“Trash does not belong in nature” was just one of the messages children from the workshop left on trees in the park, hoping to inspire those who would walk the forest trails after them. The workshop was organized by members of the mountaineering and environmental group Stribor.
Parents also joined the children’s workshop, making the outdoor education experience even more enjoyable and beneficial.
“Stribor, as well as the Stribor members present, are very satisfied with the organization and honored to have taken part in the event. On October 16, we are organizing a clean-up of the area around the Orange Building. We plan to remove litter, cultivate the existing vegetation, and hold a workshop on building insect hotels as well as installing bat houses,” said the Stribor management.
A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE OF THE CITY
“It was truly wonderful to see people gathered in the park to learn something new and willingly join a walk with our landscape architect Mate Rupić, from whom they heard a wealth of valuable information and experienced their city from a different, greener perspective. All our fellow citizens who contributed to marking European Sustainable Development Week at Šubićevac received canvas bags featuring Aqua Dalmata as a reference to Roberto Visiani, for whom Šubićevac was the starting point in the development of a world-renowned botanist,” the organizers explained.
Mate Rupić led the interested group to the viewpoint and spoke to them about the city’s green infrastructure system and urban ecology.
Elsewhere in the park and forest, the director of the Šibenik Tourist Board, Dino Karađole, joined participants in plogging, while Anita Babačić Ajduk, director of the county Public Institution “Nature,” showed her support to the group gathered on the meadow in front of Azimut, where a lecture and workshop by the Argonauta association and a presentation by the diving club Roniti se mora were taking place.
CHILDREN HAVE NO CHOICE
Coordinators of Argonauta’s Blue Eco Patrol gave their all in conducting the workshop “Food and Sustainability,” where children informally learned, among other things, how to design their own seasonal plate and set in motion a “wheel of consequences.”
“Unfortunately, we have brought the planet to such a state that today’s children will not have the choice of whether to be eco-friendly and sustainable or not. That is precisely why every parent should see workshops and events like this as an opportunity for their child to become environmentally aware and an active citizen from an early age. In front of Azimut, we could see that education about sustainable development knows no age limits — children as young as four and adults over 44 can equally participate, enjoy themselves, spend quality time together, and do something good for planet Earth, their own future, and the future of generations to come,” emphasized Ivana Marin from Argonauta.
“DIVING IS A MUST” — EVEN IN SCHOOLS
Members of the diving club Roniti se mora confirmed they had a great time. They provided young residents of Šibenik and their parents with unique inspiration. The divers spoke about their activities and presented their equipment, and as we learned, they would gladly repeat such activities in schools to introduce future generations to diving and highlight the importance of keeping the sea and nature clean.
“It is a joy to see that even with such serious and important topics, we can find a way to reach citizens of all ages, especially younger generations. It is also wonderful that these topics connect people and lead to collaborations you want to repeat the very next day. We hope our fellow citizens learned something today and took home knowledge they will gladly continue to apply — because that was our goal,” the organizers concluded.
Source: Radio Šibenik
