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Results of the interview on sustainable consumption in Belarus

Posted on July 27, 2010.

The results of the interviewing of Belorussian consumers on the issue of sustainable consumption are summarized.
Results are published in the brochure “Sustainable consumption in Belorussian consumers’ perception”(see annex).
Подведены итоги интервьюирования потребителей Беларуси по проблеме устойчивого потребления.
Результаты опубликованы в брошюре «УСТОЙЧИВОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ В ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЯХ ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЕЙ БЕЛАРУСИ» (см. приложение).
Brochure report survey 1 Final

Russian rivers and lakes in search of an IWRM approaches

Posted on July 22, 2010.

In Pskov started the second round of the special IWRM summercourses. The course was attended by 21 representatives from 8 regions. The participants  have been working on IWRM methodologies, and direct strategy and action planning for an IWRM approach to deal with a wide range of problems and their opportunities of the waterbodies in their [...]

Kalenderblad Juni

Posted on May 31, 2010.

In Zuid-Afrika werkt Milieukontakt
samen met John Capel aan een
duurzamer beleid vanuit
de mijnindustrie.
Meer over dit onderwerp leest u op
het kalenderblad van juni.

Kalenderblad Mei

Posted on May 31, 2010.

In Moldavië werkt Rodica Iordanov aan het
herstellen van vervuilde grond met behulp van
planten als pompoen en courgette.
Zie kalenderblad mei.

Kalenderblad April

Posted on April 22, 2010.

Op het kalenderblad van april staat Khatuna Akhalaia centraal.
Zij heeft in Georgië gewerkt aan het in kaart brengen van locaties
waar de bodem verontreinigd is door pesticiden.

World Day of consumer Protection was celebrated in Belarus

Posted on March 18, 2010.

On 15th of March 2010 the World Day of Consumer Protection was celebrated. Consultation points for the consumers were organized in the number of cities in Belarus. Minsk Society for Protection of Consumers’ Rights organized such point in food store “European” in Minsk (see photo).
15 марта 2010 года во Всемирный день прав потребителей [...]

Kalenderblad Februari

Posted on February 8, 2010.

In Oekraïne werkt Milieuheld
Anna Golubovska van MAMA-86.
Lees over het werk van MAMA-86
op onze Milieuheldenkalender 2010.
Zie het kalenderblad van Februari 2010

Four position papers are produced in Albania

Posted on January 21, 2010.

Position papers are compiled by working groups on Water, Air, Waste and Public Participation with the participation of experts of the field, NGO members, and representatives of local government or institutions.
The working groups were supported and mandated from the Albanian environmental NGOs, during their annual Strategy Meeting in 2008, offering at the same time input [...]

Kalender januari en voorblad

Posted on January 4, 2010.

In januari stellen we Milieuheld Kurbonali Partojev voor. Hij werkt mee aan een project in Tadzjikistan. Meer hierover leest u op het kalenderblad van januari: kalenderblad januari

Hierbij ook het vooorblad van de kalender: Voorblad

Press-release: Seminar on POPs on December 19-20, 2009 in Dushanbe

Posted on December 15, 2009.

ON PROBLEMS OF PERCISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) IN REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN AND THE METHODS OF THEIR SOLUTIONS
At the conference of United Nations for the environment and development (Rio-de-Janeiro) and World Summit on sustainable development (Johannesburg, August – September, 2002) special attention was given to security issues of the use of chemical substances of the increased [...]

Milieuheldenkalender 2010 is verstuurd!

Posted on December 11, 2009.

Aan het eind van dit jaar ontvangen de relaties en de donateurs van Milieukontakt een kalender voor 2010. De kalender heeft als thema “Milieuhelden”. In 2008 zijn wij begonnen met de Milieuheldencampagne om geld in te zamelen voor onze lokale medewerkers. Zij zetten zich in voor een project dat door Milieukontakt is opgezet of wordt [...]

Tauw Consortium Publishes Interim Reports of Central Asian Technical Study on Obsolete Pesticides

Posted on December 7, 2009.

Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, the International HCH & Pesticides Association, Milieukontakt and Green Cross – Switzerland publish the interim reports of the Obsolete Pesticides Technical Study in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project is financed by the Canada Persistent Organic Pollutants Fund, through the World Bank. Local [...]

Opening of the information Center on Sustainable Consumption in Mogilev

Posted on December 2, 2009.

В Могилеве прошло открытие информационного центра по устойчивому потреблению в рамках проекта “Устойчивое потребление для улучшения качества жизни”.
Адрес центра: г. Могилев, пер. Пожарный, д. 5А, второй этаж.
Телефон центра станет известен в ближайшие дни.
E-mail: info.endo@tut.by
Часы работы информационного центра:
Среда 17.00 – 20.00
Четверг 13.00 – 20.00
Пятница 16.00 – 20.00
Суббота 10.00 – 17.00
Открытие [...]

Information Center For Consumers Was Opened In Brest (Belarus) on 24 of November 2009

Posted on November 25, 2009.

24 ноября 2009 года в рамках реализации проекта «Устойчивое потребление для улучшения качества жизни» общественное объединение “Брестская областная общественная экологическая организация “Зелёный край” открыло информационный сервис потребителей.
Все желающие могут обратится лично, по телефону или электронной почте с вопросами по различным аспектам устойчивого потребления. К услугам посетителей – информационные материалов по экологической безопасности потребления.
Адрес информационного сервиса [...]

Survey in Belarus: Local NGOs conduct citizens’ poll on sustainable consumption

Posted on November 23, 2009.

В рамках реализации проекта «Устойчивое потребление для улучшения качества жизни» ОО «Белорусское общество защиты потребителей», МОО “Экопроект Партнерство”, ОО “Гомельская Ассоциация Детей и Молодежи” «АСДЕМО», Брестская областная общественная экологическая организация «Зеленый край», Барановичская общественная организация «Неруш», Могилевское городское общественное экологическое информационное объединение «ЭНДО» в г.г.Минск, Гомель, Брест, Барановичи, Могилев проводят интервьюирование [...]

“Green Telephone” starts working in three cities of Kazakhstan

Posted on November 19, 2009.

Information and consultation hotlines on the issues of environmental protection started working in Astana, Almaty and Aktobe cities on 16 November 2009. Three Green Telephones are opened within a project on public participation in environmental programs in Kazakhstan financed by the European Union and implemented by EcoIDEA and Milieukontakt International foundations.
Coming across the actions or [...]

Opening of the information Center on Sustainable Consumption in Gomel

Posted on November 19, 2009.

This center was opened in the framework of Milieukontakt’s project “Sustainable consumption for better quality of life” that is implemented in the partnership with Belorussian NGOs and consumer protection organizations. For more information please contact ASDEMO.
Областное общественное объединение «Гомельская ассоциация детей и молодежи» (АСДЕМО) по проекту «Устойчивое потребление для улучшения качества жизни» 20.11.2009 г. открывает [...]

Ukrainan Obsolete Pesticides: A timebomb for Ukraine and Moldova

Posted on October 2, 2009.

BRNO, Czech Republic, Sept. 23 /CNW/ – According to Milieukontakts Partner IHPA (the International HCH and Pesticides Association) the health of at least 7 million inhabitants in Moldavia and Ukraine is seriously threatened by a stock of old pesticides. IHPA calls for fast EU action to disarm this ‘biggest chemical time bomb of Europe’. This [...]

Obsolete Pesticides-a “Burning” Question

Posted on August 19, 2009.

Since 2005 a consortium of Milieukontakt International, the International HCH and Pesticides Association, engineering company Tauw BV and the Dutch NGO Natuur en Milieu (Nature and Environment) has been involved in the elimination of risks of obsolete pesticides in several countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.While working on the inventory and repacking of obsolete [...]

Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, International HCH & Pesticides Association and Milieukontakt write a technical study on the problems of obsolete pesticides for Tajikistan

Posted on August 18, 2009.

In May this year the consortium of Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, the International HCH & Pesticides Association, Milieukontakt and Green Cross – Switzerland was selected by the World Bank to implement the project: Obsolete Pesticides Technical Study in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project is financed by [...]