2nd International Workshop on Conservation Biology was held in in Koper from 17 to 19 June. Organizer of the conference was the Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technology, University of Primorska. On the 17 June had a member of our Institute (Iztok Erjavec) an oral presentation of our abstract Alternative approach to nature conservation with social entrepreneurship. The paper was...
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ClimateLaunchpad 2015 is the biggest European competition of business ideas and takes place in 27 countries. ClimateLaunchpad is discovering more than 1,000 new ideas in the field of clean technologies to combat climate change and helps ambitious entrepreneurs to change the idea into a global deal. The competition was first held within each country and our project Land Sharing entered in the finals of competition in Slovenia,...
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WE ARE SEARCHING FOR: 4 people, priority is given to unemployed persons who have a desire for growing of organic vegetables. Persons who are willing to participate in developing of project idea, believe in its implementation and have a desire to learn to grow organic food and grow their own organic food. LOCATION: field in Činžat (municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju-approx. 20 km from MB’s). It is desirable to have their own...
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At the end of March, Iztok had a working visit to Germany, in the town of Trebbin near Berlin. The purpose of the visit was to help people who are looking for a vision of the development of the farm with 1000 ha of fields. He helped in drawing up the plan to start organic farming on the estate and related content: crops, organization of farming… He advised how appropriate design the estate from the ecological landscape views to...
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Reclaim the Fields (RTF) is a group of peasants, landless and prospective peasants, as well as people who are taking back control over food production. From 8. to 12. January there was European Assembly of Reclaim the Fields movement in Nottingham, UK. The goal of meeting was to meet up and to see where European Reclaim the Fields constellation is and exchange information amongst the stars and local groups. It was an occasion to put...
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