Recycleland is the country where children
give new life to garbage, where materials only
apparently unuseful have another meaning
and importance, and also a birthday party can
be the occasion to get dressed and become
monsters or fairies by using alternative,
recycled stuff, by organizing Eco – birthday
parties.
We involve around 100 children per year:
it is still a small segment compared, but it is
a crucial one, as the children become those
who will teach the importance of recycling to
their parents, they become the green engine
of the whole family, and from families to society.
These actions represent for children the tools
for learning about the importance of their
actions for the environment by playing and
having fun, in the same way as the SWAP
party is an happy moment for exchanging
things among people, but it is also becoming
a thought out action that adults are taking in
order to start living in more sustainable and
responsible way.
The attention of people towards a green,
sustainable and conscious progress is
changing, but still there is the need of planning
long term policies and to show people that
their actions really count and can make
a big difference.
What do you think about Slovenian and EU
policies for promotion of entrepreneurship
and particularly of green one, if there’s any?
To be honest, I only have a general idea
of the EU policies in this regard, and I am
not very familiar with European bureaucracy
or project development, I prefer to develop
ideas rather than documents.
Concerning the Slovenian side, I have to say I
am receiving great support and consideration
from the national authorities, and citizens too:
in September I was nominated Personality of
the Coastal zone of Koper, which was for me
a great pleasure.
However, to elect me is also revealing of how
the attention towards crucial problems such
as the environment, recycling, sustainability,
is growing and it is driving people to take
concrete actions.
This same attention is also shown by the
Slovenian institutional and educational
systems. Important collaborations are
emerging between these two spheres:
this is a very positive trend, even though
today this kind of work still advances slowly
and there is a great separation between the
different internal sectors - divisions.