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Ecotourism
Discovery of the source of the Alviela River, 9 March 2014
On the 9th of March of 2014, a group of 9 people with an interest in nature and photography went to the source of the Alviela River in order to know the area. Through a walk, we learned about the biodiversity of the area, its geomorphology and the resources available.
The river starts in a place called Olhos de Água, in Alcanena (Portugal) and despite being a river with just 46km, the source is found in karst caves, making it very important in Portugal. .
In this area, we also visited the Living Science Centre (Carsoscópio), where we could watch a movie about the formation of the Alviela River, amongst other things.
In summary, we found a nice place where we learned a little more about what a river can offer us.
Environmental Trail “Following the stream of the river”, 9 October 2013
25 teachers of environmental education, as well as other members of the Varosi organization, participated at the event which was co-organized by Politistikos Syllogos “Varosi” and the Administration for Primary Education of the Prefecture of Pella. Elisavet Fragkou gave a lecture on “Environmental trail: Walking upstream from the Waterfalls up to the Byzantine Bridge” and Konstantina Tamoutseli gave a lecture on “Experiential approaches-activities for the river ecosystem”, having a very active role on the activity.
The participants followed the river bank route upstream pinpointing at four different spots, their observations regarding the chlora species, the human intervention, the direct correlation with the river and the ecosystem, while also taking pictures.
The workshop aimed in offering the participants with the opportunity to enjoy the experience of walking through the environmental trail and make their statements/proposals for raising environmental awareness in river ecosystems through team activities
To honour the European Bird Watch members of “Varosi”, “Caretakers Greece” and “neoSOS”, gathered on the 5th October 2014 (please see the attached activity form) at the Agras-Vryta-Nisi wetland (in total around 25 people, ten of them under the age of 18) and enthusiastically participated at a boat trip, during which the importance of the wetland and its preservation for the sake of ecosystems was highlighted and different kinds of endemic species of birds were identified. A brief introduction preceded the actual boat trip and prepared the participants for what would follow.
Boat trip “The secrets of the Wetland”, 5 October 2014
Night Walk in the Albufera Lagoon, 12 July 2014
The objective of this activity was to identify the different species of birds in the Albufera lagoon in Lisbon. It is a protected area with very good facilities in the margins of the lagoon for bird watching. The striking thing about this activity is that it was late in the day; so part of the walk was at night. That is, the first part was the bird watching activity and after, the walk. We learned about the importance of the protection of the bird´s habitats (in these case, aquatic ecosystem) for their conservation.
