Dear all
The Center for Environment announced the "Cycling Against Waste" tour,
to be held from August 20 to September 4, 2006, starting at Bihac and
passing through Bosanska Krupa, Sanski Most, Banja Luka, Knezevo,
Travnik, Visoko, Sarajevo, Konjic, Nevesinje, Gacko, and finishing in
Trebinje.
This tour is a part of the "Waste is Not Rubbish" national waste
management campaign. The main goal of the campaign is the raise the
public awareness about the problems of existing waste management system
and the manners in which the citizens can contribute to finding a
solution to this greatest, according to many, environmental problem in
the country.
The participants in the Tour will engage in joint activities with local
NGO activists and volunteers, including distribution of promotional
material, photographic exhibition, and when possible, broadcasts of
radio jingles. Rest days will be given in Banja Luka and Sarajevo, with
organized tours around the cities and planned meetings with local
authorities and representatives of waste management companies.
The Tour is open for participation to all interested persons, under the
pre-set terms and principles of participation. Every person that wishes
to participate for longer than 24 hours, has to complete a registration
form. Some 20 participants are expected.
The principles and organisation approaches were mainly taken from the
Ekotopia Tour, which has been organized for 16 years in a row, and which
methods of organization and implementation of activities has proved
efficient and successful.
All enquiries should be sent to Miodrag Dakic, by mail at miodrag.dakic
(at) czzs.org or by phone, at
+ 387 051 433 140.