Dear All,

im happy to share the following link:

LoGlo publication

We still have 20 days of Summer :)

Gizus

Home-made Coconut Oil Deodorant

Have you ever tried to make your own home-made deo? 

What about trying this one?

Homemade Deodorant

¼ cup expeller-pressed coconut oil
¼ cup shea butter
¼ cup baking soda
¼ cup cornstarch or arrowroot powder
10 drops essential oil of your choice, optional

Over medium-low heat, melt the coconut oil and shea butter together and whisk in the remaining ingredients until smooth and uniform. Cool slightly and whisk in the essential oil of your choice, if desired.

Pour into a wide-mouthed container or a clean and empty deodorant container and smooth the top. Allow to cool in the fridge until solid before use. In the summer, store it in the fridge if your house stays so warm that the coconut oil won’t stay solid.

Source and more recommendation: healthimpactnews.com 

How to Compost

Very nice infographic about composting;) 

Source: http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/which-composting-method-is-best-for-you-infographic-helps-you-decide.html

How long until it is gone?

Do you know how long does it take to decompose plastics in the ocean?

source: Ocean Conservation Society

Beach Cleaning Action in Vela Luka, Croatia

On Saturday, June 8th 2013., we cleaned the beach of our most beautiful beach on the island of Proizd, in collaboration with the Tourist board of Vela Luka, Elementary school Vela Luka and Facta Vera d. o. o. It was organized as a part of the action called "I love Croatia". We enjoyed the view on it's crystal clear sea, but we could not bear the sight on the trash that has accumulated on the beach. We've collected dozens of bags of trash on numerous beaches. After our hard work, the beaches were pristine, and we were very happy with the result. Thanks to us, Proizd is once more the pearl of Adriatic sea and a gorgeous, awarded tourist destination. :))

One of the beautiful beaches of Proizd.

The trash on this photo shows only one of the piles from the beaches. There were at least 10 other piles as big as this one. It was a very succesful day! It ended with a great lunch and going for a swim! :D Leo, Dunja & Lara.

Climate CoLab Project

I would like to introduce you the online platform and community Climate CoLab. 

The Climate CoLab is a site where people from all over the world can create proposals on what should be done about climate change. The CoLab is currently hosting contests in 18 different topics on everything from Electric power sector to Reducing consumption , and the creators of the best proposals will be invited to present their ideas at a conference. The creators of the top ranked proposal will also share a Grand Prize of $10,000. The goal of the project is to harness the collective intelligence of thousands of people from all around the world to address global climate change.

See the introduction to this project here.

:) :) !!!!Plastic Bottle Flash Mob successfully done!!!!! :) :)

Action Plastic Bottle Flash Mob took place on 18th of May, 2013 in shopping centre Eurovea in the capital city of Slovakia, Bratislava! :)

·     Inspiration for this action → video seen in Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNXG8AxqJuU

·  Aim of the action:  remind people about some basic rules of environmentally friendly behaviour and awaken in them a sense of importance

·     Volunteers were needed! → creation of Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/452926698135621/

                              Instructions for volunteers given by Zuzka and Marilya :)

                                                                                                          Volunteers in action! :)

            Together:  20 volenteers and another cca 30 people joinded while eating

·      Number of video cameras: 4 ( Evka, Agy, Terezka a Anka )
   
                                                                                    Filming in action 

·      Process:

We did that action twice, for the first time we waited for about 5 minutes while somebody picked up the bottle and placed it into the trash bin, within those five minutes it happened that people didn´t see the bottle, or ignored it or kicked into it, but then one woman picked it up. But she was in rush so she didn´t have time to make an interview with us, therefore we decided to do it one more time. Immediately after placing bottle near the trash bin, another woman, Diana Turňová, picked the bottle and placed it into the trash bin. And now we were well-prepared, ovations were great, we gave her gift (our self-made soap from Hungary with LogLo sticker in a beautiful gift bag) and made an interview, took a photo and gained an approval to publish the video with her as a main actress. 

Diana Turňová- main actress of our upcoming video and environmentally aware person- with her boyfriend :) 

·     Outcome:  

We decided to make a video but in another way as we used that youtube video as inspiration. We realized that we didn´t have to wait a lot for a person who would pick up the bottle, we waited just a little and in the second time it was first person after placing bottle into the ground who replaced bottle into the trash bin therefore we will make video in the positive way. We would like to mention actions and events which are held in Slovakia or in Bratislava by voluntary people or organisations; we would like to mention some decisions taken by parliament which motivated citizens of the Slovak republic to be more environmentally aware.

                                                          !!! VIDEO OF THE ACTION!!!!