Forest of experiments

FOREST OF EXPERIMENTS HAS A NEW WEBSITE!

Forest of experiments

New “forest” handbook is given for free from Slovenian Forestry Institute to everyone who wants inspiration or starting point for creating new, interesting activities that will bring children in nature to gain knowledge and experience.

Photos from the launching event of our Handbook:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifegenmon/albums/
72157676556467016/with/31024575475/

Who are we?

A group of young researchers from SFI working on environmental education and promotion of forest science.

Our goal

• Promoting forest science among youth
• Bringing forest science closer to people
• Promoting green areas of our capital, the city of Ljubljana

What we do?

• Experimental and science workshops for youth
• Educative seminars for school and kindergarten teachers
• Promotion of forest science and environmental education

Steps already taken

• 2011 – Establishment of initiative “Forest of experiments”
• 2012 – National coordination of the international contest “Young People in European Forest”
• 2013 – Organizing the “Game of woods” for students of Board of European Students of Technology
• 2013 – Joining the Slovenian Network of Forest Kindergartens and Schools
• 2014 - Activities for Primary schools (Slovenian Forest week)
• 2015 - Activities for Primary schools and attending the event “Fascination of Plants Day"
• 2015 - Participants of 10th European Forest Pedagogics Congress  in Slovakia
• 2016-Participants of 11th European Forest Pedagogics Congress  in Norway

We are also partners in the Forest Communication Network -
Subgroup-Forest. Pedagogics.