DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-904-4-0277
THE 'KAMIEŃ' EDUCATIONAL PAVILION IN WARSAW AS A PLACE OF PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVATION OF THE URBAN COMMUNITY
- Kinga Kimic, Magdalena Wolska
Actions aimed at environmental education are crucial for raising the awareness of city dwellers in terms of their life and functioning in a sustainable way. The aim of the article was to identify events organised in 2022 (after the period of the covid-19 pandemic) in the 'Kamień' (Stone) Educational Pavilion in Warsaw – a place of modern education and local activity in the field of popularising knowledge about nature, counteracting climate change, strengthening awareness and good proenvironmental habits among the city's inhabitants. Based on the analysis of data collected from Facebook, completed events were identified (65), and then those related to nature conservation, urban greenery and gardening (37) were distinguished to determine social preferences in the field of environmental education. The largest number of events concerned those classified in the category of educational workshops (23), and the largest number of people interested on Facebook were educational walks and picnics organised in the open air. The obtained results indicate the great needs of the inhabitants of Warsaw in terms of expanding both their theoretical knowledge to raise ecological awareness, and acquiring practical skills useful to support their pro-environmental activities in the city.
Keywords: environmental education, educational centre, sustainable society, sustainable city, Warsaw
pages: 277-281, Published: 2023, online: 2023
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