There are lots of activities represented in different projects. We use some of that in our work, but we inspired for new ones. Taking some specific features of our region of the Russian Far East, we tried to develop some activities that would be specific and that is why interesting. Such activities as “Book of Tracks,” “Communication in a Forest Language,” “Seasonal Changes in a Forest” demonstrate that.

Knowledge of almost all activities was taken not as much from literature as from local research that had been implemented by authors in tourist sites and nature protection territories in the Russian Far East during 20 years. For example, activity “Communication in a Forest Language” based on results of ethnography expedition to Ust-Niukzha, one of the Evenks’ villages, and interviewing of local elders about traditions and lifestyle in old times. Activity “Micro-Vegetation” is based on field research of several slopes, “Visual pollution” is based on materials of authors’ survey on the perception of natural landscapes by tourists. Survey within this research had been done for more than 200 respondents on six landscapes and eight kinds of tourism. The general review of these developed activities is given in different topics: PERCEPTION OF NATURE, ADAPTATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, and HEALTHY LIFE. 

 

Rules of work:

1. Take out all things from the forest (field, marsh) that had been used during activities - cards, messages, other human things that could be visual or other pollutants in a natural environment!

2. Do not produce much noise, be quiet and talk in half of your voice!

3. Respect a right for life of every species abstracting from what status or value for the human do they have if they are rare or not; if they are eatable by people or not; if they are beautiful or not; if they are poison or not. 

4. Work as a group, discussing, singing, and doing amazing things together!