Why did we initiate this project?

Global problems

Global problems, including environmental problems, are common to all countries and peoples and require concerted international action in accordance with common principles and consistent policies in the long term.

System approach

Education of students requires a systematic view of the territory development, the study of the main European and world trends in urban development, green technologies and green economy in the context of international sustainable development policy.

Green education

Prosperity and lifestyle are based on the greatest asset – people. Investments in green education of young people allow to form a young generation with a green outlook and green skills in the profession.

Welcome to the project

Project Jean Monnet Module "Green Terra Development: EU policy and practice" is designed for students of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK), studying architecture and urbanism, urban planning, territorial administration and land law, remote sensing and research of natural resources, space monitoring and ecology, etc.

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“Vertical forest”, Milan, Italy

“Vertical forest”, Milan, Italy
“Vertical forest” (Bosco Verticale) designed by the architectural Bureau Stefano Boeri was built in 2014. The ensemble of two residential towers is decorated with trees, shrubs and flowers. Planting not only revitalizes the city, but also absorbs carbon dioxide and produces oxygen.

Sea of plastic

Sea of plastic
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Every year the amount of plastic in the world ocean increases by 9.5 million tons. In various forms - from large objects to small granules - plastic debris is present in all oceans. And microparticles of plastic can be found even in human food. WWF offers ten simple rules that will help if not to avoid completely, then at least significantly reduce the plastic pollution of the oceans.
1. Sort the trash. Plastic waste recycling plants are already operating in many cities of Russia.
2. Buy items from recycled materials. To make one t-shirt from polyester, you will need 20 plastic bottles. Giants-manufacturers of sportswear produce a whole line of products from recycled materials for many years.
3. Go for coffee with your reusable cup. Today, manufacturers produce many cups of coffee on the type of those that you take in a cafe on the way to work. Reusable cups are made of glass, silicone and even bamboo in various sizes and colors.
4. Use reusable water bottles. Fill this bottle with filtered tap water. So do not have to buy water every time in a new disposable half-liter plastic bottle.
5. Use canvas bags when going shopping. Bags of different colors with bright prints look no worse than plastic bags. But they last longer and do not pollute the environment.
6. Buy food in glass or paper containers. Glass thus can be used repeatedly in everyday life.
7. Use the usual crockery and cutlery. Glass, metal, wood and ceramics are much more practical and environmentally friendly disposable plastic.
8. If you need a straw for a cocktail - use glass or metal. Plastic straws are among the ten most common things that the waves bring on the beach.
9. Buy children toys made of natural materials. And even better-try to make a toy with their hands. Such things are usually safer plastic, look stylish and bring more pleasure from the game.
10. Dispose of garbage in designated areas. The waste thrown out of urn, most likely, will surely get to the ocean with wind or sewage.

Deadly warming

Deadly warming
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As the temperature on the planet will rise and the mortality rate - believe scientists from the London school of hygiene and tropical medicine (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine). Warm regions will suffer the most. In South-East Asia, the mortality rate will increase by 12.7%, in Southern Europe - by 6.4%, in South America - by 4-6%. The good news for the cold regions is that the mortality rates will not change, and perhaps even slightly decrease. To such conclusions, scientists have come by comparing mortality rates in 451 regions of the planet. The results of their research are published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health.

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News and announcements

October 24, 2019 since 10 till 16 in Moscow will be held "Environmental forum of students", organized by the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of the City of Moscow and the Moscow State University of geodesy and cartography (MIIGAiK).
Ecologists, urbanists, architects and specialists in the development of territories.
Students receive professional advice relevant to the formation of popular competencies of the future: cities of the future, the solution of environmental problems, the development of territories.

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27 May 2019 the open lecture "Physics of traffic" took place in MIIGAiK for preuniversity students and secondary schools teachers (lecturer Pavel Kuzin, the graduate of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, master student of MARCHI). The principles of traffic management, as well as specific examples of modern transport planning in the cities of Russia and Europe were considered from the point of view of physics laws and mathematics.

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27 Apr 2019 in the project GRETERE an open lecture for students of "Global monitoring system of the Earth. European international initiative Copernicus" took place in MIIGAiK (Lecturer Belenko V. V., Ph. D., associate Professor of the Department of Space Monitoring and Ecology MIIGAiK)

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Moscow State University
of Geodesy and Cartography
Co-funded by the
Erasmus+ Programme
of the European Union

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