Na delavnici bomo spoznavali alpsko cvetje in žuželke. Lokalni ponudnik nam bo povedal nekaj o čebelarstvu, ogledali si bomo čebeljnjak. Odšli bomo na pot to Solčavske tise, ki je stara skoraj 1000 let. Izvedeli bomo veliko o alpskem cvetju; izdelali bomo herbarij, ki ga bomo kasneje na dogodkih razstavili. Poskusili se bomo naučiti tudi latinska imena rastlin in živali.

Activitatea se va desfășura în Parcul Național Piatra Craiului. Participanții vor parcurge trasee turistice, vor lua parte la activități educative tematice și vor petrece o noapte într-o cabană de munte.

The Youth at the Top Video Contest is over!

Around 30 of our member nature parks gathered children from across the Alps to take part in adventures to explore the mountainous wilderness - it was a great success! 

Following our theme 'Forest - The Almighty!', videos were sent from our participants, showing the activities that youngsters took part in while learning about the importance of Alpine woodlands, and how to protect our trees and forests. Choosing our winners was no easy feat, as there were so many great entries - but we would like to announce our video contest winners, Naturpark Nagelfluhkette!

Naturpark Nagelfluhkette and all their young participants did an excellent job in portraying the values of Youth at the Top, and showing their activities in learning about Alpine forests! Take a look at their winning video HERE. They will soon be awarded with a special prize for their winning video.

We would also like to give a special mention to our runners up:

Parco Naturale Mont Avic came in second place, with a wonderful video featuring powerful insights from young participants;

In third place, Logarska Dolina Krajinski Park, with some very interesting workshop activtities to take a look at;

Horná Orava Landscape Park came in fourth place, featuring some adorable footage of some of the youngest participants;

And Piatra Craiului National Park is our fifth place runner up, with some impressive drone footage of their adventures.

You can take a look at all the winning entries by clicking HERE.

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We are pleased to announce that this year, there will be the first Youth at the Top video contest!

The participants can give free rein to their creativity and record their experiences and impressions during the excursion through video recordings. Afterwards a jury selects the “best videos” which will be rewarded. The videos have to relate to this year’s theme “Forest – the Almighty”. Please check out Annex 4 to find details and instructions for the video contest.

So, don't hesitate, get out the cameras and show us the best experiences and video recordings during your hike! It will be a lot of fun!

Destinacija Logarska dolina – Solčavsko ima veliko gozdov in zelenih površin, zato se bo letošnja tema lepo prepletala z našim okoljem. Na delavnicah bomo tokrat ustvarjali z lokalnim lesom. Izdelali bomo t. i. ''knjigobežnico'' oziroma omarico za knjige, ki bo namenjena izmenjevanju knjig. Le-to bomo obesili na vidno, javno mesto. Igrali bomo igro ''Spomin'', ki bo imela poudarek na naravnih, gozdnih materialih (igra bo imela izobraževalno vsebino). Sprehodili se bomo do Solčavske tise, ki je ena izmed najstarejših tis v Sloveniji.

In 2022, young people and organizers were eager to finally get together after two tough years of Covid19, which demonstrated the high number of registrations.
This 8th edition marked the return to a unique date. With a few exceptions, the various local events were held on 12 July 2022, thus renewing the tradition of an initiative carried out on a common date, and thus marking the strong link between the different countries of the Alps and the Carpathians.

In the end, 30 protected areas organized a total of 32 local events across 8 countries of the Alps and Carpathians. A surprise was the high number of participants from the Carpathian parks. While they were poorly represented in the early years, this year they represented almost 30%.

To facilitate this 8th edition, the organizers were invited to organize various educational activities on the theme «Water in all its forms». The objective of this topic is on the one hand the transmission of knowledge about water as a natural element in the various states: solid, liquid and gaseous. On the other hand, attention must be drawn to water as an increasingly precious and rare commodity in times of climate change.

At the end of the events, a photo contest was held to encourage parks to take many photos. Click here for further information about the Photo Contest.

Photo © Frank Miramand Nature Reserve Sixt-Passy

Sommererlebnistage im Natur- und Geopark. An diesem Schwerpunkttag Youth at the top sind wir unterwegs mit Kindern zwischen 6 und 14 Jahren im sogenannten GeoDorf gams (www.geodorf.com). Wir sind zwar nicht sehr alpin unterwegs, aber dieser Tag steht ganz in Zeichen der Alpinen Bergrettungen aus der Region. Die Kinder lernen die Tätigkeiten von der Bergrettung kennen, richtiges Verhalten im alpinen Gelände und in der Natur. Erste Hilfe steht ebenso am Programm. Ein idealer Wissensvermittlungstag für Kinder aus den 4 Natur- und Geoparkgemeinden und Touristen. Passend zum Thema "Water in all forms" gibt es Eindrücke wie Wasser die Landschaft formt. Und das kann man am Besten im GeoDorf Gams entdecken mit einer Begehung entlang des Gamsbaches und Nothklamm, Karsterscheinungen und Veränderungen in der Landschaft inklusive. 2 NaturvermittlerInnen unterstützen den Tag.

Dogodek bomo organizirali za otroke stare od 6 do 25 let. Najprej bomo v Solčavi izvedli delavnice, kjer bodo otroci izdelovali vodne mline iz naravnega materiala (les, kamen). V primeru večjega števila starejših otrok, bodo le-ti lahko izdelali en skupen mlin, kamor bo lahko vsak nekaj narisal/pobarval. Vse izdelke bomo kasneje razstavili v Solčavi. V popoldanskih/večernih urah bomo s starejšimi otroci šli na pešpot v Logarski dolini, ki je locirana ob vodi. Med potjo bomo pripovedovali zgodbe in legende o Solčavskem.