Poznan

Greetings of the Polish Senat

Apolonia Klepacz
 Greetings (PDF, 22 KB, Polish)

Eco-Sufficiency and Quality of Life

Manfred Linz
(Wuppertalinstitut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie)

Manfred Linz illustrates the notion of „sufficiency”, demonstrates how sufficient actions can be realized in economy and society and how this can influence individual lives in a positive way.

Lecture (PDF, 42 KB, German)

Citizen's participation for Sustainable Development in Brandenburg

Gerold Fierment
(Brandenburgische Werkstatt Lokale Agenda 21)

Gerold Fierment demonstrates the different fields of action of the LA 21 initiatives in Brandenburg and the objectives of the Brandenburg Workshop which wants to link them together.

Lecture (PDF, 600 KB)
Biography

Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Poland

Waldemar Chmielewski
(LA 21 Warschau)

Waldemar Chmielewski explains the strategy and challenges of the Local Agenda 21 in Poland.

Lecture (PDF, 2.92 MB)

Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Hungary

Vilma Éri
(Centre for Environmental Studies)

Vilma Éri describes Sustainable Development projects in Hungary, their problems, results and future challenges.

Lecture (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Slovakia

Michal Deraj
(REC – The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe Slovakia)

Michal Deraj presents the Slovakian strategy and objectives of Sustainable Development and provides an insight into the sustainable development data of his country.

Lecture (PDF, 12 MB)

Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Lithuania

Audrone Alijosiute
(ECAT Lithuania)

Audrone Alijosiute explains the process of Sustainable Development in Lithuania und the objectives of her organisation ECAT.

Lecture (PDF, 214 KB)
Biography

Global Resource Extraction – A Case for Dematerialisation

Arno Behrens
(Sustainable Europe Research Institute - SERI)

Arno Behrens present the research project MOSUS in which the correlation between the consumption of resources and economic growth is analyzed. He explains the methodology, the results and how it can effect policies.

Lecture (PDF, 281 KB)
Biography

Healthy Cities of Czech Republic – Strategic management towards sustainable development at local and regional level

Miroslav Andrt
(Healthy Cities of Czech Republic)

Miroslav Andrt present the strategy and methodology of his project „Healthy Cities of Czech Republic“ within the framework of Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21.

Lecture (PDF, 540 KB)

Womens Participation and Environmental Protection

Marie Haisová
(GAIA, Tschechien)

Marie Haisovás approach to Sustainable Development integrates gender specific viewpoints. She explains why the two issues can not be discussed separate from each other.

Lecture (PDF, 245 KB)

Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Latvia: Campaigning for Sustainability – a Latvian NGO perspective

Janis Ulme
(Environmental Protection Club - VAK)

Janis Ulme describes the challenges and problems of Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Latvia and the successes of the NGO he works for.

Lecture (PDF, 933 KB)

Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21 in Estonia

Irja Alakivi
(Estonian Association of Cities)

Irja Alakivi presents the national strategy concerning Sustainable Development and Local Agenda 21.

Lecture (PDF, 4 MB)
Biography

Environmental activities in Tartu

Ülle Mauer
(Tartu City Government)

Ülle Mauer introduces a local level project that deals with the implementation of sustainable action in the city of Tartu.

Lecture (PDF, 136 KB)

Sustainable Development in Slovenia – Organic Agriculture

Matjaz Turinek
(Ajda Society for Biodynamic Management)

Matjaz Turinek gives an insight into the current situation of organic agriculture and its future opportunities.

Lecture (PDF, 465 KB)

Environmental Management for Municipalities

Hans-Martin Mulisch
(Umweltbüro Potsdam)

Hans-Martin Mulisch describes the instruments and the process of municipal environmental management and the resulting advantages for the different actors.

Lecture (PDF, 136 KB)

Corporate Citizenship – First Experiences from Germany

Judith Polterauer
(Aktive Bürgerschaft)

Judith Polterauer explains the term Corporate Citizenship, points out the reaons for enterprises´ societal engagement and illustrates it in two examples.

Lecture (PDF, 336 KB)
Biography

Sustainable Development and the Role of Business

Thomas Loew
(Institute 4 sustainability)

Thomas Loew describes the role of enterprises and the motives for their contribution to the process of Sustainable Development.

Lecture (PDF, 147 KB)

European funding possibilities for environmental and Local Agenda 21 activities

Günter Chodzinski
(eufund)

Günter Chodzinsky presents the different EU-Funding Programmes for sustainability projects and explains ten rules you should consider when applying for EU-funds.

Lecture (PDF, 228 KB)
Biography

European Network Projects – On the Train towards the Future

Todd Edelman
(World Carfree Network)

Todd Edelman presents his project „On the train towards the future“ that deals with sustainable mobility and explains its goals.

Lecture (PDF, 440 KB)

Learning for sustainability

Ewa Smuk Stratenwerth
(Rural Education Centre for a Sustainable Future, Poland)

Eva Smuk Stratenwerth presents the UNECE Strategy and provides an insight into the activities of the project “Rural Education Centre” that her association ZIARNO organises.

Lecture (PDF, 927 KB)

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