Turning Know­ledge into Action

In July 2019, the banks of the Soča River in Slovenia became the playground and classroom of the first Students for Rivers Camp during the fourth Balkan Rivers Tour. Twenty-eight students and more than twenty speakers from twenty different nations came together with one common goal: to use their expertise in order to protect the last remaining wild rivers of Europe.

In 2020, the Students for Rivers Camp was held online. A week of inspiration, learning, participation, and activities on people’s home river with one common goal: to protect the last remaining wild rivers of Europe through brainstorming, knowledge transfer, and sharing expertise. 

This Students for Rivers Camp was held at the Valbona River in Albania, during the week of July 4th -11th, 2021. It gathered 25 participants to learn about different perspectives of this beautiful river and collaborated to develop diverse river conservation projects - combining their specialized knowledge and passion.

For this first UK based SRC, held on the River Dart and Estuary, south-west England, the River Collective took a new direction through a source-to-sea exploration of the Dart, combining science, art and community empowerment for an interdisciplinary and intercultural education.

The Students for Rivers Camp in the Ötztal Valley, Austria, was a week-long gathering where the River Collective engaged young university students in the protection of free-flowing and healthy rivers through interdisciplinary and intercultural education, combining science, art and action.