THE EARTH DAY CAmPAIgN APRIL 22 2007

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| B U L L E T I N S P E C I A L | H E A L T H Y C I T I E S O F T H E C Z E C H R E P U B L I C | area of living environment in the Czech Republic and the European Union and the issue of renewable resources promotion. In the Healthy City of Hodonín there was an expert MCAP Session held on April 18 th under the title “Ecologically in Hodonín”, where the participants were presented Hodonín’s activities including the project of Ecology-friendly Office Operation, which is among others a member of the BestPractice Database. Ninth grade pupils of Božena Němcová basic school in the Healthy City of Litoměřice had the opportunity to familiarise with the meaning of the Healthy City Project, in the course of meeting on the subject “Healthy City, Local Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development”. The debate was dedicated to the issues and perspective of the city from the point of view of development and quality of inhabitants’ life. The greatest deal of attention was drawn by the issue of alternative energy resources and mainly by the project of geothermal energy utilisation in Litoměřice. An innovative form of ecological education was chosen in the Healthy City of Chrudim, where competition for pupils of secondgrade and high-school students, competing for the best logo and advertisement slogan to promote environmentally-friendly products in Chrudim was organised in collaboration with Paleta Eco-Centre as a part of the Earth Day celebrations. Announcement of the best works and presentation of awards took place on April 24 on the Ressel Square. The Healthy City of Zlín hosted the regional global education fair, dedicated to teachers, non-profit organisations and the public. The programme of seminars and workshops within the fair framework was focused on global issues such as human rights, climate changes or Fair Trade. In the Large Cinema the Zlín spectators also had an opportunity to see a movie about climate changes called “An Inconvenient Truth”, which is guided by the USA former vice-president Al Gore. Global issues were also dealt with in the Healthy City of Slaný, where the local Ecology Education Centre Javory helped to organise a programme for selected classes to the issue “Will there Be Wars for Water?”. Considerate handling with wastes is reminded in the course of Earth Day celebrations as a part of environmentally-friendly life The Earth Day in the Healthy City of Bolatice was mostly focused on the issue of wastes. In addition to the educational campaigns dealing with waste sorting there was also an Open Day in the sewage treatment plant that raised a great deal of interest. Tens of citizens thus familiarised with operation and functioning of these devices. The Many useful things can be made out of plastic bottles. Prior to that, these may serve as a material for production of sea horses such as in Štětí. inhabitants of the Healthy City of Štětí had the opportunity to take part in an expert field trip to the Meva company plc. in Roudnice nad Labem that produces collecting containers for sorted and mixed waste. Events concentrated on sorting and recycling of waste along with excursions to the collection yard and waste treatment plant took place in the Healthy City of Lomnice nad Popelkou as a part of Earth Day celebrations. The pupils of local basic school wrote compositions on the subject of “How we Purify Water in Lomnice nad Popelkou” and also could practically familiarise with sorting and utilisation of recycled material in the city and school. The Healthy City of Kuřim organised a happening on the subject of “Environmentally-Friendly Household”, where the major part of educational sections was dedicated exactly to the issue of waste sorting and disposal. Employees of the environmental department of Municipal Office answered questions of how to sort waste in Kuřim. The most favourable response was Containers for sorted waste can be used for both practical and sporting purposes. In Ústí nad Labem these were used for parallel slalom of couples. received by compostable bags made of maize starch that decompose approximately after 30 days to biologically harmless material. The Healthy City of Poděbrady prepared a thematic exposition in the area of local school to the issue of “Waste as Raw Material” and for the smallest children there was a series of fairy-tales with main hero called “Odpadníček Recyklový” (Recycling Wasteman). Children in after-school centres and kindergartens of the Healthy City of Kopřivnice created exhibits made of waste and ecological materials for the exhibition in the Community Centre entrance hall, with a title “Eco-Exhibition, or Just Notice the Beauty of the World”. Children could bring their own contributions into decorated containers for sorted waste. Waste containers were also used in a unique way in the Healthy City of Ústí nad Labem. Very attractive spectacle and sports experience were both offered by the parallel slalom race of couples riding dustbins that was a part of other competitions for which children received “small coins” and “bought” rewards of their own selection. On Masarykovo Square on Wednesday of April 18 th at 9 o’clock, the inhabitants of the Healthy City of Uherské Hradiště commenced the composition of the largest city logo of PET bottle caps. Not even cold rain that enriched the colourful spectacle by an exhibition of umbrellas and plastic raincoats could discourage the participants from attempt at new Czech record in this discipline. After termination of the event the bottle caps were handed over for further processing and recycling. Within the framework of Earth Day celebrations, the Students’ Parliament of the Healthy City of Třebíč this year organised a programme whose part was also an event called “They Also Live among Us”, which was based on creating animals out of PET bottles. In the Healthy City of Štětí also did not fall behind and dedicated an expert lecture to the issue of waste and its sorting. Pupils along with teachers moreover went through the city and collected paper, plastic, glass and other waste. Afterwards they documented the whole event and gave a report on pollution of the city. Cleaning of surroundings was the task chosen by the students of Medical High School of the Healthy City of Mladá Boleslav. The initial plan of cleaning a major part of suburban forest “Na Chlumu” was ruined by surprisingly large amount of waste and illegal waste dumps. Despite this fact, the participants managed to collect more than 3 thousand kilograms of waste in half a day. | B u l l e t i n S p e c i a l - “ T h e E a r t h D a y C a m p a i g n ” | -2-
