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What is WED – World Environment Day?Green Economy: does it include me?

Well… yes –the time has come to come together as humans to appreciate our environment and consider how we can help to protect it for the benefit of all humanity.

The main aim of the International Environmental Day is to remind us of our “Existence”. It means the dependency of our planet Earth and our relationships and responsibilities towards protecting, saving our oxygen, without which we can’t live. We may have different opinions on various issues but on our Planet, the Environment we shouldn’t. If we imagine that there is no Planet, no Environment, then there is no need for discussions about fighting for comfortable living. We are just a single drop of this entire ocean called the universe. All our actions are directly affect this World and the Universe. We have almost irreversibly damaged our environment for our selfish needs by thinking that we are the owners of this Planet. But we are just Guests on this planet and we have so many responsibilities to save and protect the place where we are being given only an opportunity to live in. If we are forgetting to be good Guests and start doing damage as the owners, then this Planet will throw us out by its disastrous effects caused by us which are beyond our control.

The World Environmental Day should serve as a reminder at least once a year not only to raise awareness but also to compel us directly to ACT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT and the PLANET.

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Yours truly,

The editor,

Aurelija Rimkutė

EDITORIAL

2 ПИГЕОН June 2012

4..................The Endangered Cause of the Environment

6..................Dekupaž izrada

8..................Vintage, second hand and recycled clothing

10.................Pamuk ispred sintetike

12..................LVS

14..................Volunteering for Legambiente

16..................GAIA

18..................ECO-friendly activities in Crna Kuća

20..................Volonterski kamp u Ruskom Krsturu

CONTENT

Editor and coordinator

Aurelija Rimkutė

Authors

Sonja BratićMarko IkonićKristina MarinkovićKristýna MoriováDaniela PajićGabriela SigetiJovana SrdicValerie Weidinger

Proofreading

Stefan JanjićJovana Srdic

Design

Jovana Amidžić

Cover page

Gabriela Sigeti

Contact

Volonterski centar VojvodineNjegoševa 3,21000 Novi Sadtel/fax: +381 21 528644,mob. tel. +381 63 11 828 [email protected] office’s working hours are 10 - 14 h

ПИГЕОН 2012 June 3

What first comes to your mind when the word ‘environment’ pops up? In the manner of a popular demotivational poster, the answers would probably go as follows:

Children: ‘It’s something our mum and dad tell us we should preserve.’

General Public: ‘Important for the community! Immeasurably! Something should be done! Crap if it turns out I would be the one to have to deal with it.’

People in Power: ‘Whatever the public wants to be done, we’d definitely try to appear as if we give a damn.’

Although we all agree, in theory, that the matter of preserving nature’s assets in their existing form for otherwise we’re in for it, the truth is that in practice we barely bother to look around the neighborhood for recycling containers, let alone actually do any recycling. Some would even assert that there are people about town who wouldn’t give a second thought about brazenly littering. A certain award-winning documentary can testify on that*. But before we jump to conclusion that only people around these parts of the world are oblivious of the waste basket, the problems of the melting ice caps, nuclear waste, the greenhouse gases, extinction of species and dramatic climate shifts, I would better stop here; constitute the problems of the entire world. Problems so grave that some predict a world where our posterity would wonder what the world was like before the WFW (Wars For Water).

So in the year of 1997, the member countries of the United Nations held a meeting in Kyoto to deal with the reduction of the pollution issue, particularly the greenhouse gases (GHG), where the

Because we just love to appeal to your consciousness

The Endangered Cause of the Environment

amount of the pollution was established for each of the countries and the percentages of the decrease of the GHG emission in the future for the sake of sustainability, so that we could enjoy our beautiful blue planet by 2050, before things change irretrievably. 191 states have signed and ratified the document what became to be known as the Kyoto Protocol**.

