After the first "Training of Trainers" on marine environmental literacy for the Black Sea successfully concluded last week, on March 20 in Burgas we also held the first training for young people aged between 18 and 35. The training included participants in the IX National Conference "Ecological Thinking for the Future", organized by the Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection of Burgas State University "Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov" at the Cultural Center "Morsko kasino".

In addition to learning new information about the ecological characteristics, ecosystem and inhabitants of the Black Sea, the young people demonstrated their creative thinking in finding solutions to the problems the Black Sea is facing as part of the World Ocean. Divided into four small groups, the participants looked for possible solutions to important problems such as pollution, invasive species, climate change and overfishing.

We express our gratitude to the team of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection of Burgas State University "Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov" for the invitation and the implementation of the Environmental and Ocean Literacy Education Manual in the training!

The training was held within the framework of project BSB00432 "Environmental Education and Ocean Literacy in the Black Sea Basin", co-financed by the EU through the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin 2021-2027 program.

Contact:
Dimitar Popov – dpopov@greenbalkans.org
Galina Meshkova – gmeschkova@greenbalkans.org