natural water on the land.

           Industry’s negative effects on enviroment is much greater than the others, Industries’ liquid waste materials are known to cause the excessive pollution on both land and plants.

RIVER POLLUTION

           Rivers take their main sources from many small spring, rain and snow water. By sewer system, factory wastes, and with the air pollutants and also by the usage of excessive pesticides and fertilizers rivers are polluted most. Rivers and oceans have a special feature for refining the polluted water to some degree. When this degree is overthrown the water begins to  spoil.

LAKE POLUTION

    The main factors of lake pollution is the rivers and atmospheric happenings. And also  acid rains increoses the level of the pollution. Air polluting rains and the wastes of the industries couse much trouble in this tem.

SEA POLLUTÝON

           As our country is surrounded, through three sides, by sea, the sea pollution bears a vital importance. The usage of seas as a tourisim centre and transportation, the non-refined wastes of the industries, leakage of the petrol as a result of crashes at seas, all causes sea pollution. And it affects both our enviroment and also animals hobitats.    

REASONS FOR THE SEA POLLUTION

 ·        The waste materials dropped out of the factories, and and the home’s of the neighbourhood

 waste materials.

·         As a result of the erosion, soil and other harmful materials are carried to the sea.

·        The pollution as a consequence of the ships and other sea vechiles.                

 ·        As a result of sea accidents put the merine life in danger because of the petrol it gives out.

 Especially in ships that are full of petrol is a great danger to the sea. Those accidents cause many animals die, and they also affect the mankid.   

ONE OF THE MOST FACTORS OF THE WATER

     POLLUTION, THE REFINERY OF WASTE IN TURKEY; 

      *Industry with a refinery thesis is only %9

        *Industry with no refinery thesis in specialized industry is %16, however, in the public

industry the rate is %84

        *Only in 14 percent of the industry organisation area there is a refinery centre.

         *Of the %81 touristic centers have refinery centre.

         *Million m3 water is refined percent is only 22, %78 of waste water is not refined.

               Do you know that about waste materials and re-cyclizatien 

As it is all round the world, the biggest enviremental pollution is rubbish. The %68 of the waste materials thrown out of the houses is organic,  the others are paper, rubber, glass, ass and the like.        

 In our country everday 65.000 ton rubbish is produced.There is even a planning in taking the rubbish, destroying them, and trying to give the least damage to them. So that the least damage to the earth is given.                                                

                                      AIR POLLUTION 

Air pollution means the excessive levels of destructive materials in the air thas is both harmful to

men health and enviroment.Through the production of mankind, the unused and harmful materials

 are led to the atmosphere.We can divide air pollution into 3 sections:     

  1)Air pollution as a result of heat:     

 In our country especially for heating, the usage of the coals with low calory and the high rate of sulfur leads to air pollution.    

   2)Air pollution as a result of vechiles:    

 With a parallel to increase in the population and the increase in incame, the gases coming out of the exhaust of vechiles leads to air pollution.   

   3)Air pollution as a result of industry: 

The sellection of the wrong place for industrilation, not taking enough precautions for enviroment in advance, not using praper technology, using the coals with low colory and the high rate of sulfur.These are the main factors of air pollution.Apart from these in mines which produces coals the weather carries excessive carbonmonoxide so people poison. The lava which comes from the volcanos gives out poisonous gases.The unwisely destruction of forest by mankind so this causes fotosentic plants to reduce. Depending on this oxygen dercrease.                        

                                                    ACID RAIN 

The rain while it drops to the earth, it picks up harmful gases and materials and this cause the soil become infertile. As a result of this rains, environment badly affected.                                                    

                                         RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION 

   Wherever radioactive material is used, there is some waste radioactive. The main cause of this is nuclear working. The procession of uranium production. While the population of the world increasingly growing the resources of water is keeping the same level. And it is necessary not to pollute this sources and use them properly.                       

                               WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS ISSUE?

 We pollute our environment unwisely reduce the inhabitable places on earth. We use cheap oil for heating or coal and we think that we are having more money for ourselves. We reduce usable water each passing day. And unfortunately w do not realize this. Why do we pollute everywhere instead of cleaning our world and having a good place tol ive? Re-cyclisation is very important in this point. Now lets look into that… 

                                                     RE-CYCLISATION

     Re-cyclisation is that after a product is used and when it is an unusable situation, the producer brings it to use again. This process is called recyclisation. This process has a vital importance on both economy and pollution. Thanks to recyclisation our environment remains clear.           Everyone can do something fort his. However, in our country it cannot be said that recyclisation is taken serious. We do not use recyclisation boxes and we even not use the dustbin. If we did so, our world would not be in a situation like this. 

                               THE MAIN FACTORS OF RECYCLÝSATION 

•  The reusage of materials;

 The thrown or unused materials in nature are gathered by factories and are Prepared to usethem again. And it is very vital. As a result of recyclisation, many materials can be used again and again. For example, the obsolate coin moneys were melt by the goverment and was sold to France in 1969-1977.

• In order to prevent natural resources become run-out, we should use the least material,

 In this subject, enginers have a very important place as they are responsible for the choosing the material they use. They should choose reliable materials. For example, if an engineer puts a much more big central system machine than the necessary one it is a huge damage to our world and environment. So they should be careful and not be indifferent to the subject.   

• Reducing an extra coverage,

Now many industry firm use very attractive package on their product to make them seem good. That is unnecessary and not economic. When you look into the toothpaste, you will see that the popper coverage is unnecessary. So many firms have begun not using it wisely. 

• In order to prevent living creatures, omitting dangerous materials, in order to success in this

issue many refinisation centres have been established,

• Minimization on the usage of energy

In order to keep the energy use to minimum level, we should use bicycle in stead of cars.

• In order to reduce heat which is given to environment, it is necessary to find new

• Technologies.

 The latest technology that we use, increase the level of global worming. As the air conditioner increases global warming, it was banned in offices in Japan and they left their workers wear shirts. 

• Instead of cleaning the waste materials, protecting our environment from that.

  In the course of production process, we need to take some precoutions against polluting our environment. If these precoutions one taken against pollution throughout the world, we can take spme positive solutions. In the near future, factories will make environmentally- friendly production. So our environment will be able tol ive longer and not become extinct.