As it is known by modern people, dramatically growing problem that effects whole world from top to toe unfortunately will be faced soon by inhabitants of the Earth, that no one can compensate the unexpected and unforeseen impacts. That environmental pollution recognized globally destroys and gobbles up what is left till the end. One part of the problem comes from the mass tourism by misusing the belongings of the environment and damaging the natural sources. Eco-tourism is the best way to protect the unique ecological features of regions. Eco-tourism activities allow to do more than just learning facts about various locations. MobEco helps enabling people to lead a more fulfilling life in unspoilt regions by making to realise to have a tourism experience for a reminder of nature’s amazing qualities and commonly introduced to welcoming residents. When a place introduced appropriately, then respect and admiration will be inspired and risen , the two steps to be taken for the conservation. These are the objectives targeted in the Project MobEco activities. As it is seen in the Project, the stages have been distributed for activities as preparation, implementation, impacts and sustainibility. By doing so we have focused on sustainable Eco-Tourism to preserve natural beauties by creating a wast opportunity of learning experiece accompanied by fun education in our school and in the expansion of this in local , regional , national then to EU dimension.That's why 75. Yıl High School of Science as the coordinator of project MobEco is tackling with the environmental problems. We are shouldering and focusing on the matter by being the part of the solution for tomorrow on the contrary to being the troublemakers. We go for ensuring young people have power to help the sustainability that our world needs by engaging them in fun, action-oriented and socially responsible learning. The project’s greatest achievement will be production of a generation of sustainably minded, environmentally conscious people . These individuals will carry the behavioural patterns they uptake under the auspices of MobEco with them through life, in turn teaching the next generation the habits to make a difference. As the activities are fulfilled the unique features will become more interesting and educational for the participant pupill to contribute to the solution aimed by the project MobEco covering to help endemic species and endangered wildlife and it is planned to be shared pre-while-post impacts and experiences to their peers in partner countries and their school societies . Activities can be fun and educational in the present, while building a foundation for responsible travel and tourism in the future . Action plan SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely) is plays a critical role in this stage by seven steps towards an Eco-School. The integrity of ecosystem while producing economical opportunities that make the conservation of natural resources beneficial to local people is the key for the success of the Project MobEco. This is reason why the project MobEco concentrates on public awareness. But for us The Project MobEco is way too big for to be taken in local scale, it should be dissminate in national scope by diffusing in to the curriculum.
Context/Background of the Project Increasing ecological problems that affect the whole world from top to toe unfortunately have been faced dramatically by inhabitants of the Earth, that no one can compensate for the unexpected and unforeseen impacts. That environmental pollution recognized globally destroys and gobbles up what is left till the end. Some parts of the ecological problems originate from the mass tourism by misusing the belongings of the environment and damaging the natural sources. Eco-tourism is the best way to protect the unique ecological features of regions. Eco-tourism activities create opportunities more than just learning about various touristic locations. Objectives The objectives of the MobEco project, which deals with promoting sustainable, ecology friendly touristic activities, are to raise the awareness of students on environmental issues by making them work actively, to search for the new ways to protect the natural sources, we have in our region, to collect information, exchange knowledge and transfer the experiences about eco-tourism, to show people the importance of eco-touristic activities and making them more conscious about keeping their environment safe, to introduce the eco-touristic values of partner countries to each other and so popularize eco-tourism. Number and type/profile of participants Participants of the Mobeco Project are actively working students and teachers who are members of Mobeco committees, around 20-100 people in each partner school, the students, chosen as target group, around 150-300 students in each partner school, the whole school Members around 500-1500 people in each partner school, the local people and the local decision-makers and all people related to and interested in the words; environment, sustainable energy, eco-Tourism, protecting flora and fauna at national or international level. Description of Undertaken Activities To reach the defined objectives above, with highly motivated and volunteered participants, various activities were fulfilled during the project. Those activities can be categorised into two; activities during the mobilities and activities of partner schools during the project. During the LTT mobilities, there have been many informative action-based trainings, observations and problem-solving activities about Introducing good examples of Agritourism / Gastronomy Tourism, Culture tourism, Health Tourism, History Tourism, Sport Tourism, Protecting Local Architecture/ Cinema Tourism, Protecting Fauna, Protecting Flora and Dissemination and Lobby Activities Inspired by the good examples of partner countries, experienced during the LTT mobilities, partner schools searched, shared and disseminated many types of tourism under eco themes titles such as; Agritourism, Culture tourism, Gastronomy Tourism, Health Tourism, History Tourism, Movie Tourism, Nature Tourism, Sport Tourism, Protecting Local Architecture, Protecting Environment, Protecting Fauna, Protecting Flora, Recycling and Dissemination and Lobby Activities After fulfilling action-oriented and socially responsible campaigns within the project, each partner school improved and enhanced the surroundings of school yard in terms of green flag activities. Some of the partners renovated recycling system of their schools. Many local campaigns about recycling wastes, collecting and storing hazardous wastes have been organised and attended. Dissemination Results of Projects To disseminate all the activities done by schools, we conducted various dissemination activities and used platforms such as; online dissemination platforms, local and national wide online news, visiting, informing and cooperating local authorities, NGOs and other stakeholders, attending and organising fests, contests, conferences and presentations, local press articles, numerous meetings, classes, seminars and conferences. And also many dissemination materials like videos, online leaflets, booklets, letterheads, t-shirts, dossiers, usb sticks, agendas, flyers, CDs, eco-friendly pens, school bags roll ups, banners, eco-friendly bags, school panels, photo albums and badges were designed, produced, published, used and delivered. Assessment and Evaluation Results of the Project As an assessment and evaluation, we created and applied many Likert Type, Yes-No Type and Open-Ended questionnaires. We also recorded videos of students’ feelings time to time, especially before and after LTTs. As an overall result, participants negative perception and attitude about environment, ecotourism and international relationship were decreased from 35,47% to 21,27% and students’ positive perception and attitude were increased from 41,68% to 61,23%, which means 19,54 % improvement from negative to positive.