EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZING ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERING IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The goal set by the given article author is to consider the current opportunities for organizing environmental volunteerism based on the experience of some higher education organisations, working in Russia. This goal is achieved by solving three research tasks. First, the content of the “environmental volunteerism” concept is specified. Further, the universal environmental competencies that must necessarily be formed by a student of a modern university were studied. The third task is to provide student environmental volunteerism implemented in the educational space of the universities currently operating in the Russian Federation examples. The author applies such research methods as the study of scientific and methodological literature devoted to the organizing educational work and/ or volunteerism in a modern university’s problems, as well as her own experience in the professional and pedagogical activities implementation analysis. The article concludes that the study of the experience of organizing environmental volunteering can significantly expand the areas of volunteering in the country’s universities and apply the implemented approaches in various regions, taking into account their specifics and current environmental problems.