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18+1 activities that help and inspire students to manage plastics properly
If you are an educator and want to motivate your students towards a behaviour shift away from the single-use mentality at a household, school and community level, this new MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES educational material is what you may be looking for, as it provides useful...
MIO-ECSDE’ 2021 Accountability Report
As a full member of Accountable Now, a cross-sector platform for internationally operating civil society organisations (CSOs), we regularly report on our economic, environmental, and social performance in line with the 12 Accountability Commitments of the Global...
MIO-ECSDE Members react to the eastern Mediterranean February oil spill
In February 2021, over 1200 tons of tar washed up across more than 160km of coastline in Israel's Mediterranean coast from Rosh Hanikra to Ashkelon, following a heavy storm and unusually high waves. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority called the spill “one of the most...
Plastic Busters MPAs demos in Strunjan, Slovenia: 400 stakeholders engaged in concrete actions to combat marine plastic pollution
Some 400 stakeholders have been engaged in marine plastic pollution mitigation actions at Strunjan Landscape Park, located in coastal Slovenia. At its northernmost point, the small coastline of the Slovenian Park faces all the challenges that MPAs have to deal with...
Keeping Europe’s seas clean: a new manual for harmonised marine litter monitoring
In March 2021, the EU Science Hub of the Joint Research Centre released a new manual aiming to support people entrusted with monitoring marine litter to record the data they collect in a harmonised way. This will lead to the acquisition of more reliable and comparable...
Croatia takes major step towards solar energy
After 12 years of concrete actions against the development of non-renewable energy plans, MIO-ECSDE Member Organization Eko Kvarner, is celebrating the new Guidelines for Encouraging Citizens and Entrepreneurs to Construct Integrated Solar Power Plants, drafted by the...