Nature and Youth Sweden

Nature and Youth Sweden (Swedish: Fältbiologerna, literally "the field biologists") is a Swedish organisation for youth interested in nature studies and environmental protection founded in 1947[1] associated with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.[2][3]

Nature and Youth Sweden
Fältbiologerna
Formation1947 (1947)
TypeEnvironmental organization
Legal statusActive
PurposeEducate and inspire children and young adults about environmental issues
Location
  • Sweden
Membership (2016)
about 3,000
Chairperson
Lovisa Roos
Vice chairperson
Leo Rudberg
Parent organization
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Websitewww.faltbiologerna.se

The association works with issues related to environment, sustainability, and nature's rights, and carries out various types of activities such as excursions, inventories, discussion forums, actions and meetings. The organization operates all over Sweden, the largest district being Fältbiologerna Stockholm-Uppland-Gotland. The association is run by and aimed at young people aged 6 to 25.[4]

Activities

The members have a mixed range of activities, ranging from birdwatching and lichen classes to environmental campaigns, climate and fairness actions and forest inventory. A significant aspect of the organization is that the members themselves select and organize the activities. One of the traditional annual highlights is the National Annual Meeting (Swedish: Riksårsmöte) arranged during the first week of January, and the Öland-camp which is held in Grönhögen in southern Öland during one of the long weekends in May.

In several locations, youths also run Minifältis-operations. The operations are led by a group of organization members. The members start a club for children aged 6-12 and organize activities for them.

Fältbiologen

Nature and Youth Sweden's magazine, Fältbiologen, focuses on topics regarding nature, research, and environmental issues,[1] and has published several important texts on topics such as forestry preservation.[5] Fältbiologen is published with 1-2 issues a year. All members of Nature and Youth Sweden receive an issue; schools and other interested parties are also able to subscribe to the magazine, and it is available at almost every library throughout Sweden.[6] The magazine is produced by a non-profit editorial group.

References
  1. "Om Linné levt idag hade han varit fältbiolog!" [If Linnaeus had lived today, he would have been a "field biologist"!]. www.linnaeus.se. Swedish Linnaeus Society. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. Lundström, Tommy; Wijkström, Filip (1997). The nonprofit sector in Sweden. Johns Hopkins nonprofit sector series, 99-2355111-3 ; 11. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5125-8. SELIBR 8302469.
  3. Sundström, Göran; Soneryd, Linda; Furusten, Staffan (2010). Organizing democracy: the construction of agency in practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84844-428-7. SELIBR 11729265.
  4. "Fältbiologerna - Uppslagsverk - NE.se". www.ne.se. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  5. Elliott, Chris (2000). Forest certification: a policy perspective. CIFOR thesis series. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research. p. 180. SELIBR 11786446.
  6. "Föreningsstruktur". Fältbiologerna (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-05-09.


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