What was one of the most significant steps so far for the preservation of the environment worldwide, it soon became jeopardized. One of the greatest polluters, the USA, refused to ratify the Protocol, and just months after ratifying it, Canada walked out of it as well. According to the scientific research stated in the Protocol, the amount of the GHG emission of the USA constitutes 16% of all GHG emission of the world, or 24.1 tons a year by capita. The similar goes for Canada, 23.2 tons per capita. (EU countries, e.g., 11%, that is 10.6 t per capita. China’s input is about 5%). The countries complained of the predicted reduction of the growth of the economy and that has been stated as the major reason for their unwillingness to participate. Thus the entire project has practically been rendered inefficient, since it already was thought to impose modest and insufficient measures for the sake of the environment.

Looks like one of those noble altruistic ideas destined to await better days for a clearer conception and realization to be distilled in our minds, like the Occupy movement, if I dare say. The black octopus of greed spreads its ugly tentacles over the skies too, only in the form of gas.

Where does our country stand in this equation? What is the X of our carbon blueprint? No one can tell for sure; the


researches are scarce and not systematically conducted, like in any other developing country. There are great initiatives such as Očistimo Srbiju, which included people throughout the country. There are also cases such as this spring’s flooding in Eastern and Southern Serbia, where not a small number of people lose homes and properties due to the lack of proper irrigation system maintenance, which plague us year after year.

Perhaps the conclusion might be to clean our own back yards before we set out to change the world. Environmental consciousness is basically good upbringing and that means it stems from domestic upbringing. Smaller chances are that a guy who’s used to spitting out a chewing gum on the pavement would find himself involved in Očistimo Srbiju. It is to this guy that I dedicate my photo of the gumwrapping paper printed and distributed in the Očistimo Srbiju initiative, a symbol of the deep polarization in the manic depression of Serbia that is called the preservation of the environment.

by Jovana Srdic

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uDLVHJ5zu4**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol


Dekupaž ili DECOUPAGE je reč nastala u 20. veku i dolazi od francuske reči „decouper” koja u prevodu znači „iseći”, „isecati”. Sama tehnika rada sastoji se u isecanju i aranžiranju delova papira i njegovom lepljenju na obojenu ili drugačije pripremljenu površinu, te lakiranju. Kada se tehnika izvodi na tradicionalan način, onda uključuje nanošenje čak 30 do 40 slojeva laka i papira koji su šmirglani svaki posebno da se dobije mek sjaj i trodimenzionalnost slike.

Tehnika je na prostor Evrope dospela u 12. veku iz Kine (!) gde su kineski seljaci upotrebljavali papir živih boja za dekorisanje prozora, lampiona, kutija za poklone i dr, a još dublje korene vuče iz istočnog Sibira.

Dekupažom možete dekorisati bilo koji čvrst objekat. To može biti drvo, staklo, metal, karton, keramika, pa čak i platno. U dekupaž spada i „salveta tehnika“ koja umesto papira koristi salvete.

Potreban materijal i alat je:• predmet koji ćete dekorisati• slike koje ćete lepiti (to mogu biti vaše fotografije, isečci iz novina, pisani tekstovi, odštampani motivi, razglednice, salvete, pa čak i tekstil i čipka, ili posebna vrsta papira za dekupaž koji se može naći u hobi prodavnicama)• alat za sečenje – oštre makazice • lepak (postoji posebna vrsta lepka za dekupaž koji je ujedno i lak koji služi i kao gornja zaštita , akrilni bezbojni lak) • dve pljosnate četkica jedna za nanošenje lepka , a druga za nanošenje boje• akrilna boja za podlogu (za dekupaž salvete koriste se svetle boje, a najbolja je bela)

Postupak izrade:• Pripremite sav potreban materijal pre početka rada, kao i objekat koji ćete dekupažirati.• Obojte predmet ako je potrebno akrilnom bojom • Isecite motive koje ćete lepiti na izabrani predmet. Standardne salvete imaju tri sloja; u dekupažu se samo prvi koristi, na kom je slika.• Složite isečene slike u željenu formu pre lepljenja• Nanesite lepak na površinu predmeta u tankom sloju i jednako ga razmažite (nema potrebe da ispod salvete stavljate lepak jer on lakiranjem prolazi kroz salvetu i stiže do podloge)• Motiv pažljivo zalepite na željeno mesto i obavezno istisnite sav vazduh ispod njega. • Četkicom umočenom u lepak od sredine mazati prema krajevima, pri tom vodeći računa da ne pokidate motiv. • Kada je suv i poslednji sloj koji ste naneli, prelakirajte.

