„Gaworzyce Municipality is our common home „Green Gaworzyce"

 

Implementer: Public Gymnasium in Gaworzyce

 

Problem: Insufficient concern among local residents about the appearance of their properties, and by extension the image of the municipality, had contributed to a situation, where Gaworzyce municipality had not established itself as a tourist destination despite its many geographical and natural attractions. The Gaworzyce park is a historical park and is located approx. 500 m from the gymnasium; however, prior to the project, it was not fit or equipped to act as a rest and recreation area for the local community, let alone for children and youth. The lack of sufficient funds and engagement on the part of the local community in the care and upkeep of the area led to its neglect. To remedy this would require regenerating the park with new saplings, adding benches and rubbish bins, weeding the lawn and sowing new grass in places where it was not well established.

 

Objective: The main goals of the project were to inspire local community groups to work to improve the quality of the public spaces in the municipality, to develop and foster pro-environmental attitudes and finally to develop places where outdoor events and hands-on opportunities for learning about the environment, biology and ecology can take place, whether it is Gaworzyce park or other places of natural interest in the municipality.

 

Project implementation and results: Project work involved:

1. Organising a joint session of teaching staff meetings from both schools to outline guidelines for action.

2. Carrying out a survey among the pupils to guage their awareness of the environmental problems present in the municipality; conducting an audit of the quality and appearance of private property holdings in individual towns and villages. The audit results were used for the „Property" campaign, which involved inspections and cleanup notices.

3. Contest for the most beautiful property with participants from 13 towns in the municipality (approx. 400 properties involved).

4. Informational posters made by pupils, along with a special issue of the „Gim-Times" newsletter dedicated to the project and a leaflet/tourist guide distributed throughout the municipality.

5. Cleaning up and improving the historical Gaworzyce park (planting new tree saplings, sowing grass in the areas between the trees, constructing information signs and setting them out, recreating walking paths).

6. Organising events in the park including:

a) festivities on occasion of Children's Day, „Greeting the Summer", community festival in Dalkowo, „Saying Goodbye to the Summer", „A Children-Friendly Rural Municipality"

b) competitions  - Regional Review of Song and Dance „Sing with Us",

c) environmental lessons for pupils of the Gaworzyce Primary School and Gaworzyce Gymansium: „Park as an example of an ecosystem", „Getting to know the flora of our municipal park", „Tourist attractions in the region", „On the trail of natural monuments in our town", „Determining and marking the cardinal directions in the field", „October brass and bronze - seasons and rhythms of life".

 

Project partners:

• Voivodship Monuments Conservator
• Parents Council
• Gaworzyce Municipality Office,
• Gaworzyce Public Utilities
• Village councillors and the Village Council, members of the „Gaworzyce Municipality is Our Home" Association,
• Local Forestry Office ,
• District Authority Office,
• „Dalkowo Heights Agreement" Local Action Group

 

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