Bulgaria
participants
To show how by doing small actions everyday we all can collectively cause a positive effect on our Environment:
- to have an understanding about what causes the problems that we all have;
- to know much more about living a sustainable and environmentally conscious lifestyle without much effort;
- to hear inspiring stories about initiatives and businesses that turn problems into win-win solutions.
The ECO Marathon is a unique opportunity to unite useful initiatives and eco-education of our international community in the UNWE. This event is organized for 4th time from ESN UNWE and Eco Club UNWE.
EC♻️ Marathon is a special event focusing on the topics related to Ecology, Environmental protection and Consumer behavior. This event is a platform where young people from all over the world can share their culture and traditions and also interesting facts, environmental problems, solutions and initiatives from their home countries.
In order to take full advantage of this event and actively engage in the discussions that we will hold topics like:
- Good practice from student's home country - e.g. machines for collecting glass bottles, campaigns such as Trash for goods and etc;
- Environmental-friendly/Green practices of the Big companies/Brands;
- What is done differently than the other peers or What to start doing to help the Environment.
Over than 25 international and local student participated the event. There were 6 presentations from Kazakhstan, Latvia, India, Spain, Czech republic and Bulgaria. The topics that were presented and discussed were mostly about the air pollution in the aboved mentioned countries. The main results were knowledge and higher level of involvment.