by: Kristina Marinković

Dekupaž izrada


Dekupaž workshopMay, 2012 Njegoševa 3 by Ivana Volf

Današnja moda, u kojoj je skoro sve zastupljeno i dozvoljeno, savršena je prilika u kojoj možemo praktično primeniti našu razvijenu ekološku svest. Kako je veoma moderno nositi vintidž i redizajniranu sekend-hend odeću – u mogućnosti smo da doprinesemo štednji resursa tekstilne proizvodnje. Možemo izgledati šik i pozitivno delovati na prirodni okoliš. Stara a očuvana odeća neće završiti na đubrištu, a nećemo koristiti u velikoj meri nove resurse.A svima je poznato da se ranije odeća pravila kvalitetnije – tako da traje duže. Zašto se i mi – danas – ne bi odevali kvalitetnije?! Slobodni ste da kombinujete – nema razloga da se ustručavate.

Vintage, second hand and recycled clothing

vintidž – bajkoviti old fešn

Ne treba mešati vintidž sa retro modom ili odećom iz sekend-henda.

Vintidž se odnosi na specijalne odevne komade proizvedene od 1920-te pa sve do nekih osamdesetih godina dvadesetog veka. To je odeća iz navedenog vremena i, ako imamo sreće, naći ćemo je u ormanima naših baka i deka ili roditelja. Nešto malo od toga pronaći ćemo i u sekend-hend radnjama, mada postoje i specijalizirane vintidž radnje u kojima imamo odabrane komade od kojih čak neki imaju i veoma visoku cenu. Kod nas takvih radnji, nažalost, nema u nekom većem broju, ali u inostranstvu – Evropi, Americi, veoma su zastupljene. Posebno se ističe Pariz kao mesto za vintidž šoping, ili pak Amsterdam. Možete i na internetu pronaći mnoge od njih i naručiti svoj komad.

Vintidž komadi odeće bi, po pravilu, trebalo da budu kvalitetni, neki čak i od poznatih tadašnjih brendova i da spadaju u retkost – znači ograničenog broja. Moraju imati taj „haj kles” šmek – u suprotnom to i nije vintidž, već samo sekend-hend. Tu sem odeće spada i sav aksesoar kao što su tašne, novčanici, nakit, rukavice, šeširi, suncobrani, lepeze, a naravno i nezaobilazna obuća. Ako ste pomalo romantični u duši ili vragolasta pin-ap devojka - savršeno ćete se uklopiti sa ovom, pre svega ženstvenom kategorijom odeće. Prvo preturite sve ormane, tavane i podrume kod svojih rođaka a ako im moda i nije bila jača strana možete se uputiti i u neku od ovakvih radnji, nećete se pokajati.

retro moda

se, za raliku od vintidž , zapravo odnosi na nove stvari koje imaju izgled ili stil iz prošlih vremena, kao kopija nekadašnjeg stila ili neke varijacije inspirisane prošlošću. Pogrešno je novoproizvedene komade starinskog izgleda zvati vintidž. Mnoge modne kuće pogrešno koriste ovaj naziv kako bi promovisale svoje nove retro linije.


sekend-hend ,

Kao što i samo ime kaže, predstavlja stvari iz „druge ruke”. Sve ono što je neko nekad nosio, a zatim odbacio, prodao ili poklonio. Sekend-hend radnje su kod nas već dugi niz godina zastupljene i sve ih je više, tako da je lako doći do „novog” komada odeće. Naravno, tu je i nezaobilazni novosadski „Najlon” na Klisi, gde preko vikenda možete naći raznovrsne komade – bitno je samo da stignete u što ranijim prepodnevnim časovima jer je gužva velika dok se dame bore za najbolje „krpice”. Za razliku od „Najlona” gde su vam izdržljivost i strpljenje neophodni, kao i spremnost da „zaronite” u brda razbacane odeće - u sekend-hend radnjama ipak imate veći komfor, ali možda i manji izbor. Pa, srećno!

