THE 2010 PROGRAMME
ACTIVITIES
Educational Activities and Public Outreach
University students and school children were given interactive tours that provided opportunities to introduce potential future leaders to the importance of cultural and natural heritage as well as environmental development in the early decades of the twentyfirst century. METU students enrolled in the elective course Architecture In Situ worked with appropriate and alternative building materials during 'Hands-on Building' sessions and helped organise the Kerkenes Festival and displays promoting the use of solar energy (Figs. 1 and 2). Kerkenes products are well received and could be marketed once licensed.
Several talks relating to environmental design and the Kerkenes Eco-Center were given in Turkey and beyond. In February, Soofia Elias-Ozkan lectured at the Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP). During the fall semester, Francoise Summers presented the Kerkenes Eco-Center during the International Graduate Research Symposium on the Built Environment organized by the METU Building Science Graduate Program and was invited by South Dakota State University (USA) to contribute several talks during The Turkey Semester program.
