GREEN STEPS for Environmental Literacy Istanbul

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• GREEN STEPSfor Environmental LiteracyIstanbul
• www.yesiladimlar.org

27 November 2005 , Athens Gülru Hotinli, Serap
Basol
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• Non profit organisation working since 1989
• Initially established by a few experts on
  environmental issues
• Working on small scale projects with a very
  limited budget
• All members are volunteers
• Yearly budget max.2000 euros

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• Medies member
• Water in Mediterranean educational package
• Art of Waste
• Waste in Our Life in translation

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• Art of Waste a continous program
• Poster calender with 30 issues on Environment
  and Sustainability
• A guide book for primary schools on
  environmental activities .

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STUDIES at UNIVERSITY level

• Every year we hold a conference at ITU Faculty of
  Architecture on ecosustainable architecture
• followed by workshops on functional desings out
  of waste and reusing waste areas for creative
  projects all of which are evaluated and
  exhibited as term projects.

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• Presentations to the public schools on
  environmental issues and sustainable development.
• An Env. Education Guide Book for the Army.
• Supporting local NGOs with guide books, education
  programs, trainings.
• Trainings to various groups in the society.

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Efficacywith a limited resources

• As a part of our policy
• We have members from other NGOs in various
  fields
• (ex.Tema, Greenpeace, WWF, Doga Dernegi, Soros
  Foundation, Child Rights Groups, Women Groups,
  School PTAs, Unions, Chambers)
• Now, having active members from various
  fields especially artists, biz sector, writers,
  musicians, doctors, city planners,
  pscyhologists..etc.

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• We gather different actors of the society
  together
• just to share their experiences
• and discuss EE ESD
• informally
• Happy hours
• Close relation with other NGOs.
• Receiving lots of demands from other NGOs-to
  support/design EE activities in their area of
  work.
• Other participators from different sectors, who
  are interested in our activities welcomed to
  discuss the need for education in their work
  groups and create ideas to raise awareness.

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• Members are free to start any EE activity, to
  choose their working group, to plan their time
  table
• and activities...(in line with our mission
  statement and principles)
• The core group
• acts as a support entity

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Lots of efforts are given to capacity building
of volunteers/groupsfor activities related
toeducationinterpretationcommunicationadvocacy
for raising Environmental Awareness
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• Examples
• 2005 GSEL worked with EU Fener-Balat District
  Rehabilitation Project group in Istanbul to
  raise awareness on waste management of children
  and of the local women.
• Seminars given to Child Rights Coalition members
  on using the learning of environmental issues as
  a part of their program,
• Seminars in one of the major University Hospitals
  to doctors on how to cooperate with environmental
  NGOs to support childrens health.

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• - A study has been started with the Society of
  Psychologists of Istanbul, to include
  environmental issues in their volunteer
  activities
• We called GMO platform to support them in their
  activities (planned for 2006)
• - Our member from Min.of Env. And Forestry
  invited to general town governors meeting for a
  seminar.

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• - Cooperation with contemporary artists to work
  on environmental issues
• - Campaigns for donation of environmental books
  to the groups in need
• - A small summer camp as a model for sustainable
  living for teenagers started to operate by one of
  our members.

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• Awards
• Reputation
• Media relations
• High number of supporters

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Shortly

• Instead of growing as an institution
• we are in increasing our activities
• through
• multiplying
• ourselves...