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Report, 18 September 2005 (from Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Ludmilla Marchukova, Chair of EEIU Sevastopol 1, reports a productive summerful of activities with her eco-scouts. The Chapter's student training center ran throughout the summer, during which more then 360 children from across the Ukraine had the opportunity to study and live within the rules of natural eco-systems.
In August the Chapter conducted its first eco-ethical training seminar for biology teachers from 40 schools in Sevastopol. Marchukova gave instructions about organizing a variety of eco-ethical trainings, which teachers can use in creating their lessons. The training lasted 5 days, during which the partcipants learned many new methods, were introduced to the concepts of eco-ethics and given EEIU brochures, and were tasked to attend the next eco-ethical schoolchildren's conference which will take place in October.
As the teacher training was a first for the Chapter, the organisers were quite happy that the experience was so successful. The preparations required significant attention and time in planning. Guest trainers included psychologists, scientists and medical doctors, who helped ensure the training was both interesting and useful for the teachers. The participants were very grateful to the Chapter for this training.
Ludmilla and her eco-scouts are now preparing to plant a new park in Sevastopol. The park will be planted at the end of October and a report and pictures submitted to the Union following the event.
Update, 29 April 2005 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
For EEIU Sevastopol Chapter 1, Spring is always a productive season. Chair Ludmilla Marchukova reports having had many projects. In April the Eco-Scouts worked in Sevastopol's parks and reserves, where they cleaned the areas, dug around and bleached tree trunks, pruned the trees, and cleaned springs. These tasks are useful for the schoolchildren, who learn to live in nature while respecting nature's laws, which is important for forming an eco-ethical ideology.
The Chapter planned major events for Earth Day. In the morning the members meet near their school, then went to the park where they worked, later returning to the school for the day's activities. Some children read poems they had written about nature and Earth Day. Several others gave presentations on ecological problems in the world and particularly in the Sevastopol region. To wrap up, music was played while the children drew a large placard about their feelings and response to the day. The mood was wonderful, and all the Eco-Scouts were happy to know that, together, they had made one corner of the world better.
Update, 2 March 2005 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
February 25th was the regular session of EEIU Sevastopol 1's Green Drawing Room, which was devoted to the different legends about local birds. Spring will come soon; the birds have always been the messengers of the season. Eco-scouts told the different storys and sang songs about the birds. Local television and radio journalists, eager as ever to learn more about the Chapter's activities, were there to cover the event.
Update, 18 January 2005 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
EEIU Sevastopol 1 and the Eco-Scouts are busy counting the winter birds in Sevastopol bays. Chair Ludmilla Marchukova studies the birds to determine the species, while the group takes pictures and prepares feeding places. Sevastopol TV plans to produce a new program focusing on the Eco-Scouts' activities of helping Sevastopol's winter birds.
Report, 11 January 2005 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Chair Ludmilla Marchukova reports having had positive discussions with Dr. V. Artemenko, Chief of the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of Sevastopol, about their joint plans for 2005.
Ludmilla receives many calls and letters from the people of Sevastopol asking for help in solving different ecological problems. In December she and the eco-scouts visited the village Lyubimovka, whose inhabitants had asked for help. Positioned on the Black Sea coast, this village has many bars and restaurants near the beach, around which there is much rubbish. After meeting with the owners of the establishments, Ludmilla took several pictures and wrote an act for the Department of Ecology. She expects the directors to be fined stiffly.
Recently Ludmilla was invited to Sevastopol TV, where she told about EEIU and the Chapter and its activities. Another program, which showed the Chapter's work in cleaning springs, was recognized as the best ecological program of 2004 on Sevastopol TV and was aired daily for an entire week.
On the 28th of December Ludmilla lead an eco-ethical training session for the eco-scouts on the problem of Christmas trees. The felling of Christmas trees near Sevastopol is a very important problem. The population of Sevastopol is almost 400,000. If every Sevastopol family buys one Christmas tree, the loss is nearly 100,000 trees. An entire forest is destroyed every year.
During the training the eco-scouts wrote poems and stories about Christmas trees. They drew pictures and made wonderful holiday compositions from different materials, rather than Christmas trees. The best compositions were presented to the Sevastopol Children's Home as Christmas presents to the children from the eco-scouts. Sevastopol Radio was alerted concerning this training.
On December 29th the group visited the Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, where the eco-scouts met with the scientists of the Institute, who talked about algae of the Black Sea and the meaning of algae for Black Sea ecosystems. The eco-scouts, who asked many questions, had the chance to examine algae under a microscope and to taste different products made from algae. The meeting was both interesting and useful for the eco-scouts, who later described their impressions of the excursion.
