In order to pay special attention to ecological education of the younger generation, Rostov Water Service Company opened in 2004the Information and Ecological center. It is the first in the South of Russia, and has no analogs in this region. The main directions of its activity are ecological enlightenment of youth in the field of conservation of the Don region water resources, development of careful attitude to water consumption and distribution among students information about activities of JSC “Rostov Water Service Company.”
Center mission:
– Expand the horizons of schoolchildren in the field of water resources;
– To acquaint children, their parents and teachers with the issues of water supply and wastewater system in a big city;
– To educate schoolchildren to treat water sparingly, and to teach them a culture of water consumption.
Main areas of activities:
– Ecological education of youth in the field of conservation of water resources of the Don region;
– Education of careful attitude to water consumption;
– Awareness raising work among schoolchildren and young people concerning activities of JSC “Rostov Water Service Company.”
The work is based on:
- Classes with school groups;
- Educational and awareness-raising projects;
- Excursions to the facilities of JSC “Rostov Water Service Company”, giving
visual representation of the enterpriseproduction activity; - Dialogue with teachers and parents.
The classes are free. The Rostov Water Service Company bears all costs for the operation of the Center.
The center is equipped with special equipment, visual aids and
necessary literary basis. All classes are conducted in an accessible
form. Children have the opportunity to show their cognitive abilities and
creativity, master the methods of research and solving problems of
protection of the natural environment, as well as to consolidate the educational material studied
at the lessons of physics, biology, chemistry and history of Don region.
Children receive detailed information about the amount of water on the planet
Earth as well as about the reserves of drinking water in the world and in Russia. Also they can learn about
sources of water supply, and where the city takes water. Cildren can see
the image of water electron projected via microscope on the plasma panel, where also
the stages of water cleaning are demonstrated.
A common thread running through all topics of classes is the idea of
careful attitude to water.
An important part of the educational work carried out by the
Information and Ecological Center, is the production and distribution of
specialized printed products devoted to the actual
issues of ecology.
The center organizes excursions for high school children and students to the
Water Service Company facilities (water and sewage treatment facilities), for better understanding of enterprise activities.
Year by year, the number of Center students is growing due to good
contacts established by Water Service Company with the Department of Education and other
educational institutions of the city and region, as well as due to joint projects with
Rostov Regional Environmental and City Children’s Ecological-
biological centers.
You can get in the Water lesson or excursion by appointment in
Information and ecological center of JSC “Rostov Water Service Company”.
8 (863) 282-50- 50 (ext.1303)
Head of the Center – Tamara Kalinichenko, tel. 8 (918) 555-76-90.
Page on the Rostov Water Service Company site:
http://vodokanalrnd.ru/o-vodokanale/detskiy-ekologicheskiy-tsentr /
