Title: Green Movement of Russia (ECA)

URL: http://ecamir.ru/

Description: Interregional ecological nonprofit “ECA” was founded in 2010 and is represented in over than 45 regions by regional and local departments. One of the first large-scale programs of ECA Green Movement is the federal program “More oxygen!” http://ecamir.ru/projects/Programma-Bolshe-kisloroda.html, supported by Faberlic. More than 10 million trees were planted by activists, teachers, and students during the 7 stages of the program. A partner in the program was the Federal Forestry Agency. ECA annually participates in National Forest Planting Day and the federal event “Live, forest!” The movement runs several programs around the country: “Green Schools of Russia," “Green Universities of Russia," “River Keepers,” dedicated to protection and purification of small rivers, “Discharge” program dedicated to battery recycling. ECA leaders promote a healthy lifestyle through its “Zdravitsa” and “Bicycling Russia” programs. Every month the movement organizes an Action Day campaign on a specific ecological issue in tens of regions of the country, for example International Water Day, “AntiFire” (against forest fire), International Birds Day, Bicycling Action Day, No Plastic Bags Day, International Animal Protection Week, Energy Saving Day, Recycling Day. and so on. At the same time regional ECA leaders develop local projects and work on local problems in collaboration with regional administration, businesses, and NGOs, to develop eco-communities in their regions and build a strong eco-network around the country.

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Subject:   Environmental organizations,  Environmental Education,  Youth movements

Title: Interakcia

URL: http://eu-belarus.net/

Description: The Local Foundation for Promotion of International Dialogue and Cooperation "Interakcia" is an NGO in Minsk, Belarus. It specializes in the development and implementation of EU- funded projects in Belarus and neighboring countries. Its main goal is to contribute to sustainable development in Belarus and to make Belarus an equal player on the European and international level. It has worked with EU funding programs such as INTERREG, TACIS, and ENPI, and has implemented about ten projects and initiatives in various regions of Belarus in such spheres as economic development, local capacity building, environment protection, water management, tourism development, regional marketing, intercultural dialogue, and waste management.

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Subject:   Environment protection,  Local capacity building,  Economic development,  Water management

Title: Let's Bike It!

URL: http://letsbikeit.ru/

Description: Let's bike it! It was coined in April 2010 (before the Copenhagen speech, Dmitry Medvedev, in which he talked about his desire to see in the Russian cities of more cyclists) to promote the bicycle as a comfortable and environmentally friendly urban transport. Their mission is to attract the attention of thousands of people to the urban environment accessibility issues and to demonstrate the super powers and ease of cycling.

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