Report, 22 November 2004 (from Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Chair Ludmilla Marchukova reports that activities of the Sevastopol 1 Chapter have continued successfully:
"We cleaned the territory and springs of the city reserve in Maximova county. It is a wonderful nook of Sevastopol. We like to have a rest in this corner with my eco-scouts. There are a lot of beautiful springs and wonderful places to rest.
"On 17 November I organized an eco-ethical training on Black Sea problems for the eco-scouts. 28 young eco-scouts took part. The children were divided into four groups. Every group had the task to draw a picture with a very clean sea, the sea before the appearance of humanity. Each group worked for 15 minutes. Every group had to choose a speaker and timekeeper. After finishing, the speakers told what the group had drawn on the pictures. I can say that all pictures were really wonderful.
"After this the groups exchanged their pictures and were given another task: they had to draw the influence of humanity on the sea, to show all possible kinds of transgressions in the sea eco-system. They were to draw for 5 minutes only because humanity has lived on the planet not as long as nature eco-systems. After this the speakers told of the transgressions in the sea eco-system.
"I asked the children what they felt when they had to spoil the beautiful drawings. They answered that they were 'afflicted' to spoil them but they had a task and had to do it. The pictures were really very terrible. I explained that humanity has lived on the planet not such a long time but that the children can see the influence of human activity on the nature eco-systems. I asked the children, do they want to live on such a planet or not? They answered that they wanted to change this situation.
"I set the last task to recover the sea eco-system. Each group was given a set of colored paper, scissors and glue. The groups had 10 minutes for the work. After finishing, the speakers told about the results of their activity and showed their drawings. They were very beautiful pictures again.
"I asked the children if they liked these new pictures. They answered that these pictures were very beautiful but it was a new sea. It was not the sea they had drawn at first. They said that they understood they must protect the sea eco-systems so their children could see this sea again. They understood everybody must protect nature's eco-system for future generations.
"The eco-scouts' pictures were displayed in the Nature House of Sevastopol. I think this training will be useful for anyone who works with children. I would be happy to share details about the experience with any who are interested and need more information."
Report, 6 November 2004 (from Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Chair Ludmilla Marchukova reports that the Chapter's recent readings event was quite successful, with 56 participants joining in the activities. At the beginning letters of recognition and thanks from Union President Prof. Otto Kinne were handed out to highly active Members who had undertaken efforts and activities on behalf of the Chapter. Later, six Eco-Scouts told about their activities and twelve others reported on their scientific work. The best scientific work will be published in an ecological magazine.
Report, 13 October 2004 (from Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Chair Ludmilla Marchukova reports that EEIU Sevastopol 1's Congress of last week was a great success! Schoolchildren from 14 schools around Sevastopol took part, speaking about different medicine plants, drawing pictures, singing the songs they had written about the plants, and playing different ecological games. The organizers put in intense hours, but the result was worth it!
The Chapter is well-known in Sevastopol. Consequently, Ludmilla has been invited to take part in the upcoming local elections. Luckily for the Union, Ludmilla says that she will not let this opportunity keep her from her eco-ethical efforts: "My eco-ethical activity is more important for me but this activity is very important for our organization."
Kudos to Ludmilla and the Members of the Chapter and all the Eco-Scouts — keep up the good work!
Report, 22 September 2004 (from Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
EEIU Sevastopol Chapter 1 had a busy summer! Chair Ludmilla Marchukova spent considerable time and effort on behalf of an eco-ethical training center, where more than 750 children from across the Ukraine participated in training sessions.
After returning to Sevastopol in late August, Ludmilla and her eco-scouts worked cleaning up the city's beaches. They spoke to beach-goers about eco-ethical rules of behaviour on the beach, and hung posters and placards on the walls of the beach bars.
Saturday, September 18th, the group visited the nature reserve "Cape Aya," where they cleaned a spring and the coast of the Black Sea. As part of an ongoing project that Ludmilla's eco-scouts named "Live springs," on the 23rd they will clean another spring. This activity will be recorded and aired by their local television station, Sevastopol TV.
Sevastopol Chapter 1 is cooperating with the local children's library to hold competitions for drawings, poems, photos, and compositions about eco-ethical rules of behaviour in nature. The winners will be declared on Black Sea Day, November 31st. The best works will be published in the city newspapers and shown on TV.
