An optional school course for Eco Maramureș, through which children discover the landscape they live in — its nature, villages, people and traditions — and learn how to protect it.
The materials below are free to use in class, in outdoor activities, in camps or in community projects. They are available in Romanian. The teacher’s guide helps teachers build the course; the student’s workbook gives pupils hands-on activities to do outdoors and in the village.
Teacher’s Guide (in Romanian)
64 pages · PDF, 10 MB
Part I explains, in seven chapters, the natural and cultural landscape of the destination, people and landscape, ecotourism and the role of the community. Part II provides classroom tools: planning, activities, assessment and resources.
Download the guide (PDF)
Student’s Workbook (in Romanian)
52 pages · PDF, 14 MB
Observation and creative activities: a sound map, a community map, a village logo, portraits from the destination, how to be an ecotourist, safe ecotourism and ideas for community projects.
Download the workbook (PDF)From the activities with students
About the project
The materials were produced within the EcoEducation for Ecotourism project, implemented by the Mioritics Association together with the Eco Maramureș Destination Management Unit, with financial support from the Romanian-American Foundation and the Environmental Partnership Foundation, through the programme “Ecotourism education – sustainable local economic development through ecotourism”.
Authors: Luminița Tănasie, Angelica Mihăilescu, Florentina Florescu. Published by Mioritics. More about the project: schubz.ro/ecoeducatie-pentru-ecoturism.
The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Romanian-American Foundation or the Environmental Partnership Foundation.