The team of eighteen Czech advocates worked on the following four topics:
The ‘Cycling in the City’ project tried to cut CO2 emissions by promoting cycling as an alternative means of transport. A cycling survey was conducted, which focused on the inhabitants of Prague.
Using the data from the survey the team (Matej Bajgar, Josef Kvasnicak, Alzbeta Kundratova) identified main obstacles which prevent people from using bicycles in everyday life. The on-line cycling survey was launched on 1 January 2009 at the website www.kolo-ve-meste.cz with the aim of reaching about 1000 respondents by the end of February 2009. The results of the survey together with several recommendations was then presented to the media, representatives of the city council and cyclists’ organisations with the aim of proposing the creation of an internet cycle paths finder in the city.
Have a look at the report with the survey (in Czech).
The ‘Change your clothes, change the climate’ project dealt the environmental impact of clothes production and responsible consumer behaviour.
The team of five Climate Advocates were inspired by the Cambridge Institute of Manufacturing study Well Dressed? The present and future sustainability of clothing and textiles in the UK. The results of the project were visually very attractive: an eco-fashion show! It started with an informal discussion with Cecilia Malvido de Rodríguez, a research Associate with Cambridge University’s Sustainable Manufacturing Group, followed by Kate Fletcher, a British Sustainable Fashion designer.
You can feel the atmosphere of the event that took place on 24 March 2009 here.
For more information contact
Lucia Némethyová at lu.nemethy@gmail.com,
Barbora Semeráková at bara.semerakova@terezanet.cz,
Lenka Parkánová at parkyl@seznam.cz,
Eva Hralová at evahralova@seznam.cz or
Veronika Solisová at veronika.solisova@gmail.com.
You can find more information at the Ekomoda portal: www.ekomoda.cz.
Would you like to go further? Have a look at the study Do you know what you wear which is a product of the Climate Advocates.
The Green Building project focused on promoting the construction of passive and low energy buildings. The project’s output was a web directory and two expert seminars.
The panel discussions about Architectural, Technical, Social and Economic Aspects of Green Buildings took place on 26 March 2009 in Prague. The discussion contributed to the expansion of green building projects in the Czech Republic. The project also helped raise professionals’ awareness of possible incentives for green building projects that work well in other countries. Moreover, it opened a critical debate about their possible introduction in the Czech Republic. The Advocates team (Petr Kotek, Petr Vogel, Tomáš Kliegr, Jakub Holovsky) obtained funding for the creation of the web directory. The website will be fully operational at the beginning of July and will provide comprehensive information on passive and low-energy housing for the non expert reader.
For more information check the project’s website www.setrnebudovy.cz.
TULES – Sustainable local energy self-sufficiency, this is the name of the fourth idea of 5 Climate Advocates (Boris Kaliský, Petr Novotný, Zdeněk Poštulka, Veronika Solisová and Jan Šrytr). The project addressed and joined two environment protection areas: sustainable landscape management and renewable energy production.
The Advocates team presented a publication providing an overview of existing economically and environmentally sustainable ways of landscape management and available technology for energy production from biomass. A significant part of the publication focused on the existing legislative and financial framework of biomass energy production in the Czech Republic and the major obstacles to biomass utilization at the administrative levels. The launch of the publication took place on 31 March in Prague together with an expert panel discussion.
Read the publication (in Czech).
For more information contact Petr Novotný at novotny25@seznam.cz.
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