Team of the project Minerals in Schools (RM@Schools 4.0) from the Study Program of Chemistry at the University of Banja Luka held a workshop entitled “Challenge of creating positive environmental habits at an early age” for teachers. The workshop was held in the reading room of the Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka on April 15, 2022 in cooperation with the scientific research organization LIR Evolution. The training costs were co-financed by the “Thoughts of Nature” project supported by the Swedish government.
“Train the trainer” is one of the project activities aiming to train trainers, in this case teachers, providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to be able to act as “ambassadors of raw materials” in the future, ie. promoters of the importance of circular use of raw materials in their schools.
The subject of this training was the domestic waste management system where educators showed the possibilities of daily waste recycling, although the system itself is not yet fully at a satisfactory level. Nikola Bojić from LIR Evolution spoke about aspects of sustainable development through primary and secondary educational activities for proper sorting of waste to appropriate containers donated through their project budgets. Trainer Dragana Stević showed first-hand best practice in everyday waste recycling systems in Japan. The training closed with a lecture by the representatives of the SP Psychology Tatjana Dobraš and Nikola Vejnović, showing how we can encourage recycling habits in students from a psychological aspect. Finally, the representatives of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology spoke about the systematic waste management for which the Ministry is trying to set a legal framework.
The aim of this training was to train teachers on self-sustainable recycling of materials. Teachers should pass the knowledge on their students in primary and secondary schools. The training should suggest to teachers opportunities for educating students through thematic actions of collecting raw materials. This topic is extremely important for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite the great natural resources, the recycling chain is not developed at a satisfactory level.It is necessary to work on public awareness of proper waste disposal where young people will play a key role in developing recycling systems.
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