This document discusses a project to revitalize an ancient path in Crete that was used by Minoans over 6,000 years ago. The 17 km path connects the ancient city of Lyttos to the Diktaean Cave, the birthplace of Zeus. Historically, the path was used as a devotional route and for communication between settlements. Myths hold that King Minos used the path every nine years to meet Zeus. The project aims to merge cultural heritage, sustainable tourism, local history, and education. It proposes studying the path's cultural landscape and developing educational materials linking the area's history to sustainability concepts. The goal is to conceptualize sustainable tourism on the path and address justice issues through a code

1. Marios Bourgoutzianis, RCE Crete

2. The Context
 This project concerns the revitalization of a more than
6000 years path used by Minoans and continued to be
used up to the early 1970.

3. The Context
 The path covers a distance of 17 Km, starting from ancient
Lyttos ends up in Diktaean Cave, the birthplace of Zeus

4. The Context
 Historically the path was used:
1) By Minoans and Lyttians as a devotional path and as
part of the island routes
2) By contemporary Cretans as the main communication
route between the Lassithi Plateau and the Kastelli
Plain
Mythologically king Minos every nine years used it
to meet his father Zeus to dictate his wise commandments
and make laws for the people
 Our aim is to merge cultural heritage with sustainable
tourism, local history and Education for Sustainability

5. Cultural landscape, local history and education
for sustainability
 field of study in the Minoic Path (MP) between
ancient Lyttos and the Lassithi Plateau

6. Cultural landscape, local history and education
for sustainability
 route that incorporates mythological and historical
extensions, as well as a multitude of cultural,
environmental and educational dimensions but also
includes the SD pillars

7. • EfS and ICT tools
based on the 21st
century
six learning pillars and
the 10Cs as critical
skills for moving
towards a SD path
(Makrakis &
Kostoulas-Makrakis ,
2014;2016),
Minoic Path
 form the framework for the development of ST
pedagogy in the MP and also powerful tools for its
transformation towards sustainable justice

8. Results
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9. Resultsnext steps
 theme of tourist activity gives scope for
conceptualizing and implementing ST
-research into tourism professionals
 reference to the issue of sustainable justice with the six
concepts reflecting justice issues in the 4 pillars of
SDgiving value and attention to people and
situations
-code of ethics (but also practice) for visiting the path

10. Resultsnext steps
 welcomes the holistic view of the MP area
-shaping the framework for the economic dimension and
linking culture with economics, entrepreneurship,
emancipation and local community
-creation of a learning material with a pedagogical-
educational dimension that requires linking local history,
EfS and SD and based on ICT

11. Results next steps

12. Thank you for your attention
•mariosbourg@yahoo.gr