1. THE EDUCATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ACTIVITIES OF RECREATION AND ACTIVITIES OF TOURISM Driss BOUMEGGOUTI University of Toulouse - Le Mirail Munich February 2007

2. Definition of the project It is about setting up modules aimed at emphisize the principles of the education to the environment through the activities of recreation and the activities of tourism realised by the pupils and students during their schooling. These modules can be taught in the framework of classical and general teaching, such as geography, sciences of nature, physical and sportive activities, etc., or within specific programs…

3. Context : Nowadays, the education to the environment constitutes a major stake;Nowadays, the education to the environment constitutes a major stake; Important interests coming from national and international decision-making bodies and institutions;Important interests coming from national and international decision-making bodies and institutions; Craze in support of the concepts of sustainable development, sustainable tourism, fair tourism, etc.;Craze in support of the concepts of sustainable development, sustainable tourism, fair tourism, etc.; Recognition of morality and of responsibility in the approaches linked to the education anbd to the development;Recognition of morality and of responsibility in the approaches linked to the education anbd to the development; Recreations and tourism fill a paramount place in our societies and become as well, a mean of cultural and educative improvement of the citizen approachRecreations and tourism fill a paramount place in our societies and become as well, a mean of cultural and educative improvement of the citizen approach

4. Stakes & objectives : Paramount place of the recreation and touristic activities in the education programs especially by means of the outside activities and ground visits and fieldtrips;Paramount place of the recreation and touristic activities in the education programs especially by means of the outside activities and ground visits and fieldtrips; Gaining interest from the relation linking didactic, related to game and hedonistic approaches offered by this method;Gaining interest from the relation linking didactic, related to game and hedonistic approaches offered by this method; Very strong impact from the observation and the direct contact with the ground activities.Very strong impact from the observation and the direct contact with the ground activities. Methods really appreciated by school public.Methods really appreciated by school public.

5. -The city, -The countryside, -The seashore, -The mountain, -The forest, -wastes, -energy, -The consumer goods (material and immaterial, -The agriculture, -the industry, etc. Methodology & approach : These activities will cover various territories and issues : These activities will cover various territories and issues :

6. Participants will be lead up to work on the foillowing notions :Participants will be lead up to work on the foillowing notions : -Sustainable tourism, -ecotourism, -The tourism of economic discovering including the industrial tourism, -Fair tourism, -Solidarity-based tourism, -Ethnic tourism, -etc.

7. The landscaping approach will set up an essential method in the modules to settle;The landscaping approach will set up an essential method in the modules to settle; Favour the exchanges of experiences and monitoring the modules’ setting up, especially between several element of the education structure;Favour the exchanges of experiences and monitoring the modules’ setting up, especially between several element of the education structure; Set up an assessment scale, especially, to evaluate the impact in terms of sensibilisation to the questions of environment;Set up an assessment scale, especially, to evaluate the impact in terms of sensibilisation to the questions of environment; Give value to the ability of each participants to transfer knowledges and contents;Give value to the ability of each participants to transfer knowledges and contents;