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Environmental awereness
and green energy
August 22, 2012
Evija Rudzite, NGO “homo ecos:”
an environmental organization with a mission to create
social movement that not only emotionally supports
environment friendly ideas but also puts them in practice
and lives them out through activities that are beneficial for
environment and humans
non-profit, Riga, Latvia
How do we work?
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Social campaignes
Workshops about environmental topics
Media and communication projects
Non-formal education & youth
Cooperation with other NGOs, state
institutions and private sector
• Expertise in bioplastics
Latvia – The Greenest Country
of the World
Climate change and
renewable energies
• Social campaignes (outdoor posters,
media work)
• Workshops
• Public events
• Articles and printed materials
• Meetings with experts
«MOVING PLANET» - 2011/2012
• Building public awareness, introducing
alternative energies in interesting ways
• In cooperation with 350.org, main
message – alternative energy is a solution
for climate change
• Public events, workshops in schools,
media work, meetings with decidion
makers
Latvia’s main challenges
regarding green energies
• Change of mindset (on a political,
economical, social level)
• Sustainable energy policy and political will
to promote green energy
• Lack of good practice examples, good
experience stories
• Prejudice and stereotypes
• Existing infrastructure -> new
insfrastructure
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www.homoecos.com
www.twitter.com/homoecos
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