Members are now preparing for the next Green Drawing Room, an annual project scheduled in October.
Report, 11 May 2004 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Recently Chair Ludmilla Marchukova and 5 of Sevastopol 1's eco-scouts took part in an ecological conference in Kiev. Ms. Marchukova was awarded with a Diploma from the Ministry of Ecology for her efforts in ecological education of the new generation. The Diploma was presented by the Minister of Ecology. The Chapter members are quite happy that their activities have been noticed, as it is very important for their work.
Ms. Marchukova has been in contact with Ludmilla Hrytsak, Chair, EEIU Ternopil. They plan to meet in Marchukova's ecology camp again this summer, as last year.
Thanks to good weather in the area, Sevastopol 1's eco-scouts have been cleaning the grounds at the nature Reserve "Cape Aya". They also enjoyed a very interesting field trip for children about the necessity of protection of the first flowers in Crimean forests. The trip was very successful; more than 135 children from different schools in Sevastopol took part. All the children received small presents. Children sang songs and read poems they had written themselves.
In early May the group travelled in the mountains where they cleaned springs again.
Sevastopol 1 has many plans for the summer!
Report, 18 April 2004 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
EEIU Sevastopol Chapter 1 is happy to report that the work of their Forum 'Sevastopol is a sustainable city. Problems and perspectives: interaction between societal layers' was very successful. What started out as a locally focused effort grew quickly to include a much larger area than originally anticipated. Says Chapter Chair Ludmilla Marchukova: "We were very glad to know that our Forum was interesting to the other regions of the Ukraine, because at first we planned it as a regional Forum only. Our visitors have advised me to prepare the Forum for the different regions of Ukraine next year."
The Forum took place in the Sevastopol National University conference hall, Sevastopol's oldest and most respectable university. More than 250 participants took part, including students and teachers from local universities and schools, scientists from various research institutes, medical doctors from several hospitals in the area, and pensioners and chapters of many public organizations in Sevastopol. EEIU Sevastopol's visitors from Poltava also joined in the work.
The work of the Forum was covered by Sevastopol TV and radio. Good news for the EEIU: the EEIU flag was marked on the scene, and all participants were provided with folders with EEIU brochures and other information.
A morning plenary session included the presentation of 11 reports about the different ecological problems of Sevastopol and the Ukraine. All reports were interesting and quite different, which was also important. A particularly interesting report was presented by Natalia Tereschenko.
After dinner participants had a choice of six sessions:
1. Regional eco-politicsReports were given by 51 people and more than 150 took part in discussions.
2. Nature reserves problems
3. Preservation of bio-variety
4. Eco-ethical education
5. Youth politics, problems of the family and childhood with the conditions of sustainability
6. Technical methods of protection of nature
At the close of the conference, a prepared brochure reporting on the conference was submitted to the government. Its contents were taken primarily from participants' reports. The brochure is being printed and will be shared with the EEIU.
The Chair reports that she is very pleased with the results of the Forum, and finally adds, "I want to say that preparation for the Forum cost me very big efforts because I understood that I am a member of EEIU and I could not allow myself to prepare this Forum badly. I wanted to do it very well and I am really happy that the Forum was so successful. All participants were very very content and very grateful for the good organization of the Forum. I was really very proud of EEIU and our work and the all members of my Chapter who helped me."
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Congratulations on a successful Forum, Ludmilla! May this success be only outdone by that of NEXT year! — The EEIU Team
Report, 19 February 2004 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Ludmilla Marchukova and her eco-scouts have been monitoring the rapidly decreasing snowdrop population in Crimean forests. This perennial species, a relic endemic to Crimea, is disappearing due to annual annihilation by people. The Chapter is trying to save this beautiful and delicate flower for future generations by drawing pictures, writing poems and stories, and giving television and radio interviews on the necessity of snowdrop protection. There is a gene-fund of Crimean snowdrops in this area.
Snowdrops, the first spring flowers, are in the Red Book of Ukraine and Crimea, in which is recorded all rare species that need protection in these regions. This rare species exists only in Crimea. Planted in the snow, snowdrops are the symbol of Valentine's Day in the Ukraine. Plants in the Red Book should be protected by law, but frequently no law is sufficient, as, for example, snowdrops are traded for their beauty.
It is vitally important to know the number of this species in nature. The results from the monitoring activities of the Chapter are sent to and used by the Academy of Science in Kiev.
