Forest fires represent a severe threat to Mediterranean ecosystems and are considered one of the major environmental and socioeconomic problems of the region. The project Plantando cara al fuego (PCF, Spain) is designed to transfer knowledge and to improve the training of new generations in forest fire management. The project is based on the application of service-learning (S-L), an educational methodology that combines learning and community service. Conceived as a compendium of S-L initiatives, the PCF project is composed of several S-L projects with the objective of reducing the problem of forest fires. The individual projects are developed at the regional/local level, each one involving different social agents such as researchers, students (from different disciplines), schools, multidisciplinary professionals, NGOs, or the administration. Participants received an initial training in S-L to design projects focused on different aspects of forest fires (environmental awareness, outreach/communication, fire prevention or post-fire restoration). These applied projects are formally integrated in the learning process via curriculum, which serve to teach and reinforce transversal skills and allow students to get involved and work to solve real problems. In general, the response of the participants was highly favorable, since the projects served to create an atmosphere that facilitates learning, interaction between participants, the application of theoretical class contents, knowledge transfer, or the exchange of good teaching practices. The summary of the PCF project presented in this work serves as a practical guide describing the activities, participants, and the necessary steps involved in the design, development, and evaluation of S-L projects to address environmental problems. In this case, the S-L was adapted to a specific context (i.e., the problem of forest fires) to which it had never been previously applied, but this methodology is versatile and can be applied to different environmental issues.

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服务学习，以改善森林火灾管理方面的培训、知识转移和意识

森林火灾对地中海生态系统构成严重威胁，被认为是该地区的主要环境和社会经济问题之一。 Plantando cara al fuego 项目（PCF，西班牙）旨在传播知识并改进对新一代森林火灾管理的培训。该项目基于服务学习（SL）的应用，这是一种将学习和社区服务结合起来的教育方法。 PCF 项目被认为是 SL 举措的纲要，由多个 SL 项目组成，其目标是减少森林火灾问题。各个项目是在地区/地方一级制定的，每个项目都涉及不同的社会主体，例如研究人员、学生（来自不同学科）、学校、多学科专业人士、非政府组织或行政部门。参与者接受了 SL 的初步培训，以设计专注于森林火灾不同方面（环境意识、外展/沟通、防火或火灾后恢复）的项目。这些应用项目通过课程正式融入学习过程，用于教授和强化横向技能，并让学生参与并努力解决实际问题。总的来说，参与者的反应非常积极，因为这些项目有助于营造一种有利于学习、参与者之间的互动、理论课程内容的应用、知识转移或良好教学实践交流的氛围。本工作中介绍的 PCF 项目摘要可作为实用指南，描述解决环境问题的 SL 项目的设计、开发和评估所涉及的活动、参与者和必要步骤。在这种情况下，SL 适应了以前从未应用过的特定环境（即森林火灾问题），但这种方法是通用的，可以应用于不同的环境问题。