| B U L L E T I N S P E C I A L | H E A L T H Y C I T I E S O F T H E C Z E C H R E P U B L I C | Billion Tree Campaign also in the Healthy Cities The Earth Day Celebrations offer an opportunity for seeing nature and country The students and teachers of Stavbařů Grammar School of Ústí nad Labem jointly undertook to plant in the course of April up to 2000 pines and beech trees in the cadastral area of Povrly municipality. The Healthy City thus joined the international campaign called Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign that sets the task of planting one billion trees over the whole world in the course of <strong>2007</strong>. Within the framework of this campaign there were ten trees planted in areas of kindergartens and basic schools and in public places of the Healthy City District of Praha Libuš and Písnice. There have also been events dedicated to cleaning and improvement of the surroundings, such as cleaning of Zátoňská Street surroundings and Písnický Stream, organised by the local horse-riding club. Volunteers of the Healthy City of Kromeříž, among whose there also present the Municipal House representatives, cleaned the Barbořina suburban forest and the whole event was concluded by the traditional wells opening in Divokách u Zdounek. Wells and forest were also cleaned in the course of the Earth Day celebrations in the Healthy City of Strakonice. The cleaning and opening of Podsrpenská Well, whose patronage has been taken over by the children of Povážská basic school of Strakonice, has been also attended by inhabitants of the Healthy Municipality of In the castle park of the Healthy City of Jilemnice there were the Earth Day celebrations prepared by workers of the local branch of Consulting Centre for the Country. The event was visited by 500 pupils and students of basic and high schools. Owing to external lecturers the participants could gain in knowledge about spring vegetation, birds and their voices or about the system of Krkonošský National Park functioning. In the Healthy City of Vsetín the ALCEDO Association organised the Earth Day in Panská Garden, where the visitors were welcomed by knowledge competitions based on identification of trees, birds according to their silhouettes or identification of footmarks or archaeology. The Earth Day in the Healthy City of Orlová was realised in the sign of getting to know the native Americans’ life and their relationship to nature. For children there were prepared examples of moulded animal footmarks, Planting of trees belongs among the traditional activities within the Earth Day celebrations. It has not been any different in the Healthy Mozaika Kindergarten of Hodonín. Strážky. Cleaning of Rohová nature reserve has been carried out by the environmental department workers of Municipal House of the Healthy City of Moravská Třebová in collaboration with local branch of Czech Society for Natural Preservation. Approximately 50 children, pupils and students of Special School then planted suitable wood plants under expert supervision gardener, along Svitavská Street. The event took place within the framework of continuous Moravská Třebová activity called Greening the City Outskirts. The Healthy City of Chrudim with a support from the part of Partnership Foundation in the programme called Tree of Life and with the general partner of the programme, Skanska company, prepared an event for city citizens called “Regeneration of recreational Areas in Novoměstská Street”. At the planning meeting of April 16 th the programme was introduced to public, announcement of public enquiry results took place followed by the city tour and presentation of created designs. In Chrudim there will be new recreational area “Under the Trees” created on the basis of observations and designs. This activity is also a part of the Billion Tree global campaign that has been also supported by children of local basic school and kindergarten in Bolatice, who planted 300 trees. Learning about nature directly in the nature belongs among the best practices of education of the youngest generation in Chrudim but not only there. a fold with live horses or examples plant processing for preparation of tasty native Americans’ foods. In the educational area of SEVER Ecological Education Centre of the Healthy City of Litoměřice there was an entertainment afternoon for kindergarten children called “Join Us Seeing Animals”. Precisely 399 children who visited the event found out in an entertaining way some more about animals in water, on shore and in the air, observed small water animals through the microscope and learned how to identify animal footprints. In the kindergartens they planted the brought sunflower seeds. In the Healthy City of Velké Meziříčí they celebrated the Earth Day on the waves of nature. In addition to the walk through spring nature of Balinské Valley there were prepared activities that familiarised the participants with water world. Games, quizzes and experiments with water were complemented by identification of small water animals. The event has been organised by the Ostrůvek Ecological Education Centre, detached workplace of Chaloupky o.p.s. educational facility. | B u l l e t i n S p e c i a l - “ T h e E a r t h D a y C a m p a i g n ” | -3-
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