Report, 7 February 2004 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Recently Sevastopol Chapter 1 eco-scouts counted the birds wintering in local bays. It was difficult work, as there are more then 24 bays in Sevastopol. The work was important because all results were sent to the National Academy of Sciences in Kiev. Every winter the Chapter takes part in this work.
Chair Ludmilla Marchukova continues preparations for their upcoming forum.
Report, 20 January 2004(Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
EEIU Sevastopol 1 annouces a new project on sustainability in cooperation with local government. Chair Ludmilla Marchukova and Members are currently preparing for a Forum on the subject. Sevastopol is one of seven Ukrainian cities in which the sustainability program will be conducted.
The Forum is being organised by the Chapter in partnership with the government of Sevastopol, which, knowing of the Chapter's present work and expertise in the area, asked EEIU Sevastopol to help them to realize this program. EEIU Sevastopol is, as always, glad of the cooperation.
Chair Ludmilla Marchukova extends a warm welcome to all recently formed EEIU Chapters!
Report, 7 December 2003 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
December 1st we organized eco-ethical training for hospitalised children. My Eco-Scouts and I visited ill children and distributed our gifts after the training. It was really a very touching meeting. More than 60 children took part in the training.
Today we organized the "round table" for journalists from different newspapers about the problem of the creation of the national park in Sevastopol. Our organization is the initiator of this project and this meeting was very important for the shaping of public opinion about the problem. There were many questions from the journalists but we were ready to answer them all! I am very happy with the results of this meeting.
As always, we told about the EEIU and gave EEIU brochures to all meeting participants.
Report, 7 October 2003 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
EEIU Sevastopol 1 is now preparing a new Green Drawing Room about the problems of the Black Sea. We have published more than 100 information placards about Crimean plants and animals which need to be protected. These placards were placed in different offices and beaches around Sevastopol. We collected monies in order to publish these information placards. Now we dream of collecting more money to be able to publish a bigger placard that would be placed near the main road at the entrance of Sevastopol. The title of EEIU is on the placards.
We are preparing the Round Table of problems of the Black Sea and national parks in which journalists from TV, newspapers and radio stations will take part.
I received a letter from Okeyo and am very happy that he is fine.
Report, 6 October 2003 (Chair Ludmilla Marchukova)
Children had the possibility to obtain different eco-ethics related information, and each participant received an EEIU brochure. The students played different games in which they studied how to live in nature by eco-ethical guidelines, and took different excursions to the Reserve. They cleaned the territory of the Reserve and the springs, and studied the human assignment to the Reserve territory. This information was given to Department of Ecology of Sevastopol, which expressed gratitude for our activity.
Dr. Lyudmyla Hritsak, Chair of EEIU Ternopil (Ukraine), and her students joined in the work of our camp. We correspond with Lyudmyla Hritsak and plan to meet in the winter holiday.
We continue our activities: Yesterday we were in the Reserve "Maximova dacha", where the ecoscouts and I cleaned the spring and territory. We have many new members, which is very good because our organization lives and acts. Finally, last week our ecoscouts and I were interviewed on the radio.
Letter, 19 May 2003
From: Ludmilla Marchukova, Chair, EEIU Sevastopol 1, Ukraine
Dear Mary,
How are you? I hope you are fine. I have been extremely busy and have not had time
to write. I have received a lot of interesting and useful information. I was glad to learn about the new Chapters and sent them our congratulations. Thank you very much for your work.
I am glad to tell you that during this time we have organized many actions. We went on
an expedition in our mountains during which we studied the population density of
the first flowers (orchids) which are in the Red Book. My Ecoscouts helped at the
children's center. They rounded trees, planted flowers and cleaned the grounds of the
center. We worked here for four days (May 1-4). When we were in the mountains we cleaned a spring bed. May 7th we worked at the Kazach`ja Bay Reserve. This weekend we plan to go to the Cape Aja Reserve where we shall clean the seacoast.
With my warmest regards,
Ludmilla
Letter, 21 April 2003
From: Ludmilla Marchukova, Chair, EEIU Sevastopol 1, Ukraine
Dear Mary,
Let me congratulate you on the Easter holidays! I wish you a happy weekend, new meetings and new friends!
I am glad to tell you how we (Sevastopol 1) marked our anniversary. It was a really wonderful day: we planed 35 rose bushes in the school garden, dug around more than 200 trees, planted flowers in the flower bed, bleached all trees in the garden and coloured the fence around the school. Sixty-seven members (Ecoscouts and adults) took part in the work; all were happy to see the results of our activity. I was interviewed by the local television channel, and the interview and our activities were broadcast by the station.
