REACHING OUT TO SÁMI
The Sámi People Awareness Decade (2009-2019) is an initiative born in Southern Europe in the Republic of Croatia. It is designed to increase familiarity and understanding of the Sámi people among all the inhabitants of our planet. The focus of the decade is on the popularization of contemporary Sámi society, life and culture.
The idea for the decade came from Robert Kakarigi, founder of Ecogreen Europe, when he realized how little people around the world know about the contemporary Sámi way of life. Kakarigi and Ecogreen Europe, organization built around four pillars of sustainable development, reached out from Mediterranean Europe to the indigenous Sámi people living at the northern tip of Scandinavia and proclaimed the period 2009 - 2019 as The Sámi People Awareness Decade. The Decade is symbolically commencing on the United Nations’International Day of the World's Indigenous People, 9 August 2009.
CSR AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
For the 9th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, 16-18 June 2010, the Social Responsibility Research Network and Professor David Crowther, UK will be visiting Croatia where the conference will be held in Zagreb. The conference will be hosted by the Zagreb School of Economics & Management in conjunction with the Social Responsibility Research Network (SRRNet).
The conference will be held in the Zagreb School of Economics & Management, Zagreb, Jordanovac 110.
The Sustainable Development Management is a sustainability consultancy project devoted to the delivery of cost effective sustainability organisational structure and reporting based on the Global Reporting Initiative.
RETHINK - REBUILD - REPORT
GRI to convene global conference on addressing the challenges of sustainability through transparency.
The third biennial Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency organized by the Global Reporting Initiative will take place from the 26th to the 28th May 2010 at the Amsterdam RAI Elicium.
The conference will provide a space for large and small businesses, commercial and non-commercial organizations including NGOs, civil society, governments and regulators from across the globe to come together to debate the issues confronting us.
As we face a time of unprecedented crisis the theme of the conference is: Rethink. Rebuild. Report.
MYSTERIOUS RISING SUN SHELL
At the beginning of 2009 the Ecogreen Europe commenced with “The Solecurtus Project”, which aims to provide general public with a better understanding of rising sun shell (=rasp short razor, Solecurtus strigilatus), Mediterranean and Adriatic sand habitats.
The rising sun shell is a truly awe-inspiring bivalve, as anyone lucky enough to have seen them in their natural environment will confirm. They are buried deep in the sand, but their pinkish shells decorated with two conspicuous paler rays can be frequently found on the sea bed. Two holes in the sediment signal the presence of this amazing bivalve. This bivalve is a harmless filterer and its only protection is provided by the surrounding sediment. From time to time, they put out their watery, telescopic siphons which are their only contact with sea water enriched with nutrients. It is vital that we learn more about this mysterious bivalve so we can protect them and ensure their survival in the future.
Rising sun shell is a mysterious bivalve and difficult to find and research, so there are huge gaps in our knowledge in terms of their ecology, distribution and behaviour. If you are a zoologist, marine biologist, diver, fisherman or sailor you can help us to fill in some of these gaps. If you study this bivalve or you have seen two adjacent and perfectly round holes in the sand in your corner of Mediterranean or have any information of interest related to Solecurtus, please do not hesitate to contact us.
WEEK HIGHLIGHTS:
NOVINARSKI DOM - 2 EVENINGS - 4 MULTIMEDIA LECTURES
HOME OF THE GIANTS & BREATH of the GODDESS TERRA
Author: ROBERT KAKARIGI Presenter: SONJA ŠARUNIĆ
Wednesday 21 & Thursday 22 April, 18:30 & 20:00
Buy tickets at: Vrhunac, Vlaška 78 or one hour before the event, 30 HRK
JOURNALISM AWARDS “VELEBITSKA DEGENIJA”
Thursday 22 April, 12:00
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PROGRAMME IN CROATIAN:
PROGRAM TJEDNIH DOGAĐANJA 17. - 25. travanj:
SUBOTA, 17. travanj
CVJETNI TRG, Zagreb:
9:00 – 15:00 PLANET ZEMLJA NA CVJETNOM - javna proslava, štandovi, igre i zabava
SRIJEDA, 21. travanj
NOVINARSKI DOM, Zagreb:
16:00 – 18:00 DAVID i GOLIJAT - kratka povijest suživota Zemlje i čovjeka - javno predavanje Udruge BIUS i studenata PMF-a
18:30 – 19:30 DOM DIVOVA – atraktivna multimedija o norveškom nacionalnom parku Jotunheimen uz osvrt na NP Plitvička jezera - Predavač: Robert Kakarigi; Voditeljica: Sonja Šarunić
20:00 – 21:00 DAH BOŽICE TERRE - atraktivna multimedija o atmosferi Zemlje - Predavač: Robert Kakarigi; Voditeljica: Sonja Šarunić
09:00 – 20:00 100 MJESTA ZA PAMĆENJE — prije nego nestanu - izložba fotografija i predstavljanje knjige
ČETVRTAK, 22. travanj
HRVATSKA:
08:00 – 13:00 DAN PLANETA NA VALOVIMA NARODNOG RADIJA - proslava u eteru Narodnog radija u svim dijelovima Lijepe naše
NOVINARSKI DOM, Zagreb:
12:00 - 15:00 „VELEBITSKA DEGENIJA“ - 12. dodjela nagrada novinarima iz područja zaštite okoliša - tradicionalno organiziraju Hrvatsko Novinarsko Društvo i APO – usluge zaštite okoliša
17:00 – 18:00 ODRŽIVI RAZVOJ GRADA IVANIĆ-GRADA - atraktivna prezentacija naprednih projekata grada
18:30 – 19:30 DAH BOŽICE TERRE - atraktivna multimedija o atmosferi Zemlje - Predavač: Robert Kakarigi; Voditeljica: Sonja Šarunić
20:00 – 21:00 DOM DIVOVA – atraktivna multimedija o norveškom nacionalnom parku Jotunheimen uz osvrt na NP Plitvička jezera - Predavač: Robert Kakarigi; Voditeljica: Sonja Šarunić
09:00 – 20:00 100 MJESTA ZA PAMĆENJE — prije nego nestanu - izložba fotografija i predstavljanje knjige
SUBOTA, 24. travanj
PUNTIJARKA, Medvednica
08:00 -10:00 ČIŠĆENJE MEDVEDNICE - podjela biorazgradivih vrećica kod tunela, čišćenje Medvednice, penjanje do Puntijarke
10:00 – 16:00 PLANETARNO ZAVRŠNO VESELJE – planinarski dom Puntijarka - pripremamo grah s kobasicom, dodjele, igre i veselje
NEDJELJA, 25.travanj
ZOOLOŠKI VRT, Zagreb
10:00 – 18:00 SAČUVAJMO DIVLJINU
TAJNA LOKACIJA, Zagreb
18:00 - 20:00 NARODNA VEČERA S Robertom Kakarigijem
Događanja na otvorenom će se održati i u slučaju kiše, jer je naš planet prekrasan i ispod kišnih oblaka – samo ponesite kabanicu ili kišobran i uživajte u ritmu kapljica.
Prodaja ulaznica za pojedina događanja:
Vrhunac, Vlaška 78; na Cvjetnom u subotu 17. travnja; na ulazu 1 sat prije početka predavanja
S 5 kuna od svake ulaznice i majice podupiremo projekte održivog razvoja i ekoloških udruga.
Događanje je registrirano pri Earthday Network pod nazivom 40. Dan planeta Zemlje.