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  ALCOA SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR RUSSIA

Program Goal and Objectives The ALOCA 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.

Video about the Alcoa Sustainability and Conservation Program for Russia "We Are In Charge of the Future"

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). Main program results 21 schools, 6 additional school education centers and 4 NGOs participate in the Alcoa Foundation “We Are in Charge of the Future” Program since the time when it was launched in Belaya Kalitva and Kirovsky District of Samara (at the end of 2006) and in Lubuchany settlement in Moscow Region (2007). Every year, over 2,000 students of 5th-10th grades become involved in grant activities, environmental mini research projects, creative contests and summer conservation camps. During this period, 32 environmental/social projects were fulfilled for a total amount of 2,874,380 rubles; instructors from Moscow conducted 33 master classes that were attended by over 2,000 local students and 230 teachers. For the past three years, many of these students have been submitting the results of their research works to the National Telecommunications Conference “Children Will Preserve Nature in Russia” held under the Environmental Commonwealth National Telecommunications Project. Thanks to the Program, growing numbers of youth in Belaya Kalitva and Samara are becoming interested in conservation, take part in environmental activities and work on research projects. During these projects, schoolchildren become guardians of new nature monuments in Samara Oblast; the first environmental trail in the city of Belaya Kalitva was built and is being further developed; and the areas of the Olympic Reserve Rowing Center in Belaya Kalitva and of a residence school in Samara were cleaned and landscaped. In addition, what is most important is that in 2008 the Program was joined by children with limited physical abilities who were able to visit unique nature corners and take part in projects of their peers

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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".