Our Achievements in 2011
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We have celebrated the 25th anniversary of Veronica magazine, 20 years since the foundation of Veronica Eco-Counselling Centre, the jubilee 10th year of the Apple Festival and the fifth birthday of the passive house run by Centre for sustainable rural development Hostětín.
The new graphics of Veronica magazine covers feature watercolors by Aleš Lamr.
Within the modifications of the Petrov area (Cathedral in Brno), 3 big trees were cut down to be replaced by a mere hedge with hydrangeas. We managed to negotiate an additional planting of several apple trees with Brno-Centre city district.
The number of visitors to Hostětín got across the magical line of 7000.
The number of subscribers of Rozverky electronic newsletter, via which we distribute environmental news from the Czech Republic and abroad, Veronica Eco-counselling Centre`s tips, invitations, and information from both our organization and our friend organizations, reached the same number.
13 years ago we secured the entrance to Valerie adit, where bats hiberante. The numbers of lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros), a critically endangered species, have risen since that time. In 2004 there were only 23 of them, by 2011 there were 129.
The report from the reunion of successful Czech female builders in Hostětín called Women`s Houses, held on the occasion of the International Passive House Day, has made it to the permanent gallery at www.aktualne.cz.
A new video clip about Hostětín has been created – not only does it invite people to visit, it also points out metaphorically that "there are places to go...".
Rostislav Pospíšil, our artist, has created a new educational trail called Naokolo Hostětína.
We have certified 44 natural gardens throughout the whole of southern Moravia.
Through our Ecomap we show 1,500 places to the users of the Internet, where services connected with sustainable consumption and the nature of southern Moravia can be obtained.
The Network of Eco-Counselling Centres awarded us the 2010 consultancy project award for out tap water video and campaign.
