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  ALCOA SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR RUSSIA

Program Goal and Objectives The ALOCL Foundation Sustainability and Conservation Program for Russia “We Are In Charge of the Future” (2006-2010) is focused on promoting sustainable development on partnership areas through involving teachers and students of local schools into designing and implementing socially significant projects in their communities; conducting school research programs; motivating participation in creative contests; and organizing training master classes for teachers, educators and high school students. The Program is being fulfilled on locations of AlCOA Company presence: Belaya Kalitva (Rostov Oblast), Samara (Kirovsky District) and Lubuchany Settlement (Moscow Oblast – 2007-2008). The goal of the Program is to support sustainable development on partnership areas, including conservation activities selected communities through educating local youth and providing assistance to local NGOs. The Program involves introducing environmental education in schools, increasing the professional level of teachers, engaging communities into tackling local conservation and social issues, and bringing together community resources – of schools and NGOS – to expand social partnerships. The Program is carried out by Alcoa Foundation in partnership with Alcoa industrial facilities in Russia: Alcoa Metallurg Rus (Belaya Kalitva) and Samara Metallurgical Plant. The Program has been developed and is being managed by the Fund for Sustainable Development (FSD) with the use of its methods and approaches and is based on the materials of the national telecommunications project  “Environmental Commonwealth” (implemented by the Environmental Soil Sciences Institute of Moscow State University) and the project “Clean City with Children and for Children” (implemented by the Department for Education and the Department for Youth Affairs of the City of Pushchino, Moscow Oblast). The key participants and partners of the Program are teachers and students of schools located in Belaya Kalitva and Kirovsky District of Samara, local public organizations working to promote solutions to conservation and social challenges, officials from departments of education, the media and parents. The Program consists of three components: Regional development needs assessment and multi-stakeholder participation (2006-2007); Dissemination of environmental education programs in partners schools and children’s educational institutions (2007-2010), conservation and social patronage in elementary schools, kindergartens, residence schools and rehabilitation centers, and children’s creative contests in the field of environmental protection; Grant contests of environmental/social projects furthering sustainable development with support to local NGOs and children’s educational institutions (2007-2010).

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Brochure: ALCOA Sustainability and Conservation Program for Russia "We Are in Charge of the Future" (Step 2)

 Brochure: ALCOA Sustainability and Conservation Program for Russia "We Are in Charge of the Future" (Step 1)

Articles:

The article in magazine ECOLOGY AND LIFE 7’2010 "From a Birdfeeder to a Visit to the Mayor".

The article in magazine ECOLOGY AND LIFE 3(76)’2008 "Instilling a Love for Nature".

The article in magazine ECOLOGY AND LIFE 7(68)’2007. "Section Education for sustainable development".