Sustainable Lifestyles

Thu, 2016-07-21 06:02

How can Belarus, drawing on best European practices, make its system of waste collection and sorting for further recycling more effective? Environmental experts, workers of housing and communal services, and representatives of civil society organizations addressed this issue and a number of others, when they came together for the discussion "Waste Collection and Recycling, or Responsible Consumption: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Repeat - Modern Trends in Belarus and the World", which was organized in Vitebsk by ODB Brussels in cooperation with the Center for Environmental Solutions (Minsk) within the framework of the "Clearing House" programme.

Fri, 2015-10-02 11:10

What are circular economy and sharing economy? How is couchsurfing and cycling infrastructure related to sustainable development? How do EU countries strive for sustainable use of resources and why are green models effective for business only in partnership with NGOs? Participants of the 'Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyle: Small Steps, Big Change?' seminar compared Belarusian and European experience.