With my warmest regards,
Ludmilla
To: Mary Batson, EEIU Coordinator, Headquarters, Germany
To: Mary Batson, EEIU Coordinator, Headquarters, Germany
The All-Ukrainian ecological league has conducted a scientific-practical conference in Kiev under the banner "Ecological education and upbringing: state and perspectives". The conference was organized as part of the framework of preparing for the Parliament Hearings "On the observance of requirements of ecological legislation in Ukraine: ways of realization and improvement of ecological politics" The aim of this Conference was the exchange and generalization of experience on ecological education and training, discussion and assurance of civil support of the concept of uninterrupted ecological education, as well as the definition of directions of its development.
Representatives of all regions of Ukraine made up the more than 150 participants of the Conference. Mrs. L. P. Marchukova, a teacher at the School-Lyceum No. 8 represented Sevastopol and Crimea at this Conference in the capacity of the co-ordinator of 'Ecological Watch'. Her presentation on the activities of new youth formations, founded under the aegis of Eco-Ethics International Union, generated special interest among the Conference participants. The necessity of the formation of ecological culture among the puclic is becoming more and more urgent. As it was underlined by participants, the activities of Sevastopolites are on the cutting edge of the modern approach for this plan.
On June 10, a summer camp organized by the All-Ukrainian Ecological League "Ecological Watch" begins its work. The program comprises numerous activities: research work on the territory of the state reserve "Mys Aya (Cape Aya)", practicing and developing ecological games, conducting expeditions, organizing ecological tours.
Life in the camp will emphasize the principle of living in harmony with nature, focussing on a combination of health buildup, active leisure of children with nature protection elements, nature observation and creative work. The program is being realized together with other organizations, both public and governmental, such as Ukrainian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Problems Institute, Human Ecology Institute, the Institute of Southern Seas, the Eco-Ethics International Union, the Eco-Ethics Youth Action Group, All-Ukrainian Children's Union "Ecological Watch". The All-Ukrainian Ecological League (AUEL) camp is also being supported by the People's Democratic Party.
According to the decision made at the AUEL presidium's first session, free vouchers for the first camp term will be given to children-orphans from Crimea, Transcarpatia, Kiev, Lugansk, Poltava and Sumy regions. A separate term is allocated to the children of miners killed during the accident at Krasnodon.
The All-Ukrainian Ecological League camp awaits the little citizens of our country.
The International Conference of Junior Researchers "Pontus Euxinus 2000 was held in Sevastopol, Ukraine, from May 16 to 18, 2000. It was organized by the City Council of Sevastopol, the Society of Junior Researchers of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas National Academy of Science, Ukraine, and by members of the Eco-Ethics International Union (EEIU). Financial support of the charitable fund "Globus" and the All Ukrainan Council of Junior Researchers is gratefully acknowledged.
At the opening of the conference a welcoming address from EEIU President Prof. Otto Kinne and EEIU Vice President Acad. Prof. G. G. Polikarpov was read, and received enthusiastic applause.
Conference topics:
marine biology;Junior researchers of 24 institutes from 13 cities of Ukraine, Russia and Moldova participated in the Conference. Among them were members of the EEIU. 42 oral and 15 poster presentations were discussed. The conference was full of eco-ethical spirit. EEIU Brochures were distributed among the Conference guests, and several of them expressed interest in joining the Union as members.
regional ecology and eco-ethics;
marine physics and chemistry;
new methods of investigation;
information systems and databases;
recreation and tourism in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea regions;
legal and moral aspects of ecological issues.
Abstracts of "Pontus Euxinus 2000" reports are to be published. A special issue of "Ecology of the Sea", comprising the best reports, is being prepared. Important issues concerning the ecological state of the environment were discussed for separate communities of hydrobionts and for ecosystems of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Measures of environmental protection were considered and prognoses made on changes in the ecological situation of the Azov- and Black Sea basins. Also some legal prospects for solving ecological problems in border regions of Moldova and Ukraine were considered. During the eco-ethics conference, sections materials prepared by the group of junior psychologists from Sevastopol were presented. These materials have addressed principles and methods of ecological awareness in different social groups.
The International Junior Researchers Conference evaluated aspects of studying the Azov- and Black Sea basins, and also invited attendants to combine future scientific researches with finding solutions to problems raised by the EEIU. Conference participants have accepted a resolution toward making "Pontus Euxinus 2000" an international and ongoing affair addressing special problems which allow the unification of different branches of scientific investigation (conducted by junior researchers) related to eco-ethics concepts and theses.
