In the CREA+BIRD project (2025–2027), we will research and develop creative and participatory methods for environmental education. Birds serve as a source of inspiration, messengers, guides, and connectors to nature in the project. We are developing school teaching and incorporating cultural narratives into scientific knowledge.
Universities and non-governmental organizations from Finland, Italy, Slovenia, and Romania are participating in the project. The project is co-funded by the European Union. In Finland, the cormorant is a key species in the archipelago that disappeared from our birdlife for a hundred years but has only recently returned.
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International Symposium – Sustainability Education: Finnish and European Perspectives
How can sustainability education be effectively promoted across different educational contexts?
In this symposium, Finnish and Slovene experts in environmental and nature education will share their experiences based on European collaboration and the national network for environmental and nature education.
Organizers: University of Jyväskylä, UNESCO Chair on Teacher Education for Sustainable Development & University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
Date: Friday, 26 September 2025, 10:00–13:00 (CEST) / 11:00–14:00 (Finnish time)
Venue: Faculty of Education, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, 1000 Ljubljana
Online participation: Zoom-link
Koper, Slovenia 22 September 2025
The Great Cormorants are preening themselves in Slovenia, and soon their plumage will be in order! And rightly so, because tomorrow we CREA+BIRD people will finally meet in person in Koper, Slovenia. Representing the LYKE network will be the association’s project manager Sanna Saari-Vesterinen and nature school teachers Maria Salin, Jonas Heikkilä, Pia Lindström, and Johanna Sahila (remotely). They will share their best nature teaching practices and get ideas from teachers in other project countries. These practices will be further developed in the project. In Finland, the Great Cormorant is a key species in the archipelago that disappeared from our birdlife for a hundred years but has only recently returned.
Photos: Sanna Saari-Vesterinen
