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Having fun while caring about rivers – despite the weather and COVID-19, people across Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the Big Jump
31.7.2020 - BANJA LUKA
Even though this year the official international Big Jump event was cancelled on the European level because of the coronavirus pandemic [1], it did not stop people of Bosnia and Herzegovina from showing that they truly care about their rivers and nature. On in total 20 locations all around the… -
Ukrainian eco-activists has developed mobile public monitoring station which has no equivalent in Europe
30.7.2020 - KIEV / PRAGUE
The EcoCity development team, with the support of the Clean Air for Ukraine project together with the Czech NGO Arnika, is presenting a unique mobile air monitoring station Sapphire-32. The station does not require stationary fixation, it allows continuous independent evaluation of air quality at any location and measures more… -
Summer ecological school for youth "Dniester 2020"
27.7.2020 - CHISINAU
Eco-TIRAS holds the thirteenth annual educational environmental summer school "Dniester 2020" for youth (July 17-29th, 2020). This year, COVID-19 interfered with the plans to hold it traditionally on the banks of the Dniester and it had to go online. The organizers pondered for a long time whether they would be… -
5 to 12 in river protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Let's make a Big Jump into them before it gets too late
8.7.2020 - BANJA LUKA
Dozens of swimming events will take place on July 12th across Bosnia-Herzegovina to celebrate the beauty of rivers and to sound the alert about the destructive hydropower plant boom. As a part of the international Big Jump initiative [1], the Coalition for Protection of the Rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina… -
Citizens of Ukraine got a new source of reliable information on air pollution
30.6.2020 - UKRAINE
How polluted is the air in my town? What can I do to protect my health? Who is responsible for the situation? Ukrainian citizens can now find the answers to these (and more) questions on the new website CleanAir.org.ua. The main feature of the website is the presentation of data… -
Public air monitoring project AirMQ continues a series of educational webinars for residents of Belarusian cities
29.6.2020 - BELARUS
A series of educational webinars organized by NGO Ecohome, which started on April 17, 2020, continued on June 11. The latest webinar was dedicated to the Covid-19 pandemic and the public air monitoring system available in Belarus. The webinar participants got informed with the results of studies proving the correlation… -
Fundamental reversal: the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina wants to ban construction of small hydropower plants
29.6.2020 - SARAJEVO / PRAGUE
The new resolution of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina [1] is considered to be a historical turning point by non-governmental organizations. The Members of Parliament voted to ban the construction of new small hydropower plants. Moreover, all previously issued permits are to be revised. According to…