The IBSS members of the EEIU invite all persons and groups representing different scientific disciplines to join forces. Our address is:
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, 2, Nakhimov ave., Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 99011
On June 26, the Eco-Troops of the Sevastopol Local Chapter headed up to Cape Aya for the weekend. From its high altitude on the southern coast of Crimea near Balaclava, Cape Aya overlooks the Black Sea. It is a beautiful area which also contains a nature reserve. Permission to enter the reserve area was granted to the Sevastopol Troops by the administration of the nature reserve.
Upon arrival, the Troops reconnoitered the area, then gathered firewood and collected rubbish within their camp's perimeter. That evening around the campfire, the group discussed its goals and aims for the weekend. They intended to study the negative effect of Homo sapiens on the ecosystem and practice the ethical principles of virtue, altruism, mutual aid and self-limitation. The Troops divided themselves into three groups. The assignment of Group 1 was to count up the number of healthy, damaged and dead pines (Stankevich pine) on two hectares. The count was carried out 7 times and a mean total of 864 pines on 2 hectares was calculated. Of these 864 trees, 28.2% were healthy, 10.3% were damaged as a result of the activities of Homo sapiens (i.e. broken branches, bark removed, gouged trunks, branches removed, lean crowns), 34.2% were scorched or showed traces of fire damage (probably as a result of the carelessness of Homo sapiens), and 27.2% were dead. Samples were also taken from trees for ecocytogenetic investigation/analysis to be undertaken in Sevastopol.
Group 2 was responsible for collecting any rubbish found in the area and for making a map of the investigated region. This group collected a total of 10 large bags of trash. All rubbish was brought into Balaclava (a satellite town in the greater Sevastopol City region) at the end of the weekend and disposed of in appropriate containers.
The job of Group 3 was to locate any blocked or dried-up springs in the area and, if possible, locate the source or blockage and restore the function of the spring. It was discovered that in most cases landslides were the cause of blockage or dryness of springs. Group 3 successfully cleared the springs and their channels.
Because the troops were able to see first-hand the damage and destruction Homo sapiens is capable of inflicting on an ecosystem, they were further convinced of the necessity of observing eco-ethical principles, and all three of the groups shared the principles of eco-ethics with other tourists in the area.
After an exciting and educational weekend, the Sevastopol Eco-Troops returned to the city on the evening of June 28. On June 30, an article titled 'Let's spare the Stankevich pine tree!' was published in the city newspaper 'Slava Sevastopolya' (No. 147, p 3). The article described the ecological action taken by the Sevastopol Eco-Ethics Youth Group under the supervision of teacher Ludmilla P. Marchukova on the beautiful shores of Cape Aya. On August 04, Troop members also appeared on Sevastopol TV to report on their activities at Cape Aya and to share the eco-ethics concepts with viewers.
The First Congress on Eco-Ethics took place on September 26, 1998, at School-Lyceum No 8 in Sevastopol. Participants included teachers and students from 15 schools in the Sevastopol Region. Organized by the students of the EEIU Sevastopol Local Chapter, the purpose of the one-day Congress was to discuss principles and rules of eco-ethics and to plan and foster cooperation in the achievement of eco-ethical goals among students throughout Sevastopol.
The First Congress on Eco-Ethics was opened with a greeting from EEIU President Otto Kinne, followed by an address from EEIU Vice President Gennady Polikarpov and a greeting from EEIU Fellow Prof. Yuri Kutlakhmedov. After the opening address, Sevastopol Youth Action Group leader Irina Soyuzova presented the plenary report, which outlined the principles and goals of eco-ethics. Then, a delegation from each school delivered a message regarding violations of ethical norms in the city and made suggestions about how to improve or correct these situations.
Goals were set and plans were made for organized coordinated activities among the youth of the Sevastopol Region. To this end a Youth Parliament consisting of 10 girls and 7 boys was nominated from among the official representatives from each of the schools participating in the Congress. The goal of the Youth Parliament is to watch for eco-ethical violations and to influence conditions in the region by calling any misconduct or neglect of eco-ethical principles to the attention of administrators and officials and making suggestions for change.
The Youth Parliament will meet monthly, on the last Saturday of each month. As its first official act, the Parliament summed up the work of the First Congress on Eco-Ethics with an appeal to the City Administration and the Community at large for help in altering the present destructive course of Homo sapiens.
Seventeen Youth Parliament Members were elected at the First Congress on Eco-Ethics on September 26, 1998.
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