Education

The "Edu­ca­tion" sec­tor is a SISKA ser­vice de­di­ca­ted to rai­sing awa­re­ness and pas­sing on know­ledge about karst. In ad­di­tion to courses gi­ven at va­rious uni­ver­si­ties (ETH Zu­rich, Uni Neu­châ­tel, Uni Be­san­çon, Uni Vien­na, etc.), the staff work on scien­ti­fic ou­treach pro­jects.
Eve­ry year, SISKA or­ga­nises courses, lec­tures, ex­cur­sions and work­shops on the un­der­ground en­vi­ron­ment for a va­rie­ty of au­diences, in­clu­ding school­chil­dren, aca­de­mics, go­vern­ment de­part­ments and lo­cal re­si­dents.

Through the pu­bli­ca­tion of bro­chures, field guides and books, the edu­ca­tion sec­tor helps to shed light on and in­form the pu­blic about karst and the va­rious themes as­so­cia­ted with it: un­der­ground wa­ter, do­lines, ca­vi­ties, wind tur­bines in karst ter­rain, the vul­ne­ra­bi­li­ty of the un­der­ground en­vi­ron­ment, etc.

SISKA de­ve­lops awa­re­ness-rai­sing, scien­ti­fic me­dia­tion and tea­ching tools, such as vi­deos, tea­ching kits and ex­cur­sion guides. These tools can be used by its own teams, at events, on re­quest or with groups (classes, as­so­cia­tions, work teams, pri­vate in­di­vi­duals). They are al­so avai­lable to tea­chers and trai­ners.

SISKA or­ga­nises edu­ca­tio­nal ex­cur­sions ex­plai­ning the evo­lu­tion of the land­scape, un­der­ground wa­ter flows, geo­lo­gy and karst bio­topes. As part of these ex­cur­sions, small groups can vi­sit a cave, which is a sen­si­tive place. Some ex­cur­sions are or­ga­ni­sed on a re­gu­lar ba­sis, others on an ad hoc ba­sis. On re­quest, we can or­ga­nise ex­cur­sions to suit your wishes. We look for­ward to hea­ring from you!

Would you like to be in­for­med in fu­ture about the pu­blic ex­cur­sions we of­fer? Si­gn up for our news­let­ter. It is pu­bli­shed once or twice a year and keeps you in­for­med about our ex­cur­sions.

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