As part of the ERASMUS+ cooperation partnership 'EcoSocMan' between the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu (Estonia), the University of South Bohemia in Budweis (Czech Republic), the Université d'Aix-Marseille (France), the University of Ulm (Germany), the Ukrainian National Forestry University in Lviv (Ukraine), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the practice partner simpleFilm (Germany), our transdisciplinary summer school took place again this year. From 7th to 19th September, around 30 students from all participating countries and disciplines visited the Bavarian Forest–Šumava border region and the South Bohemian capital Budweis/České Budějovice to address topics such as forest development, the effects of climate change, land use, wetland restoration, bark beetle infestation and its social, political and economic effects, as well as ecological knowledge and its circulation in social media. In addition to the excursions, there was also the opportunity to deepen the experience in specific workshops. The highlight of the summer school was the presentation of the group work in the form of short thematic films, which the students planned, edited, cut and completed themselves. This successfully achieved two of the most important goals of he cooperation project: raising awareness of local climate change effects and taking action against misinformation.
For more information, visit our homepage: EcoSocMan
