Mountain Explorers Environmental Education Platform

Mountain Explorers is an interactive educational platform for children to help them understand the importance of our mountains and explore its natural resources.

Mountain Explorers is an extracurricular educational tool for teachers, educators, parents and students. It was developed by the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association (LMTA) and the Fondation pour le Développement Durable des régions de Montagne (FDDM) in Switzerland thanks mainly to a fund made available by the Swiss Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Switzerland. EcoConsulting provided pro-bono support during 1.5 years in the development of the concept and the environmental content of the educational games, activities, and animations. 

Mountain Explorers  is an open source platform available in English, Arabic, and French, and consists of an interactive educational platform for children between 8 and 12 years old aiming at helping them understand the importance of our mountains. Through it they can explore their natural resources and the value of the heritage which mountains provide us with. It also highlights the main threats and challenges facing all mountainous regions today and the Lebanese mountains in particular. It also proposes solutions and actions to help mitigate the environmental degradation which affects mountain regions.

Conceived of as a virtual journey through the mountains, kids learn about sustainable development, climate change, rural eco-tourism & environmental protection through both virtual and hands-on activities. This educational tool is designed to instil in kids a sense of eco-citizenship and to influence them into adopting environmentally-conscious behaviour and attitudes.

 

 

With the help of Na7lati, the bee mascot, Yasmine & Jad explore their mountains through various themes. Following their initial registration and login, every class/student will have access to the Virtual Map with 8 themes, each representing one of the main essential resources that our mountains provide us with. Each class, group, or child receives a virtual Green Passport and earns stamps for successfully undertaking creative games, exercises, tasks and activities. The journey ends when the Explorers’ green passport is filled.

We encourage teachers and parents to take part in this amazing journey with Mountain Explorers with their kids :-)

Click below to watch the animations for kids that were developed and integrated into Mountain Explorersfor each theme:

        Forest 

       Climate Change & Air Pollution

       Biodiversity

       Agriculture

       Water

       Cultural Heritage

and the Bee Cycle!