The Environmental Studies Centre (ESC) is located in a restored primary school in the village of Kritou Terra, which is on the Laona plateau within the proposed Akamas National Park at the western tip of the island of Cyprus.
Students visit the ESC from schools and colleges as far dispersed as the Middle East and Western Europe, as well as from within Cyprus. Those from the local area make day-visits, whilst groups from other parts of Cyprus or from overseas stay for up to two weeks in restored village houses. Visiting groups can follow a number of activities, ranging from practical conservation work, through hiking expeditions and training, to pure environmental education (including courses for adults and families).
The Cyprus ESC is the first and probably the only centre for practical environmental education or "field studies" on the island of Cyprus. Groups of students of all ages come to study ecology, geography, tourism and other environmental subjects appropriate to the area, following programmes from 1 to 10 days in length. Course programmes are designed to meet the needs of individual groups, based always on the principle that there is no better classroom to learn about nature and the landscape than the countryside itself.
The ESC represents the main educational activity of the Terra Cypria, a registered charity concerned with raising environmental awareness throughout Cypriot Society.
P.O.
Box 74, Kritou Terra, 8724 Paphos, Cyprus
Tel.: 00357
26 332532, 00357 26 817262
Fax: 00357 26
332531
