Project proposal
Green technologies open air museum
Shaltiel-Harpaz L., Pieterse E., Loria
Y. and Goldberg T.
Background
The last two centuries will be remembered as years with great technological development that raised human standard of living, but on the other hand created ecological havoc. As the damages become more apparent, people have started inventing green technologies to reduce human environmental impact. Green technologies are environmentally responsible and fiscally sound alternative that lead to sustainable living. Research and development of green technologies is done mainly in the academia and the industry, but in general the public in an aware of the progress in the field. An open air museum that will present green technologies to the public in a comprehensive way, will enhance awareness it the society to ways of reducing environmental damage. Such a museum will open a gate for direct communication between the academia the industry and the community.
Project
description
Tel Hai academic collage is one of the leading academic
institutes in teaching environmental studies in
The exhibits will be designed
by the students as a product of their graduation projects guided by the
researchers teaching at the college and experts from the industry. The museum will
be designated for a variety of visitors: the college students that will use the
expeditions as educational aids in their environmental studies, pupils from the
vicinity, teachers, professional groups, families and visitors from the whole
country.
Professionally trained college students will guide the visitors in the museum, teaching and promoting environmental ideas, as part of their community commitment projects. The exhibitions will encourage the visitors to touch, try, play and learn with the working models, computerized simulations, videos, sculptures and real facilities.
The museum will be a center
for live exhibition, academic and educational activities teaching issues like:
the use of renewable energy resources, waste water treatment, waste recycling,
green building and sustainable agriculture.
The museum will promote and reflect a unique model of cooperation between the academy, the industry and the community. The process of designing the exhibit, encouraging students from different academic units to cooperate with students and professors from the arts, communication and engineering faculties, in order to create- high standard, esthetic and scientifically viable exhibitions.
About us:
Shaltiel-Harpaz Liora, ecological entomologist
(PhD). Working in applied research in IPM. Lecturer at Tel-Hai academic college
environmental science department. Experience in developing educational programs
in science and technology for students and teachers.
Piterse Efrat, Phd student in educational technologies
and information science. MSc. in desining educational enviroments. Lecturer at
the Open Universety and developer of computerised educational programs.
Loria Yahavit, Msc. in plants genetics and
specialization in Science education. Working in Weitzmann institute in
developing science educational programs and training science and technology teachers
in professional development courses.
Goldberg Tali, Phd student in ecological genetics of
amphibians. Msc. in water recycling. Teaching science in kindergarten teachers courses at Tel-Hai
academic college. Experience in developing educational programs in science and green
technologies, for students and teachers.
For further information pleas contact:
Dr. Liora Shaltiel-
Harpaz
Northern R&D, POB 831 Kiryat Shmona 11016,
Tel. 972-4-6934797 ; Fax. 972-4-6944980 ;
lioraamit@bezeqint.net ; liora@migal.org.il