About LEAF

Vision

Learning about Forests’ vision is to see an increased level of awareness and knowledge about the key role forests play for sustainable life on our planet. The programme will reflect all the functions forests fulfill for people; cultural, ecological, economical and social. Understanding the balance between those uses is crucial when studying how humans interact with forests.
 

Mission

Learning about Forests’ mission is to spread environmental education concerning forests and all their values among school children all around the world, through the action-oriented, participatory, and positive methods of the program.
 

Target Groups

Learning about Forest promotes environmental education through awareness raising among school children and training of teachers
 

Programme description
 

Programme Aim

The programme aims to increase the knowledge of forests and all its values with products and activities, and deepen the understanding among the youth.
The programme will stimulate activities that will help students reach a higher degree of environmental maturity, irrespective of age, stage and previous experiences.

Programme Philosophy

The programme rests on three fundamental ideas.

1) All educational activities should be adapted to the local needs of teachers and their students and be suitable for the local curriculum.

2) The programme will reflect all the functions forests fulfill for people; cultural, ecological, economical and social. Multiple-use of forests is a reality all over the world. Understanding the balance between those uses is crucial when studying how humans interact with forests.

3) Forests, forestry, forest products, and recycling are knit together in an everlasting loop. Forests will play an important role in a sustainable society supplying recyclable materials and products based on renewable raw materials.

LEAF Network

LEAF programme provides a platform for networking among national school forest programmes. It will help start new national programmes in new countries and support existing ones by exchanging experience and creating inspirational contacts. Through the national programmes activities are adapted to local conditions (for example national curricula, urban surroundings or teachers' previous experience) and branch out to schools, teachers and students.

International Exchange

LEAF programme promotes the exchange of educational ideas, activities and materials, either personally, on national operators meetings, inspirational courses or student's camps, or via the Internet, where the page will provide both contacts and hands-on activities.
LEAF programme enables its participants to look at international differences and experience the broad diversity of forests and functions they fulfill all around the world.

Internet

The web-site in English opens possibilities to exchange information and experience among participating countries. The main contents are:
· Presentation of the LEAF programme
· Presentation of existing materials, courses, and contact persons
· Presentation of educational activities and ideas
· Presentation of forests and forestry, and production of wood and paper

Project Theme

As a tool to support international exchange of experience LEAF will promote a common project theme for all countries.
For the period 2008- 2010 “Bio energy from forests” is our theme.
 

LEAF power point presentation

LEAF newsletters

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LEAF National operators meeting 2009 - Presentations
In the list below it is possible to download all presentations from the national operators meeting in Roskilde 9.-11. December 2009. Some of the presentations are available in Power point also. Please contact LEAF coordinator if you like the presentations in this format!
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