13 May 2014
Foxtrot" called honors in "ECOklass"
On May 13 in Kiev for the Day of Environmental Education trading network "Foxtrot" at the Museum of Popular Science "Experimentanium" celebrated the winners of the first all-Ukrainian competition "ECOklass." Social Project conducted on the initiative of Gennady Vykhodtsev network "Foxtrot. Home Appliances". The basic idea of the contest - to join efforts for children and adults (parents, teachers and community leaders) in addressing environmental problems of the society.
- This project teaches people to take responsibility for the childhood home environment - says the chairman of the social center "Perspective" Gennady Vykhodtsev. - We as adults need to show by our example about ecological culture, because it is clearly for the young and efficiently for a good cause. The total of 403 of school projects, 312 of them - in the "Eco-design" (leader in the number of works - Chernivtsi region), 77 - in the category "EKOkreativ" (the largest number of works - from the Zaporozhye region), and 14 - in the category "ecological innovations "(first place in Zhytomyr and Dnipropetrovsk region).
- Normally, when a competition is held for the first time, the amount of work does not exceed 200, but "EKOklass" interested the youth as a opportunity to work together, rather than individually, global issues and local action to improve the situation - said Oleg Kartavtsev jury member, director of the State Enterprise "Center for Environmental initiatives "of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine. The total number of direct participants in the competition - were about 20,000. - It is encouraging that the environmental problems of Ukraine sincerely concern the younger generation, - comments on Statistics contest Evgeny Zelenko, Coordinator of Public Relations and Media Relations of the UNDP in Ukraine. Young environmentalists actively imbued with the problems clogging the streets and rivers, battery disposal issues, greening of schools and the use of the materials used for environmental decoration. Their actions, flash mobs, theatrical performances have allowed to bring to the project "ECOklass" over half a million Ukrainians.
For example, only the project "Youth Anthracite for the preservation of natural resources" has rallied 23 schools of the city, 3 kindergartens, 7 offices and 4 miners enterprise. During the competition news about "ECOklass" viewed in the social networks of more than 230 000 times and went to the project page on the site "Foxtrot" nearly 6,000 visitors, which demonstrates the interest of consumers to the topic.
- In the near future for the personnel of network "Foxtrot" will be organized training workshop on "Eco-labeling of household appliances and electronics", and in September starts remote environmental course for employees of the company - summed Vyacheslav Povroznik, executive director of the trade network "Foxtrot". - The project promotes ecologization of thinking consumers, so we will continue to sell and co-operation with the public authorities, international and non-governmental organizations.
- Normally, when a competition is held for the first time, the amount of work does not exceed 200, but "EKOklass" interested the youth as a opportunity to work together, rather than individually, global issues and local action to improve the situation - said Oleg Kartavtsev jury member, director of the State Enterprise "Center for Environmental initiatives "of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine. The total number of direct participants in the competition - were about 20,000. - It is encouraging that the environmental problems of Ukraine sincerely concern the younger generation, - comments on Statistics contest Evgeny Zelenko, Coordinator of Public Relations and Media Relations of the UNDP in Ukraine. Young environmentalists actively imbued with the problems clogging the streets and rivers, battery disposal issues, greening of schools and the use of the materials used for environmental decoration. Their actions, flash mobs, theatrical performances have allowed to bring to the project "ECOklass" over half a million Ukrainians.
For example, only the project "Youth Anthracite for the preservation of natural resources" has rallied 23 schools of the city, 3 kindergartens, 7 offices and 4 miners enterprise. During the competition news about "ECOklass" viewed in the social networks of more than 230 000 times and went to the project page on the site "Foxtrot" nearly 6,000 visitors, which demonstrates the interest of consumers to the topic.
- In the near future for the personnel of network "Foxtrot" will be organized training workshop on "Eco-labeling of household appliances and electronics", and in September starts remote environmental course for employees of the company - summed Vyacheslav Povroznik, executive director of the trade network "Foxtrot". - The project promotes ecologization of thinking consumers, so we will continue to sell and co-operation with the public authorities, international and non-governmental organizations.