Danas

živimo u veoma kreativnom vremenu kada su slobode u modi najveće i moguće je praviti najneobičnije kombinacije. Kombinovanje vintidž i futurističkih odevnih predmeta kao jedan zanimljivi primer. Štreberski izgled – koji je takođe sve popularniji, a prate ga prepoznatljivi aksesoari - različiti oblici naočara i zubnih proteza, jeste ono što sve češće viđamo po ulicama i časopisima. Ono što je nekad označavalo ružno pače danas je nešto što pojedinca izdvaja kao nekog sa posebnim stajlingom . Giks / hipsters – novi urbani modni talas.

Rijuz & risajkl kao modni stil, ali i novi biznis

Sve je više kreativnih pojedinaca koji bogate svoje ormane sopstvenim kreacijama nastalim korištenjem stare odeće upotrebljene za stvaranje novog odevnog predmeta. Da li su na starom komadu zamenjeni samo detalji u obliku dugmadi, aplikacija, cibzara, dodavanjem nitni ili obruba, traka, šljokica ili se radi o totalnoj promeni funkcije - pretvaranju haljine u suknju, košulje u haljinu, pantalona u tašnu - nije bitno . Sve su to originali/unikati – oživljeni komadi više nenošene odeće. Možda od nečeg što ste jako voleli da nosite (a sada vam više ne stoji taj broj ili kroj) možete napraviti nešto drugo i opet ga uvrstiti u svoj voljeni orman.

Ovakav redizajn i risajkl starih komada sve je više zastupljen i kao privatni biznis. Ima dosta malih privatnih modnih kuća koje proizvode i prodaju ovakvu odeću i aksesoar - i to kao prestižnu, skupu robu. Platiti originalan, unikatni komad koji ćete samo vi imati ne moze biti jeftin. Sem ako ga, naravno, sami ne napravite.

Pravo je vreme da kupite mašinu za šivenje i naučite da šijete ili da se združite sa nekom iskusnom krojačicom. Kada jednom počnete da stvarate odeću po svojim željama teško ćete odustati od toga a vremenom ćete biti sve veštiji i ideje će vam biti raznovrsnije. Dovoljno je da naučite kako nešto da skratite i porubite, pa zatim suzite… a kombinacije su beskonačne. Male izmene - velika promena.

U slučaju da niste vični prepravkama ili vam se ne nosi nešto staro – nemojte bacati takvu odeću. Možete je pokloniti siromašnima, prodati preko neke od zastupljenih veb-prodavnica ili ustupiti nekom sekend-hendu…

by: Gabriela Sigeti


Dok kupujemo, veliku pažnju posvećujemo kroju i dezenu odeće, a o samom materijalu odeće retko razmišljamo. Da li ste ikad pomislili da su određene vrste materijala štetne za zdravlje i okolinu i da li ste se zapitali na koji način nastaju materijali od kojih se kroji odeća poslednje mode?

Pamuk, svila, vuna i lan predstavljaju prirodne materijale odeće koji pozitivno utiču na čovekovo zdravlje i bezbedni su, ali u drugu ruku mogu biti vrlo nezgodni za održavanje.

Pamuk se dobija iz biljke pamuka, preradom ploda cveta pri čemu nastaju pamučna vlakna različitog kvaliteta. Pamuk je poznat po tome što je veoma udoban, dobro obezbeđuje toplotu i upija vlagu. Njegova mana je ta što se tokom pranja nepovratno skuplja.

Svila, najfiniji materijal,dobija se od svilene bube koja se za vreme dok je učaurena ubija i zatim se njena čaura preradjuje i izdvajaju se svilena vlakna. Ovaj proces je vrlo dugotrajan i zahteva dosta truda, stoga svila svakako predstavlja jednu od najskupljih tkanina. Ovaj materijal, vrlo cenjen u svetu, veoma je nezgodan za održavanje.

Lan je svakako jedan od najboljih prirodnih materijala s obzirom na to da je njegov pozitivan uticaj na čovekovo zdravlje i naučno dokazan. On ne iritira kožu i dokazano povećava imunitet. Nošenje lanenog veša ubrzava zarastanje dekubitisnih rana i otklanja mnoge oblike kožnog ekcema. Gusta lanena odeća odbija skoro ceo spektar UV zračenja, a lanene zavese smanjuju nivo statičkog elektriciteta u prostoriji. Lan je jednostavan za pranje i dugo traje. Međutim, brzo se gužva i skuplja se posle pranja.

