14.5.3 Programmes towards good aquatic stewardship practices

Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) develops and supports ongoing programmes and incentives that encourage and maintain good aquatic stewardship practices. The Faculty of Environmental Culture and Ecotourism runs the Environmental ECE Youth Camp (EECEY Camp) as a recurring community academic service programme, and the University runs the "SWU Rak Khlong Saen Saeb" (SWU Loves Saen Saeb Canal) programme with nearby schools and communities. The evidence is publicly available on the Faculty's official pages.

Environmental ECE Youth Camp: an Ongoing Programme with Incentives

EECEY Camp is an ongoing programme. Its second edition was held free of charge on 7–9 February 2025 at SWU Ongkharak Campus for upper-secondary students, with hands-on activities in water quality assessment, plant-based pollution mitigation, climate change and carbon stocks, bird watching, and waste separation. After EECEY Camp 2, the Faculty held EECEY Camp 3 on 24–26 October 2025 at SWU Ongkharak Campus for 52 selected secondary school students and an additional round of participants, so two editions took place within 2025, and the Faculty has announced EECEY Camp 4 for the following year.

Participants who complete the camp receive certificates that they can use in their applications for university admission through the national TCAS system, together with special consideration for admission to the Faculty. These incentives encourage young people to keep engaging with environmental and aquatic stewardship, meaning water use that is socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial. The posters below show that the camp is free and offers certificates and admission incentives to participants.

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SWU Rak Khlong Saen Saeb (SWU Loves Saen Saeb Canal)

The University also runs the "SWU Rak Khlong Saen Saeb" programme with nearby schools and communities to raise awareness, change behaviour and improve the condition of Saen Saeb Canal, which runs beside Prasarnmit Campus, so that the stakeholders who share the canal take part in site and watershed-based actions.