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| Act Now - University of Eastern Finland |
ACT NOW!
Every Spark Matters – Every Act Counts
Act Now! is a biennial conference for schools, children, youth and stakeholders. Act Now 2015 focussed on renewable energy. The conference took place from7 - 11 Sep in the city of Joensuu, Finland. Joensuu is located next to the Russian border and about 400 km North-East from Helsinki.
In the main event 9-10 Sep, participants and partners arranged hands-on workshops on renewable energy. Workshops were various-sided and including games, drama, music etc. Other highlight was ENO Action Plan on Renewable energy that was made during the conference and trees symbolizing these acts were planted in Koli Peace Park.
In the Rio+20 Summit (http://www.uncsd2012.org/), ENO’s commitment of planting 100 million trees by 2017 was highlighted in the overall summary of commitments, out of 700 pledges.
Jamie Herrell, Miss Earth 2014 and Filipe Pinto, Idols Portugal were ambassadors for this event. Notable presence was Ambassador Nthekela representing Govt of Botswana was appreciated.
~ Rajiv K Shrivastava, Country Co-ordinator, Act Now India
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| Rajiv K Shrivastava with Miss Earth Jamie Herrell |
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| Rajiv K Shrivastava with Portugal Idol Filipe Pinto |
