Celebrating World Environment Day in Turkey

The local volunteers of the Turkish Env.net partner TEMA Foundation organised a series of events to raise awareness about the protection of the environment, as part of the 2016 World Environment Day. The volunteers collectively created unique hand-made banners with the tagline “Sürdürülebilir Yaşam için Doğanın Parçası Ol” (Be part of the Nature, for a[…..]

World Environment Day celebrations

In order to mark 05th June World Environment Day, there were several activities organized. The activities were mainly organized in Germia Park in Prishtina, in cooperation betwwen ATRC with the Prishtina Municiplity, NGO Mileniumi i Ri, NGO Green Art as well as other NGOs. Main activities were: Promotion of art through recycled materials; distribution of[…..]

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: Joint action of students and citizens from Strumica

On the occasion of World Environment Day 2016 Macedonia in collaboration with the department of  environment and directors of the three primary schools – Marshal Tito, Sando Masev,and Vidoe Podgorec and high school Jane Sandanski today joined the action that took place in small city park, organised by the environmental organisations “Planetum” and “4x4x4 Balkan[…..]

16th of June on Env.net Sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming six months. June 16th is the 4th broadcast of the series. This week our guest for Green Wave was Biologist Ergün Bacak, who is an instructor from İstanbul University Faculty of Forests, Forestry Junior Technical[…..]

2nd of June on Env.net sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming six months. June, 2 is the second broadcast of the series. This week our guest for Green Wave was Dr. Cemal Beşkardeş of Bosphorus Associations’ Platform (BODEP). BODEP is a platform that consists of[…..]

26th of May on Env.net sponsored Green Wave radio show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming six months. The first Env.net supported show was broadcasted on 26th of May. In reference to May 22, International Day of Biological Diversity, this broadcast was dedicated to discuss the importance of biodiversity. Esra Ergin,[…..]

World Environment Day events in Turkey

The local volunteers of the Turkish Env.net partner TEMA Foundation organised a series of events to raise awareness about the protection of the environment, as part of the 2016 World Environment Day. The volunteers collectively created unique hand-made banners with the tagline “Sürdürülebilir Yaşam için Doğanın Parçası Ol” (Be part of the Nature, for a[…..]

From Paris to Antalya for a New Climate Change Regime

  As part of the International Climate Initiative and a joint project conducted by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, a high level meeting was held in Ankara on Wednesday May 11, 2016, entitled “From Paris to Antalya for a New[…..]

Env.net subgrantee in Turkey is mobilising local people of Mount Ida

Local people of Mound Ida (Kaz Dağı) have united against the planned gold mining activies in their villages. The movement of the villagers are growing through exchange of experiences and solidarity. Env.net subgrantee, Association for Protection of Natural and Cultural Assets of Mount Ida has started the movement  and is stil very actively involved in[…..]

Turkey’s draft water law was discussed in TEMA Foundation

On May 3rd, a closed workshop was organised by the env.net team in TEMA Foundation, to discuss the latest version of Turkey’s draft water law with the reknown experts from TEMA’s scientific advisory committee. In the meeting, participants compared the two latest drafts of the law, shared with public: the 2012 and 2016 versions. It[…..]