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EcoVisio in Action - March 2021

A banner featuring a group photo of EcoVisio team and text: Propose your idea for the collected funds, reroute 2% to EcoVisio

Decide yourself where your tax money go!

If you are an income tax-payer in Moldova - then now, as every year, you can support a cause dear to your heart, choosing to rerout 2% of your previous year's income tax. The procedure is quick and easy, and most importantly - it costs you absolutely nothing!

EcoVisio is one of the non-governmental organizations that benefit from this mechanism - and we are very grateful for your support! With the money raised in the last four years, we have contributed to the growth of Moldova's "green lungs", planting and growing trees together with volunteers.

This year we want to decide TOGETHER WITH YOU how to use the funds received. Maybe you have a specific idea or a more general proposal to support certain initiatives or thematic activities? Then:

1) Select EcoVisio (tax code 1013620004362) to redirect the 2%, instructions on how to do it are here: http://bit.ly/2-for-EcoVisio

2) Write your idea (even if you didn't take the first step) here: bit.ly/idei-2-procente

We are waiting for your ideas until April 11, and the 2% can be redirected until April 30, in person or online!

What We've Been Up To

IarmarEco team - Dana, Aina and Catea - holding IarmarEco promo items

We've launched IARMARECO.MD!

Where do you find your favorite products when fairs are cancelled? Iarmareco.md is an online market for local producers and social businesses. Over 140 of them are already on the platform - join them here

A smiling woman-farmer - Irina Pompus - in her blackberry plantation, holding some blackberry fruits and wearing an apron saying “I produce eco-friendly”

Do you care about what you eat?

Organic production takes a lot of effort, care, knowledge and perseverance. Why should we seek and appreciate such products? We've launched a campaign promoting local & ecological products and producers. Details here

EcoVisio group photo at the General Assembly, featuring people in masks and also people in Zoom projected at the wall

EcoVisio General Assembly

Do you recognize us with masks? At the end of February we had the first General Assembly of EcoVisio members in 2021 - offline & online. We discussed, we voted, we received new members and we appointed an Integrity Officer! Details here

A happy woman with a shovel and a spruce seedling

A Spruce Teambuilding

This winter we did not plant Christmas trees during the holidays. Instead, we planted them on March 6, as a teambuilding for our team. The seedlings were procured with the amount collected through the procedure of redirecting the 2% to EcoVisio. Details here

A woman in a winter jacket smiling into the camera

Raising the garbage tariff?

In the village of Riscova, the tariff for waste management was raised from 3 to 9 lei. Why was this measure taken and how do the villagers react? More details here

A caricature comparing the ecology in the city and in the village (both are quite polluted)

The vicious circle of pollution

Where is it healthier to stay, in the city or in the country? It would seem that in neither of these two places, if no measures are taken to prevent environmental pollution. Read more here

A group of teenagers in masks sitting around a table and holding their fists together as a sign of camaraderie and unity

YES - Learning through Serving

Teenagers can also change the world, especially if they do it together! 81 adults and young people went through a series of trainings, carried out community projects, formed youth clubs and continue to learn from each other. More details here

A man in a running suit drinking water from a plastic bottle and a text saying: Bottles are made of plastic and their decomposition period starts from 450 years up

The Clean Truth

How do our daily activities affect the world in which we live? Find out in the new show “Adevărul curat” from Ion, the cat and their friends! Watch the first episode here

A caricature of fruits - two animated pears that look OK and one ”sad” one, because seemingly no one will want her; and a text saying that choosing an ”ugly” fruit helps to reduce food waste

What to do with the food waste?

Why think about food waste? It is organic and, unlike plastics, can rot and "return" to the cycle of nature. Learn why food waste is a problem to be solved and how to do it in a new article from #FărăDeșeuri!

A drawing containing a sad boy, urban landscape, crossed out cow and some compost held in the palms

Composting in the city?

What to do with organic waste if you live in the city? How hardcore do you have to be to compost in an apartment? Maybe less than you think. More details in a new explanatory video from activEco!

A man and a white horse touching their noses; and a writing saying Humans and Horses

Humans and Hores

In March, the Humans and Horses project (former Horse Sanctuary) participated in GlobalGiving's "Little by Little" campaign, raising $1,467 - the amount that will be increased by the platform to about $2,000. Find out here how the money will be used

A girl sitting in a green beanbag, talking and gesticulating

EcoVisio Alumni Stories

Who inspires us? We are launching the EcoVisio Alumni Stories video interview series to tell you about those who get involved through our programs and become agents of change in their communities. Watch the first episode here

A group of people standing in a planting site with shovels & tree seedlings

Planting is caring!

For a healthier environment, it is not enough to deal only with the garbage. On March 27-28, 47 volunteers - mostly from Rascova - planted about 1,000 trees and shrubs on an eroded hill. Details here

A woman seeing a plastic bottle and saying: How could you do something like that?

Think of the consequences!

How do you react, what do you do when your dear ones use too much plastic? Watch the new video from #FărăDeșeuri and tell us about your experiences!

Coming Up Next

A collage of portraits of young people making motivational gestures and holding pieces of paper with motivational words; and a text below: Be the change you want to see in the world - activEco

Apply to activEco 2021!

activEco - the program that makes online interesting and ecology captivating - is still open for applications! Workshops on waste management, energy efficiency, healthy nutrition - pick what you like! Details here

A photo of wildflowers and a text promoting an online and free seminar about creating biodiversity at horticultural farms for preventing diseases and pests

Seminars for farmers

Our colleagues in the Agrifood department seem to never tire of organizing free trainings and valuable lives for farmers! If you are interested in organic farming, you can find the details here

Drawing of a cyclist pedalling a cargo bicycle

Our Friends' Initiatives

The first ecological delivery service in Chisinau - Green Wheels has been launched, carrying orders only by bicycles, scooters, public transport or on foot. More details here

Portrait of Alexandra Khalaim, EcoVisio Integrity Officer, photographed near the sea

Humans of EcoVisio

Alexandra Khalaim was born in Chisinau, has been living and working in Kiev for the last 15 years, and is the head of the association “Ukrainian Ecological Club “Green Wave””. She cannot imagine her life without natural ecosystems and all types of tourism - from mountain climbing to cycling. Since 2020, she has been part of the EcoVisio Board, and since 2021 she is also our Integrity Officer.

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MD-2009 Chișinău, Moldova
Write to us: info@ecovisio.org | Call us:: +37322222101

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