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CLEAN AIR CURRICULUM AS A BASE FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

PALKOVÁ, Zuzana, Marta HARNIČÁROVÁ and Jan VALÍČEK

Basic information

Original name

CLEAN AIR CURRICULUM AS A BASE FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

Name in Czech

ČISTÉ VZDUCHOVÉ KURICIKUM JAKO ZÁKLAD PRO ČISTÉ PROSTŘEDÍ

Authors

PALKOVÁ, Zuzana (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marta HARNIČÁROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jan VALÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Španělsko, ICERI Proceedings, p. 2261-2266, 6 pp. 2019

Publisher

IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT, LAURI VOLPI 6, VALENICA, BURJASSOT 46100, SPAIN

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Proceedings paper

Field of Study

10510 Climatic research

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

electronic version available online

RIV identification code

RIV/75081431:_____/19:00001763

Organization unit

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

ISBN

978-84-09-14755-7

ISSN

UT WoS

000530109202051

Keywords (in Czech)

čistý vzduch; interaktivní výukové moduly; video materiály; výcvik; kurikulum; Erasmus

Keywords in English

clean air; interactive learning modules; video materials; training; curriculum; Erasmus

Tags

Changed: 8/6/2020 13:31, Kateřina Nygrýnová

Abstract

V originále

Although air quality in Europe has improved over the last decade, there are still many places where concentrations of such pollutants as particulate matter (PM) or benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) significantly exceed WHO guidelines and EU norms. Pollution with PM2,5 only was responsible for 436 000 premature deaths in EU-28 countries in 2013. As research shows, air pollution is not only a problem of large urban populations. Air within rural regions is often even more polluted, especially in the heating season. This in particular relates to such pollutants as PM and carcinogenic BaP or dioxins - as they are released when coal, wood or waste is burned in household heating appliances (European Environment Agency, 2018), (Krakowski Alarm Smogowy, 2016). One of the worst air pollution hot spots in Europe covers CEE countries, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (European Environment Agency, 2018). Localities from these countries top all rankings of air pollution with PMs or benzo[a]pyrene in Europe. The main reason behind high pollution levels in CEE is reliance on solid fuels (coal, wood) for heating. The household sector constitutes the largest single source of PM10 and B[a]P emissions in the countries across the Europe. A large portion of households continues using sold fuels (low quality coal and wood) for space heating, which remain the cheapest source of heat energy. They are often mixed with waste, which significantly aggravates the problem and health effects. The article presents the CleanAir project (www.cleanair-project.eu) which focusing on the raising awareness of rural communities about the problem of air pollution, its reasons, health effects and possible solutions that can be taken by inhabitants in order to mitigate the problem and reduce local air pollution. This objective is achieved by providing training for teachers from rural areas in the topic of air pollution and equipping them with education materials that they can use to teach their pupils and students about the problem.