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In community with nature – achieving sustainable development of tourism through interpretation of natural heritage
At the end of October, employees of the Bioteka Association, in cooperation with the “Mihovil” Tour Guide Association from Šibenik and external experts, held a two-day course about the natural heritage of the Šibenik-Knin County, with special emphasis on the biodiversity and geodiversity of the Krka National Park and the city of Šibenik. The course…
Read MoreEnrol your child in STEM workshops – the best of the best and many NEW STEM WORKSHOPS in this season!
A new school year has begun, with many challenges and uncertainties, but we hope that it will be peaceful and safe. As in the last 9 years, the school year is accompanied by Bioteka’s STEM workshops, with many new changes introduced this year! The first news is the special limitation of the number of children…
Read MoreChallenging and encouraging classes necessary for gifted children
Gifted children are extremely valuable human capital. However, cooperation between schools, the non-governmental sector and the wider community is necessary in order to develop their full potential. It is the responsibility of society to care for gifted children and its own future. This has been pointed out at the round-table discussion titled Challenges and Opportunities…
Read MoreEnrol your child in Bioteka’s STEAM Summer Camp!
After a turbulent and uncertain, as well as rather unusual school year, summer is coming. We hope that the worst is behind us and that there are many good things to come in the summer. One of them, which your children will particularly enjoy, comes in the form of Bioteka’s STEM summer science camp. Below…
Read MoreJoin us at the “Šikaro, otvori se!” volunteer camp in July on Učka
As in the previous years, the Bioteka Association, in cooperation with the Biom association and the Učka Nature Park, organises a volunteer camp on Učka. This year’s camp will take place from 2 July to 24 July. Join us, volunteer and participate in the fight for conserving biodiversity! Karst grasslands and pastures found in the hilly…
Read MoreChildren across Croatia carrying out sustainable development projects!
Imagine that while you were in school, you had the chance to develop your project ideas, solve a particular issue in your local community, learn to draw up a financial plan, edit a video, write a PR article and a donation request letter or master advocacy before local authorities to improve standard social practices. What…
Read MoreCompleted project Citizen scientists!
The Bioteka Association is carrying out the final activities in cooperation with partners from the Tragus Association and the network of citizen scientists in the project of support and monitoring the status of bats in the middle and upper course of the Krka river. It is a rare example of successful cooperation in the development…
Read MoreYoung Buzet inhabitants learned about water protection in karstic terrain!
At the end of May, the science and education centre Speleo Kuća in Vodice (Lanišće municipality) brought together the children attending the Grdelin kindergarten, the students of the Vazmoslav Gržalja primary school and their educators and teachers for educational workshops about water protection in karstic terrain.
Read MoreSustainable development – Youth exchange
At the end of 2012, members of the Bioteka Association started cooperating on another project from the Youth in Action programme financed by the European Union. This project was held in Poland (Krakow) in April 2013 (9-15 April), and the project leader was the Polish association Cognosco Foundation. This was a trilateral project dealing with…
Read MoreEco-Lifestyle in Practice – Youth exchange
The topic of the project was the application of basic ecological principles in everyday life, which 30 young Europeans learned about for 12 days in May 2012 in Estonia, through discussions, workshops and fieldwork in regard to topics such as water and energy saving, conservation and protection of forests, the principles of renewable energy sources…
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