The Centre for Environmental Activities ŹRÓDŁA

The Centre for Environmental Activities ŹRÓDŁA is an association, a nonprofit organization based in Poland with a mission to educate students, teachers, and the general public about environmental issues and expand their capacity to act for a more sustainable world. Źródła’s members believe in the importance of working directly in conservation and welfare efforts, as well as instilling in people a love for their surroundings and fellow inhabitants. Żródła was founded in 1993 as a branch of the Interacademic Ecological Lobby; it later registered as an association in February, 1997. It has the status of "public benefit organization" (OPP), which is the Polish equivalent of the 501(c)(3) code. It is an organization independent of the government (and local government) and business entities. Our main work is workshops for children and students conducted in schools in Łódź and the Łódź Voivodeship. These are classes conducted using active methods, concerning not only (broadly understood) environmental protection and climate change, but also global education or regional education. We offer 80 workshops for schools (and kindergartens), divided into thematic categories. Our trainers can conduct sessions at school, in the field, or we can, instead, invite everyone to our education center. In total, we offer around 1,000 such classes annually. We are an officially registered educational institution (RSPO 130198). Besides workshops, we also carry out many other educational activities: nature trips and green schools, weekend family workshops, and summer day camps. For adults, we have training for teachers, librarians, or companies. We implement larger educational projects when we have such opportunities, such as a one-year school for trainers. We train environmental and global education trainers. Also, we prepare educational materials, scripts, books, and reports for our own needs and other organizations and institutions. We are specialists in creating educational programs.