Tomsk and Tokyo ecologists want to share experiences on eco education

TOMSK, Jun 9 – RIA Tomsk. Experts from Tomsk and Tokyo become interested in experience  exchange in ecological education: Tomsk attracted by interactive classes where children are told about recycling, and Japanese – by Tomsk continuous education system, the chief of the regional department of natural resources Sergey Trapeznikov told on Thursday.

"We have interested that at them there are a lot of educational classes, lecture classes at the enterprises which it (collecting, export and processing of waste) are engaged. And at them, for example, two garbage trucks stand nearby: real one and "toy" one – for studying", – Trapeznikov told.

According to him, the Japanese experts were interested in a Tomsk three-level education system which allows without breaks and within the framework of a unified strategy to train the person something in kindergarten, school and university.

In turn the executive director of the Tokyo public ecological corporation Kazuya Sayto at a press conference in the RIA Tomsk media center noted that now the questions connected with household waste are actual for Japan too. And, in his opinion, exchange of experience will allow to solve quicker similar problems, involving the bigger number of experts in this process.

"I consider that very great value in a solution of waste problem plays ecological education. And it is very important that children had an opportunity to solve the problems connected with waste processing, with ecology in general. In this sphere we (Tomsk and Tokyo) have a lot of to learn each other – how to organize educational process, process of the report of information to the population", – Sayto noted.

He also added that local authorities have to play a major role in such educational process. "Once again I want to note a role of municipalities in ecological education. (In Japan) ecological lessons at schools are conducted by the officials who are engaged in a subject of waste processing", – Sayto specified.