Eco-Schools in Russia

NGO "Keep Saint-Petersburg Tidy" is carrying out the program Eco-Schools/Green Flag in the Northwest of Russia.

There are 9 Information and Methodological Centres for Eco-Schools/Green Flag programme development in Russia housed by:

the secondary school №637 for the Moskovski District of St.-Petersburg
the secondary school №437 for the Kurortny District of St.-Petersburg (settlement Pesochnoe);
Anninskaya Secondary School of the settlement Annino of Lomonosovsky District for the Leningrad Region;
“Guide” Environmental group situated in the Kaliningrad Regional Children’s Center for Environmental Education and Tourism;
the secondary schools №3 in Petrozavodsk for the Republic of Carelia
the secondary schools №38 in Petrozavodsk for the Republic of Carelia;
Penovskaya Secondary School of the village Peno for the Tver Region;
Kolpino Palace of Children and Youth Creative Activties for Kolpino;
Centre for children’s and youth tourism “Yuzhny bereg” (after-school activity centre) in Lomonosov for the North-western part of Russia;
Kindergarten №69 “Marina”, unit №5 of Kasnogvardeisky District of St.-Petersburg for the North-western part of Russia.

Themes chosen by the Russian schools in 2005/2006:
Water; Waste; Energy; Nature and Biodiversity; School grounds; Healthy lifestyle;
Climate change; Local cultural heritage; Active citizenship; Sustainable consumption.

Seven steps of Eco-schools / Green Flag

1. Eco-Council
2. Environmental Review
3. Actions plan
4. Monitoring and Evaluation
5. Environmental themes in the life of kindergarten / Greening the school curriculum
6. Informing and involving
7. Eco-code