China

Swarovski Waterschool Partner:
Das Shangri-la-Institut für nachhaltige Gemeinschaften

Swarovski Waterschool China wurde 2008 gegründet und ist derzeit in neun Regionen entlang des Jangtse-Flusses aktiv, von seiner Quelle auf dem tibetischen Plateau bis zu seiner Mündung am Chinesischen Meer. Seit seinem Beginn hat sich das Programm in andere Flussbecken ausgeweitet, darunter den Pearl River im Süden Chinas, den Yarlung Tsampo Fluss in Tibet und den Hai Fluss in Peking.

Creating Water-Wise Communities:

China

354,813

Studenten gebildet

101

Schulen erreicht

2.400

Lehrer trainiert

320.000

Gemeinschaft Mitglieder beteiligt
The objective of Swarovski Waterschool China is to foster environmental stewardship through participatory learning and action, by schools and communities, in the selected watersheds of four major river basins. It seeks to enhance education, encourage stewardship, and build community vitality. The topic of water is taught by specially trained school teachers and built into lessons, in a wide range of subjects, in imaginative ways, as special activities are developed for the students. Students have a minimum of one hour of water education per week and a total of 30 hours annually.
In addition to the classroom lessons, the students are given support to initiate projects in their home lives with family, village community, and local interest groups, thereby becoming ambassadors for the promotion of the sustainable use of water. Students and teachers also learn cultural values from communities and villages, explore rivers to gain local knowledge and report back to communities and local government offices. The Waterschool program involves stakeholders from schools, local communities, media, and government bodies as well as environmental specialists and emphasizes both formal and informal learning of local knowledge, traditional values and cultural heritages.
The objective of Swarovski Waterschool China is to foster environmental stewardship through participatory learning and action, by schools and communities, in the selected watersheds of four major river basins. It seeks to enhance education, encourage stewardship, and build community vitality. The topic of water is taught by specially trained school teachers and built into lessons, in a wide range of subjects, in imaginative ways, as special activities are developed for the students. Students have a minimum of one hour of water education per week and a total of 30 hours annually.
In addition to the classroom lessons, the students are given support to initiate projects in their home lives with family, village community, and local interest groups, thereby becoming ambassadors for the promotion of the sustainable use of water. Students and teachers also learn cultural values from communities and villages, explore rivers to gain local knowledge and report back to communities and local government offices. The Waterschool program involves stakeholders from schools, local communities, media, and government bodies as well as environmental specialists and emphasizes both formal and informal learning of local knowledge, traditional values and cultural heritages.