PROGRAM "THRACE – AEGEAN - CYPRUS"

The Municipality of Korthi in association with the High School of Korthi, the First High School of Alexandroupolis and the High School of Akropoleos in Cyprus have been inducted to participate in the program “Thraki – Aigaio – Cyprus 2004-2005” under the direction of the Ministry of the Aegean, the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrakis and the Office of Programming of the Cyprus government. The title of the program is “Human Activity and Natural Environment: An experiment recording components of solar rays in the far regions of Thraki – Aigaio – Cyprus.

The program aims at acquainting and approaching as well as creating an experimental study of the problems to the natural environment, which is challenged by human activity and to engage in the sensitivity of the student and the local residents of the importance for the preservation of the environment.

The purpose of the program is the diffusion of the scientific knowledge partly of the student body and the local residents focusing on two environmental topics: 1) The greenhouse effect and the overheating of our planet and 2) The reduction of the disaster of the stratospheric pile of the ozone. For the achievement of this purpose the entire attempt centers on two environmental topics: a) Familiarization with the natural world in other words with the greenhouse effect and the interactions between the ozone and the ultraviolet solar rays, and b) Science – Technology and Society in other words activities and effects on the gasses of the greenhouse and the stratospheric pile of the ozone as well as the effects on the overheating and the increasing levels of the damages to the ultraviolet rays on the human health, on society and the natural population in general. It is entirely evident that the understanding of the relationship between the environment and the human health entails an important challenge for the present as well as the future generations. The scientific community believes that the natural environment plays a key role in the development of many common illnesses. Consequently the improvement of the scientific knowledge of the students and the local residents undoubtedly aims at the understanding and if possible the therapy of the downgrading of the environment and the consistency of the preservation of the human health. The students familiar with the topics of nature, develop their sensitivity more towards the environment, dedicating more time and knowledge generally in order to become responsible and involved citizens for the preservation of the natural environment and for the repercussions of the downgrading of the human health.

The total cost of the program amounts to 45.000euros and the duration of the program is 24 months.