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Ecological Institute Veronica

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Generals Informations
Creation date: 30/11/1985
Structure type:
- NGO

Intervention type: National

Employement number: 14

Main objective:

To support a friendly approach to the nature, landscape and its natural and cultural values



Coordinate
Country:
République tchèque
Adress:

Panská 9602 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC

Phone:
420542422750
Fax:
420542422752
Contact:
jaroslav.ungerman_ANTI_SPAM_@veronica.cz
Web:
http://www.veronica.cz/index.php

Presentation

Veronica was established in 1986 as a magazine focusing on regional issues aiming to link culture with environment protection and to propagate environmental awareness. The activity of the personalities working at the magazine has become broader since 1990 and the editorial and publishing work has increasingly become supplemental to a wide range of environmental programmes.

The programmes are under the umbrella of ZO CSOP (Local Chapter of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation) Veronica, registered since 1991. The Local Chapter is an independent legal entity and its legal form is a civil association - a non-governmental non-profit organization sharing its registration with the whole of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation. The present activity of the ZO CSOP Veronica comprises partly of the activity of the professional staff acting under the Ecological Institute Veronica, partly of the activity for the members and with the members of the civil association.

Veronica has 83 members in 2006, of which 27 are family members.

Themes activities

To link culture with environment protection

To propagate environmental awareness

Activities
  • Agriculture, environment and territory
  • Environmental education and citizenship

      • Agriculture, environment and territory
      Covered topics:
      Biodiversity / wildlife protection
      Actions examples:

      Christmas trees - trees for life : promoting the planting of silver firs into the woods after spending Christmas in households (Silver firs are endangered tree species)Counselling on organic farming and bio-products: Veronica is a long-term promoter of organic farming in Brno, particularly via organizing the Autumn Biofair of Organic Farmers

      Environmental education and citizenship
      Covered topics:
      Education to environment and sustainable development for youngsters
      Raising public opinion’s awareness
      Actions examples:

      Within the project of the Network of environmental centres of education, training and enlightenment in the South Moravian region Veronica coordinates systematic education of eco-counsellors of existing and newly established eco-counselling centres in the whole of South Moravian regionCo-Counselling Centre - Brno Green Telephone : the eco-counselling centre Veronica answers questions from clients, about environment-friendly building and saving of energy in householdsVeronica cooperated with Brno kindergartens with the aim of introducing bio-products into the daily food of children. A series of lectures "Natural gardens" took place