NATURE EXCHANGE-  A Leonardo project for trainers in the field of nature management.

Bulgaria	Finland	Iceland	Latvia
4 - 12 July 2008	12 - 18 May 2008	31 May - 6 June 08	25 - 30 May 2008
Slovakia	Slovenia	Germany	Ireland
2 - 8 June in East 29 Aug - 5 Sept in South	6 - 12 July 2008	25 - 31 Aug 2008	22 - 28 June 2008
Poland	Norway
14 - 20 July 2008	3 - 10 May 2008

 

Innovation in Cultural Heritage Interpretation
A Leonardo project for trainers in the field of Heritage Management.

Iceland	Turkey	Bulgaria		Slovakia
		Latvia

Scotland 20.7. – 26. 7. 2008

 

 

Our journey to Scotland wasn't very long.

When we came to Inveraray Youth Hostel early in the morning (around 00.30), there were groups from Slovakia, England, Scotland and Greece already waiting for us.

 

Through the week we were working at workshops in Auchindrain museum. We had really good time there and ...   more »

Eagerly awaited report from the Renewables Group that went to Germany.

This is a PDF file. Click on the attachment link below

 

A Combined Report in low resolution PDF is attached

Thanks to EUCC-Poland for hosting our visit, in particular Pawel Terefenko and Rafal Benedyczak for giving up a week of their time to show us around so many fantastic places. They worked tirelessly and with great humour to make our trip the success it was. They looked after us really well and their organisational skills were very impressive to keep the team on time , well fed and fully informed! Pawels translations were invaluable and his knowledge of Polish history greatly added to our understanding of issues that surround land use in Poland. We were very lucky to have such good guides and it was great to get to know them.

Click on the attachment link below to read our report

 

Click on the attachment link to play this 24 min audio file (MP3)

     

Annie MacSween tells Petur Sigurdsson that he should come back to Lewis as her slave - to make up for all those Gaels hauled off by Vikings a thousand years ago. He's not keen....

Dear Bernd, First up can I just say that this was a fantastic trip and was definitely very well organised. So thank you very much. You will guess from this that I made it back safely, if a little tired, but I digress. About the trip. The accommodation in Meuchlein was adequate and suitably located for the subsequent visits. Habsberg was just as well located, but provided exceptional accommodation and surroundings. As for the visits, all were well chosen and had merits. I would definitely recommend    more »

It is easy to become entrenched in certain ways of approaching things, or of doing things. It has been very enlightening to travel to another country and to see how things are approached and carried out in another culture. This Nature Exchange trip has provided me with much food for thought, and I have spent much time ruminating since my return, pondering the comparisons between our two countries’ approach to conservation, and to our relationship with the natural world.   more »

A joint report from Peter Holden, Senior Ranger / Naturalist at Mar Lodge Estate, National Trust for Scotland. Shaila Rao, Ecologist, Mar Lodge Estate, National Trust for Scotland, Andrew Warwick, Ranger, Ben Lawers, National Trust for Scotland, Stephanie Walker, Royal Botanics Edinburgh, Sandra Hutchinson, Ranger, Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, Laura Whyte, Biodiversity Officer, North Lanarkshire Council, Andrew Jarrott, Forestry Commission Scotland, Hamilton.
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Latvia is an amazing country with very friendly people who generally seemed to have a positive and constructive attitude towards work, Europe and their place in the world. The hospitality and kindness we were shown was superb and memorable. By Chris Rollie (CJR) (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) and others Read the full article   more »

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