DESCRIPTION OF ACTION
The project promotes water and environmental literacy, active water citizenship and the ability to comprehend the importance of biodiversity. The project develops concrete measures and creates conditions for improving the state of the Baltic Sea and inland waters in collaboration with various actors. The tools used include an activity competition to find new solutions to improve the state of waters and a training concept for teachers. In addition, the project organises a Lions Environment Day.
SCHEDULE
2018–2020
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT AND FUNDING
Funding from the programme to promote the recycling of nutrients (Raki), Ministry of the Environment
EUR 200,000 (Ministry of the Environment: EUR 160,000)
MAIN IMPLEMENTING PARTY AND CONTACT
Lions Club of Finland
Karoliina Vilander
https://puhtaatvedet.lions.fi/en/info-in-english/