Vuna se dobija preradom ovčije vune i njena najveća vrlina je što dobro greje. Takođe, sporo se prlja, vrlo malo gužva i jednostavna je za održavanje. Međutim, čista vuna nije baš najudobnija, može se desiti da „bocka” i vrlo često može da izazove neke alergijske reakcije na koži.

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Kao što se može zaključiti, odeća napravljena od prirodnih materijala vrlo često je nezgodna za održavanje, stoga mnogi se okreću odeći napravljenoj od sintetičkih i p o l u s i n t e t i č k i h (mešavina prirodnih i sintetičkh vlakana) materijala. Ovi

materijali su popularni kod proizvođača možda vise nego prirodni, jeftini su i dostupni samim tim široj populaciji. Nastaju u procesima topljenja i uvrtanja. Sintetičko vlakno, sastavljeno je od molekula, koje je u potpunosti stvorio čovek, polimerizacijom prostih struktura. Poliamidi, akriloni, poliestri, predstavljaju glavna sintetička vlakna. S obzirom na to da nastaju u laboratoriji, ovi materijali itekako mogu biti štetni po čovekovo zdravlje. Naime, nesumnjivo je da kroz sintetičku odeću koža ne moze da diše i to izaziva preterano znojenje i alergije. Mnoga istraživanja su pokazala da hemijske supstance (ftalati) koje se dodaju plastici u fazi proizvodnje sintetike, ne bi li ona omekšala, izazivaju hormonske poremećaje.

Dobra strana sintetičkih materijala je ta sto su „eko-frendli“ , ne utiču na prirodne resurse i mogu se reciklirati. Eksploatacijom prirodnih materijala ugrožava se ekološka ravnoteža, stoga se proizvođači tekstila svakako trude da što je moguće više unaprede i usavrše sintetičke materijale što se tice estetike, ali i svojstava. Što se tiče pamučne odeće i one od prirodnih materijala, pokrenute su mnoge kampanje za tzv. biolške matrijale gde se kod uzgoja sirovina za izradu materijala odustaje od korišćenja umetnog gnojiva i pesticida. Na taj način, utiče se na očuvanje životne sredine, ali i zdravlja ljudi. Svetske kompanije za proizvodnju odeće, kao na primer C&A i Zara deo su ovog projekta. Trenutno biološki pamuk predstavlja (nažalost) još uvek manje od 1% svetske proizvodnje pamuka. Ali, sve više i više prodire od sporednog proizvoda na masovna tržišta. Bitan razlog tome je pojačana svest potrošača za ekološko uzgojenu i proizvedenu odeću.

by: Daniela Pajić

Bio-pamuk

Svila


A report from LVSLokalni volonterski servis (LVS) počinje sa svojom novom fazom podržanom od strane grada Novog Sada, koja će se odnositi na podizanje kvaliteta volonterskih programa organizacija/institucija primenom znanja iz volonterskog menadžmenta i angažovanje volontera na adekvatnim volonterskim programima. U okviru toga isplanirane su promotivne aktivnosti koje će se realizovati u srednjim školama i na fakultetima u Novom Sadu. Putem raznovrsnih tematskih radionica i prezentacija, mladi će se upoznati sa osnovama volonterizma, njihovim pravima i obavezama i korišćenjem Internet portala. Svi mladi koji su zainteresovani za volontiranje, mogu se već sada registrovati na internet portalu i napraviti svoj profil. Oficijalni sajt internet portala je www.volontiram.rs.

Molimo Vas za još malo strpljenja, jer će uskoro biti objavljene prve volonterske pozicije na koje ćete moći da se prijavite u skladu sa svojim interesovanjima.

Sva dešavanja će biti objavljena putem socijalnih mreža (Facebook, Twitter, kao i oficijalnom sajtu Volonterskog

centra Vojvodine).

