The eighth general mountaineering course of the Iran Nature-Friends club was held in District 4 of Tehran city. The course was hosted by the municipality of District 4 of Tehran with the cooperation of the municipality of Tehran city and the support of the embassy of Austria.

These courses, which are in the field of international activities of the Sports organization, are planned for 800 municipality employees of all 22 districts of Tehran. The aim here is to invite people to nature and to introduce the Iran Nature-Friends club to the public.

This cooperation is an important step in sports international activities and after these courses, we expect to observe the presence of the participants taking part in Eco-tourism and mountaineering to develop sustainable tourism.

International Nature-Friends club with 40 countries as its members and 125 years of experience is one of the greatest sports and cultural clubs in the world and Iran has joined this club since 2017.

This club has started its activities as Iran nature-friends club and is continuing its activities in the fields of developing sustainable tourism, standardization, and inclusive educational programs related to eco-tourism and mountaineering. In line with these goals, the Iran nature-friends club has started its cooperation with Tehran municipality to educate 800 employees weekly.

The eighth course was started on 21st February hosted by the District 4 municipality of Tehran.

Living the nature, creating active and positive recreations among societies, and reducing the gap between people and nature are the most important goals of this club.

General informing about the destructive effects of urban life, filling the gap between people and nature by education, and general informing based on regional ecosystems, are the most important philosophy of this club. A hard strive to take to start inviting people to enjoy and protect nature.

In Asia, the Iran Nature-Friends club has been chosen as the first country that has joined the international Nature Friend.

The missions of this club, which tries to achieve its goals in the most favorable way, are inclusive information and education besides living the nature in the approaches of maintaining natural and cultural heritage in societies for all humans and sustainable tourism.

We hope that these provided educational projects result in an increase in public knowledge and encourage societies to play their role in eco-tourism.

The educational content of the eighth general mountaineering and eco-tourism course was provided in 3 days. The theoretical content was educated on the 21st and 22nd of February in District 4 municipality building, and the third day was held as a workshop in Azadegan Park located in the Azadegan expressway.

Educational presented topics in the seventh course of nature-friends:

Nature and mountains geography

Natural environment preservation

Sports and entertainment

Nutrition in nature

Personal health care in mountains

Photography in nature

Leadership in the group

Eco-tourism equipment

Nature hazards

The knowledge of practicing and Physiology in nature

Health indicators of elders

Navigation in nature

The topics were educated in 12 hours by the masters of this field.

Theoretical masters:

Mr. Farid roushanaee, nature-based photographer

Mr. Hosein Rasaee, mountain guide

Mr. Arash Iravani, nature guide

Dr. Sedaghat, Ph.D. of physical education and sports science

Dr. Khojasteh, nutrition expert

Practical masters:

Mr. Baghjari

Mr. Arash Iravani

The first day of the eighth course on the 21st February 14-20:

On the first day of the eighth general mountaineering and eco-tourism course, educational topics including Nature hazards, Leadership in the group, Eco-tourism equipment, Sports and entertainment, Nature and mountains geography, and Natural environment preservation were taught.

The second day of the eighth course on the 22nd February 14-20:

On the second day of the course, Photography in nature, Nutrition in nature, Personal health care in mountains, The knowledge of practicing and Physiology in nature, Health indicators of elders, topics were taught.

The third day of the eighth course on the 2nd March 14-18:

The third day of the eighth course was held as a workshop in the Azadegan Park and navigation and maps, and mountain hazards introduction were taught.