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Community garden at Gregovica

  • Irena, Dunja

Green Istria is managing the first Community garden in Pula together with the following partners: Autism Association Istria, Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities of Southern Istria, Student Association Pula, Pula Gymnasium and School for Training and Education - Pula. The purpose of the...

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Repair café and workshop Re-Geppetto of the Community Center Rojc

  • Irena

The Re-Geppetto repair café and workshop is a well equipped space where citizens can repair their broken items and devices on a "do-it-yourself" basis, free of charge. The purpose of the repair café is to provide all interested people with the space, tools and advice needed to repair and refurbish ...

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Tools for learning - tools for sustainable development

  • Dunja

"Tools for learning - tools for sustainable development" is the name of the project led by Green Istria in cooperation with the Italian organizations Legambiente Lombardia Onlus and the Slovenian Institute for Spatial Policies (IPoP). The project started on November 1, 2020, and lasts for 18 months....

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SUSTINEO – Through collaboration, participation, research and education to sustainability

  • Dunja

How to contribute to achieving sustainable development in Croatia? The answer of our project is to connect and network associations, local government and higher education institutions and to strengthen the capacity for joint action in the implementation of sustainable development. Among other thing...

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PROJECT GARDEN(ACT)IVISM

  • Nina B.

"Garden(ACT)ivism" is an advocacy project that seeks to empower and involve citizens and local civil society in advocacy and campaign for creating a model and in implementation of the project of urban gardens and the first community garden in Pula at a time when the City of Pula already announced th...

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EDUCATION IN PROPER WASTE MANAGEMENT (2009 - 2020)

  • Zelena Istra

For a number of years, Green Istria has been providing continuous training in the area of Istria on proper waste management, in cooperation with utility companies, cities and municipalities and the County of Istria. The aim of the education is to improve the environment by sensitizing and informing ...

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Campaign for the Protection of Ponds in Istria (2014-2015)

  • Zelena Istra

This was an educational and research project that aimed to raise awareness on the importance of ponds and freshwater aquatic habitats, as well as strictly protected plant and animal species that live in and around these habitats in the Istrian County of Croatia. The project promoted non-institutiona...

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The New Ideas For Old Buildings (2015-2016)

  • Zelena Istra

The New Ideas For Old Buildings project focuses on improving public property management by helping municipalities use public participation in decision-making about real estate occupancy. The project gathers seven small and medium-sized towns from six countries from the Baltic to the Balkans (Latvia...

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One Adriatic (2016)

  • Zelena Istra

The common goal of the One Adriatic platform was to protect the Adriatic Sea from oil industry research, exploitation and pollution. The platform gathered representatives of the most important environmental organizations from all Adriatic countries: Italy (Legambiente), Slovenia (Focus), Croatia (G...

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Participatory Budgeting: Citizens' Subnational Budget Watch (2015-2016)

  • Zelena Istra

"Participatory Budgeting: Citizens' Subnational Budget Watch" was an EU-funded project with a 200,000 EUR budget whose aim was to develop and introduce innovative e-tools to improve transparency and citizens' participation in the allocation of budget funds in three Croatian cities: Pula, Karlovac an...

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