Očekujemo Vas u što većem broju!

LVS team - Nevena Aleksić and Jelena Amzirkov


IT-SCI 6.7: Collemaggio - L’Aquila

ItalyJuly 7th until July 21st Topic: Environment

The project will take place in Collemaggio, a park adjacent to the city center, where was the former psychiatric hospital. After it closed down the area became the property of ASL, now there remain only few facilities and buildings in a dilapidated state. After the earthquake, two associations have worked on the recovery and enhancement of the area: one is a day center with activities carried out by the association “180 Amici”. The other one is Casematte, with the Committee 3e32, which deals with dozens of social activities. Together they have created a path of discovery and exploitation of the park.Volunteers, together with the activists of 180amici and 3e32, will clean the park, monitor the tree species, put signs etc. in order to recover the historical memory of the place. They will also organize cultural events to enhance the social function of Collemaggio, which is now even more vital in the face of great need for gathering places and social spaces, due to the closure of the center.

Study Theme: The history of L’Aquila is marked by a series of devastating earthquakes and subsequent re-foundation: in the fourteenth century, in the eighteenth century, and finally 6 April 2009, when a shock, at 3:32, 6 on the Richter scale destroyed the city and most of the villages and surrounding municipalities. After almost three years, the reconstruction process is hard: the historical center and the buildings are still red zones and the region’s economy is in deep crisis. Volunteers will visit the area to become aware of the real situation of post-earthquake

WORKCAMP


Legambiente is the biggest environmental organization in Italy. It is a network of many local groups and people which share common values and interests in protecting the environment, and even more for solidarity and equality in society, for protecting cultural heritage, voluntary work, for a better understanding between different generations and many other things.

My EVS for Legambiente Padova started on March 1st and I stayed there until the end of January. In the past, Legambiente Padova was working a lot on agricultural issues, but in the last five or six years the priorities became renewable energy, mobility, urbanism and conservation and promotion of the monuments in the city. In the last couple of years, the organization had very good results in increasing usage of renewable energy in the Veneto region (North-Eastern Italy), specifically photovoltaic energy.

My main activity as an EVS volunteer is scientific research work on different environmental topics. Legambiente has applied the well-known proverb “think globally act locally” very well, so we always look for what we can improve on the local

level, what we can improve in order to have a good environment, less pollution and, generally, a more pleasant place of living. My usual task is to look for good practices in an environmental field in Europe which can be applied here in Padova. So far I have finished one research on the benefits of using hybrid buses in public transport in cities, one research about possibilities of investments in renewable energy in the countries of former Yugoslavia and one research about good mobility practices in Europe is in progress. There are also many street actions and events which we organize in order to promote usage of renewable energy, cycling and more sustainable lifestyle. Also from time to time we participate in regional and international campaigns on environmental topics.

This EVS project is also regional, with six more volunteers in Legambiente’s environmental centres in the Veneto region, so it is also nice to meet them and work with them from time to time. During this summer, I will be a leader on Legambiente international voluntary camps, which were one of my favorite activities in VCV for the past couple of years, so I’m really looking forward to this. And it will be nice to go out of the office and replace the busy city life

with fine weather in nature.

Padova is a great place to be, it is a university city with a lot of Erasmus students and other volunteers from different o r g a n i z a t i o n s . There are a lot of cultural events in the city, music festivals, many different o r g a n i z a t i o n s with interesting programs, so it

Volunteering for Legambiente

offers great social life. The city has got really beautiful architecture; the nice market squares in the center are especially nice, which during the evenings become meeting places for young people and concert venues very often. Padova is also a home of one of the most beautiful public squares in Europe, Prato della Valle, and the oldest botanical garden in the world. What is great is that bicycle is probably the best option for transport in the city, because everything is very easy reachable by bike.

It is well known that Italy is a country with amazing cultural heritage and nice natural spots. The cities have so much to offer, with so many beautiful buildings, museums; some have really nice green areas. But also if you go to some small village, especially in the Alps, it can be an amazing experience. Of course, food, coffee and wine are amazingly good here.In the end I would like to use this opportunity to encourage young people in Serbia to take part in the EVS program. Apart from being a great social and intercultural experience, if you manage to connect it with your education and previous experience, it can be a great educational program as well.

