Donetsk city youth centre of arts “EkoArt” and partner organisations (NGOs “Rainbow”, “Iskra”, I.C.R. and PAHRE COMPASS) take this opportunity to invite young people with experience of volunteering to take part in an international youth meeting – workshops on creative rehabilitation of young people with disabilities in August 2011. Continue reading
GO GREEN AND CLEAN! -Cleaning up Chisinau day
“Cleaning up Chisinau” is a project organized by the organizations Youth Generation, ADVIT, Art Labyrinth and AVI, aiming to promote ecology and recycling by gathering people to clean up the city. The project is a one day event, taking place on April 24th 2010, 12.00 – 21.00, and will include cleaning parks in each of the districts of the city, as well as a free concert for the people who helped clean. At 12.00, the start of the event, there will be four different meeting points, which will gather four different teams. Participants are free to go to the meeting point they prefer and there will be a responsible waiting for them, assisting them with trash bags, plastic gloves for cleaning up the parks. At the end of the afternoon all cleaning teams will go together to clean Parcul Trandafirilor. After the collective cleaning of Parcul Trandafirilor all participants are invited to concert with local bands at the cultural organization Art Labyrinth as thank for their help.
We truly hope for your cooperation and looking forward to see you Cleaning up Chisinau!
Best Regards
AVI, ADVIT, Art Labyrinth and Youth Generation
Programme
12.00 – 15.00 cleaning four different parks (4 different teams)
1. Parcul Riscani (North part)
Meeting point: Str. Alecu Russo and Str. Nicolai Dimo
2. Parcul Riscani (South Part)
Meeting point: Str. Alecu Russo and Str. Nicolai Dimo
3. Parcul Buiucani
Meeting Point: Str. Nicolae H. Costin and str. Ghibu
4. Parcul Valea Morilor
Meeting point: Str. Mateevici, Casa minoritatilor
15.00 – 16.00 all teams go to Parcul Valea Trandafirilor
16.00 – 18.00 everybody cleans Parcul Valea Trandafirilor together
Meeting point: Str. Valea Trandafirilor, Carusel
18.30 – 21.00 Concert at Art Labyrinth, Parcul Valea Trandafirilor (free entrance for people who cleaned)
“Cleaning up Chisinau” is a project organized by the organizations Youth Generation, ADVIT, Art Labyrinth and AVI, aiming to promote ecology and recycling by gathering people to clean up the city. The project is a one day event, taking place on April 24th 2010, 12.00 – 21.00, and will include cleaning parks in each of the districts of the city, as well as a free concert for the people who helped clean. Continue reading
Key climate meeting looms at G8
Heads of the G8 leading industrial countries are set to meet emerging nation leaders to try to push through a new deal on limiting global warming.
US President Barack Obama will chair the key session at the G8 summit in the Italian city of L’Aquila. Continue reading
The Arctic’s Frozen Future on Thin Ice
The Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free in 30 years—60 years sooner than was previously predicted, according to a paper published last week by the American Geophysical Union. The new projections, which appear in the April 3, 2009, Geophysical Research Letters, are based on data from six global-climate models most suited for assessing sea ice, according to University of Washington climate scientist Muyin Wang and James Overland, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. Continue reading
Global Rescue Now!
Update: Protest G20 in Londra foto
Dear friends,
Within days, world leaders are meeting at the London G20 Summit to tackle the global economic crisis — we desperately need them to agree to invest in a green recovery and a bold global rescue package of stimulus, regulation and fundamental reform. Continue reading
Big Ben chimes in on climate call
More than 200 UK landmarks – and world famous cultural symbols — including Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster in London, and Edinburgh Castle, also went dark WWF’s Earth Hour. More than 100 cities and towns in the UK, including London, Belfast, Cardiff, and Edinburgh to Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and Birmingham took part in what is set to be the biggest mass action on climate change. Continue reading
Europe calls for a new climate deal
In the new Europe’s administrative capital of Brussels in Belgium, all 65 European Union buildings institutions went dark, including the European Commission, the European Parliament, Social and Economic Committee and the Committee of the Regions buildings. Continue reading
Clean Up 3: Cernica
The Baneasa Clean Up project was initiated two years ago in 2007 by Tudor Stancu and International British School of Bucharest. The project was initially set to clean up the Baneasa forest, however, this time our aim is to clean up part of the Cernica forest. The main purpose of this action is to obviously help cleaning up our environment but also to raise awareness of the importance of a clean and healthy atmosphere. The clean up action will be linked with our second global Citizenship Day this year, also based on environment on the 8th of May. Continue reading
International Dates, March, 2009
March 14 – International Day of Actions against Dams, and for Rivers, Water and Life;
March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day;
March 22 – World Water Day;
March 23 – World Meteorological Day;
March 28 – Earth Hour Continue reading
Suggest These Simple Ways to Save Money
It can be hard to get back into the swing of things at work after the cheer of the holiday season. But we have some tips that might help get your creative juices flowing again during the dark, cold weeks of winter. You can become a new office hero by suggesting ways for your employer to save money while helping out the planet. Continue reading