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International campaign for greener festivals started in 2009 in 3 "Visegrad" countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

This year Konopa association (member organisation of YEE) together with Youth and Environment Europe, Eurosolar.cz, Sosna, Nimfea and Green Action Hungary will organise series of demonstrative events where actual ecological possibilities for cultural festivals such as biodegradable dishes, renewable energies, compostable toilets or local food will be presented.

"We will invite festival organisers and ecological companies to round table where the best concept of cooperation shall be designed with intend to decrease negative impact of cultural events on the environment," explains Michal Ruman from Konopa. Illustrative guideline will then help to share experience and facilitate conversion of cultural festivals to more sustainable ones.

The campaign for greener festivals is run under long-term campaign for sustainable life, Sunny Campaign, and is inspired by tendencies visible in United Kingdom, France or Belgium and among festival organisers themselves.

You can check ongoing events on www.sunnycampaign.net and webpages of partner organisations.

"We keen to create an international network of sustainable festivals. Our main aim is to spread the message about ecological solutions and their use to broad public and motivate people to apply those at home; to show that with a little effort we can produce less or no waste, save energy and natural resources," closes Michal Ruman.

The project is supported by International Visegrad Fund and Partnership Foundation .

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LIFE among the olives

LIFE among the olives: good practice in improving environmental performance in the olive oil sector

The EU is a global leader in olive production, accounting for almost 70% of total world output. The olive sector is particularly important in southern countries, where it represents a significant share of the agricultural economy. But the economic benefits of olive production come at a cost. Olive farming has become more intensive in recent decades and olive processing now produces significant and growing volumes of waste.

This brochure examines how the LIFE programme is helping both olive growers and olive processors to improve their environmental performance, highlighting good practices and approaches emerging from LIFE projects that could be adopted more widely within the sector.

Please note: A printed copy of this publication can be ordered free of charge from 15 February 2010 via the LIFE website.

To find out more about the LIFE programme, visit the website at: http://ec.europa.eu/life

We are happy to share with you the first issue of YEE Newsletter in 2010. You can read there many articles about YEE projects, projects of mamber organisations, volunteering, environmental topics and much more.

YEE Newsletter aims to describe interesting youth and environmental projects, actions, topics that are important for young people dealing with environment.

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All YEE publications can be found at YEE web page in the section Publications.

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YEE Newsletter January/February

The Narmada Samagra is a non-profit-making Association. Its objective is to gather public and private partners involved in water resources management and protection in India and in the world (Viz. bi- and multi-lateral cooperation organizations,

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