Greetings from Padova by Marko Ikonić

Message for Copenhagen samit from Piazza San Marko in Venice

Demonstration against coal power plant in Veneto region

GAIAIn the last month’s edition of the ПИГЕОН we presented to you an international working group of Service Civil International – YUWG. This month we wish to show you the work of another working group – GAIA. This is our youngest working group. It is a platform for activists of SCI and partner organizations founded with the aim to express and to share their activities and best practices regarding environmental sustainability. Following this the activists focus on the topics of sustainable development and climate change. These topics link to central ideas of SCI by raising awareness of the relationship between sustainable living and peace and social justice within and outside of the organization. The main function of the group is to share information and facilitate cooperation within the SCI network in this particular field.

To manage these tasks the activists have started a blog and published a newsletter – http://createaclimate4peace.blogspot.com and http://issuu.com/sciint/docs/gaiazine_5?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222. In these two media forms it is easy to follow the activities of the group and also get updates on the international events and campaigns concerned with the topic of environment and sustainability. Both report about the groups’ activities, like the GaiaMicroGrant, and also about international events like the Rio +20 (you can find more details on the blog). Furthermore, the group promotes good practices, like that of a group of peasants in Latin America from different countries who synchronize their struggle against the multinational companies and corruption (viacampesina.org).

Parallel to this, GAIA created the category of “Green camps” as a way of linking the different workcamps concerned with sustainable development and climate change within the branches and partners of SCI. The activists also participate in climate campaigns and in the United Nations negotiations about climate change. It participated for example on an Eco Bike Tour in Bulgaria in 2005, as you can see in the picture below.


One of the ways GAIA supports projects in SCI is the GaiaMicroFund, as mentioned above. The fund gives branches and partners the possibility of realization of the small projects within the thematical field of the working group. One of the examples that took place in 2011 was a weekend workcamp on Sri Lanka, which connected environmental protection and intercultural understanding. Local volunteers from different backgrounds – Tamil, Muslim and Sinhala – and volunteers from abroad – Finland and Sweden – together cleaned a part of the beach, in which turtles lay their eggs.

By Valerie Weidinger

Picture from the weekend workcamp in Sri Lanka

WORKCAMP

SE-IAL 6.4: Vegetarian Cooking in Ecovillage, Visby

Sweden2012-07-242012-08-07July 24th until August 7th Topic: Environment

Suderbyn Permaculture Ecovillage is a 4-year old collective ecovillage initiative being built up on the island of Gotland in the middle of the Baltic Sea (www.suderbyn.se). It is an example of simple and sustainable living. The ecovillage is hosting an international training course on volunteering in ecovillages. The workcamp will prepare food for the training participants, community and other volunteers, partly cooked from fresh vegetables from the gardens and wild food from nature.Preparation of vegetarian and vegan meals in a simple outdoor kitchen together with local work leaders and other international volunteers.Study Theme: Vegan and vegetarian cooking, philosophical and practical aspects, permaculture and vegetarian cooking, wild foods, solar cooking and preservation techniques with various guest speakers.Requirements: Strongly interested in ecology, non-violence, simple lifestyle and collective living desirable. Vegetarian cooking skills especially welcome.


You may know Crna Kuća as the place of numerous music concerts where you can buy cheap drinks and hang out with friends. Apart from that, what else CK can offer to you is going to be explored in this article. The talk is about events on eco-friendly subject matter.

Overall, I would like to introduce eight workshops, which take place in eight consecutive days in June and are realized with the intent to support and build Women’s creative space (Zenski kreativni prostor). The participation fee for each workshop is 500 RSD, and all incomes are used for the purposes of the workshops.

The topic on 3rd June will be for all the participants in the spirit of jewellery which is going to be be made of beads and metal. Soon after, on 4th June, participants will learn how to make dolls of textile. 5th of June is also dedicated to toys – this time to crochet ’’amigurumi“, especially to those who do not know how to crochet. For the following day, you need to bring an old useless t-shirt or another piece of clothing which you would one like to recycle and redesign to wear it again. Another jewellery-creating afternoon is going to take place in CK on 7th June, however this time with polymer clay using transfer technique. On 8th of June, the participants can look forward to learning one traditional ethno craftsmanship of wool-press whose roots could be traced up to 13th century. A similar activity is held the day after – weaving is held on 9th June. On the last day of workshops, we finish with sewing of bags using old trousers and skirts.

