Baltic Sea Project

UNESCO ASPnet in Estonia welcomes all BSP school students aged 15-19 years and their teahers to join international webinar  “Global challenges and opportunities of the 21th century: responsibilities of individuals and nations”  that will take place on  February 18  (Thursday) at  14:00-17:00  (Eastern European time). Facebook event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/337904764093367 The aim of the webinar is to raise awarenes among youth and educators about global challenges related to climate change, forced migration and human rights, and to encourage youth to look for real solutions from an individual to international perspective. We will also share information about an upcoming four-day Model United Nations that will happen on June 10-13 where youth will have an opportunity to embody delegates of UN Security Council, Conference of the Parties, UN Refugee Agency and judges in the International Court of Justice.  Agenda of the webinar: Introductory interview with the President of Estoni

The lichen BioBlitz  is part of the  Baltic Sea Project’s air quality month  and is designed to give participants some background information lichen as bioindicators for air quality. Please, before starting, watch this video that we made in 2020 on how to use iNaturalist:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sgVrkTHKwE Rules of the BioBlitz: 1)   Make an account to iNaturalist , so you can tell us your username - only then we can add you to the collection project. Please keep in mind that no one under 13 years of age can have their own iNaturalist account without our obtaining their parent or guardian's permission via this method: https://www.inaturalist.org/user_parents/new   (You can log into iNaturalist even with your Facebook or Gmail.) 2) All BioBlitz participants should register to our event : https://forms.gle/sihis9WqoDX219ta8 It is because only when you share your iNaturalist username with us, we can add you to our species collection project in there! 3) Choose a date between

  8th of February until 7th of March is chosen in 2021 to be the Baltic Sea Project's air quality month among the UNESCO Associated Schools Network . So why not participate in this month by joining an art campaign and show everyone the unique way you see the world around!  Lichens are a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi. The fungus provides shelter for the algae and the algae provides food for the fungi. Lichens are sensitive to air pollution such as nitrogen (N) because they receive all their nutrients and water straight from wet and dry atmosphere. Because of that, lichens are one of the most known air quality bioindicators. An indicator species is any biological species that defines a trait or characteristic of the environment. By recognising lichens around us researchers can make assumptions about the quality of air. There are so many species of lichen which can grow on almost any surface, but at the same time each species is quite specialised and can live only in