For all of those interested not only in these various workshops but also in good-class concerts, it’s worth to keep checking the program on www.ck13.org/ so as not to miss any great opportunity to have a fun and to be creative!

by Kristýna Moriová

ECO-friendly activities in Crna Kuća


WORKCAMP

IE-VSI 6.5: CLEAR

IrelandAugust 11th until August 25th Topic: Environment

CLEAR - Centre for Learning, Education, Awareness & Revival is committed to quality non-formal education and training. CLEAR provides training for young people, youth workers and adults. CLEAR’s values and principles are equality, social justice, sustainable development and intercultural understanding. CLEAR is creating a training centre in County Wexford. The permaculture and sustainable development approach is a core element of the organisation.

Volunteers will work on a property that will be made in a training centre, the buildings consist of a house, a barn and cow shed. The work includes clearing and laying pathways around the site, preparing a kitchen garden by building raised beds, clearing and sorting materials for recycling, building a pond for wildlife, collecting seaweed lying on the shore and starting to lay out the main field as per permaculture plan.Study Theme: Permaculture and sustainable development.Requirements: This project would suit anyone interested in learning about hands-on permaculture, sustainable development and sustainable living but CLEAR are open to anyone who supports their principles and values and is an open minded person who would enjoy the work.

»HERSTORY OF BRA AND KNIFE«, 21.-29. October 2012 Theatre training course for women victims of war violence and ethnic conflict! We invite women, immigrants and TO practitioners, to the international and interdisciplinary workshop, held in October 2012. Workshop aims to empower women victims of war & ethnic conflict violence, refugees and immigrants all over Europe, and bring their stories that lack of public attention and sensibility back to front with the support of engaged art, including performance, poetry and photography. Final performance, created by women, will be presented to public on 28.10. 2012. CONTENT OF THE WORKSHOP: Aesthetics of the oppressed, Woman(hood): myths and realities, Theatre for social change, Poetry and war LECTURERS & WORKSHOP LEADERS:Svetlana Slapšak, Manca Juvan Hessabi, Nena Močnik (Slovenia), Dijana Milošević (DAH Teatar Serbia), Irmgard Demirol (TdU Austria)Final performance will be directed by Dijana Milošević (DAH TEATAR & Women in black Initiative, Serbia) There is no participation fee. Travel costs, accommodation & full board for participants will be fully reimbursed!

For more info - you can get on www.cityofwomen.org; [email protected].


Volonterski kamp u Ruskom KrsturuI ove godine će se održati volonterski kamp u Ruskom Krsturu od 15. do 29. jula, ali prvi put samo na lokalnom nivou, bez inostranih volontera.

Ovogodišnji kamp je planiran da bude festivalsko–radni, a učestvovaće oko 30 volontera iz Srbije (20 iz mesta naseljenih pretežno Rusinima, a 10 iz ostatka Srbije), kao i domaći volonteri iz Ruskog Krstura.

Prva polovina kampa je rezervisana za pripreme festivala „Vodova Fest“ (više informacija o samom festivalu možete dobiti putem ovog linka), dok bi u drugoj polovini volonteri trebalo da budu uključeni u malo širi projekat, a to je obnova i ukrašavanje uslovnih stanica u selu.

Tokom kampa, volonteri će raditi od 4 do 5 sati, ostalo vreme im je slobodno, a biće organizovane i raznorazne radionice gde će volonteri imati mogućnost da se upoznaju sa rusinskom kulturom i tradicijom.

Prijavljivanje je moguće putem telefona na: 0638858139 (Katarina Bocka) ili putem mejla na [email protected].

Čekamo vas!

--Sonja Bratić and Valerie WeidingerVolunteers’ centre of Vojvodina - SCI Serbia workcamps and volunteers exchange coordinators



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