Alternative currency can revive civil society
Establish local cooperatives to operate with an alternative civilian currency in parallel with the official one. This was cited as one of the instruments for reviving the civil society in our country during the Conference on Democracy 2020. The Sixth[...]
The extension of Devnya incineration plant has been stopped
The newly formed Association "Breathe Devnya", municipal councilors from Varna and citizens from Devnya, Varna and the village of Ezerovo have stopped the investment intention of EcoSef company for increasing the capacity of the waste incineration plant in Devnya. In[...]
We are pushing the EC for a comprehensive civil society strategy
The Public Environmental Center for Sustainable Development (PECSD) supports the recommendations for a comprehensive European strategy and policy for civil society. The recommendations were prepared by the Environmental Partnership Association (EPA) last year. They were discussed at several regional conferences,[...]
Radioactive waste is not an isolated case
Radioactive cargo at Bulgarian ports is not an isolated incident, a check on Ecovarna.info showed. The problem is that they are discovered through random rather than targeted or regular inspections, and that information about them is scarce, unplanned and disappears[...]
Smart environmental solutions will be developed by students
Smart applications for the environment will be one of the area in which students will compete during the "Smart Solutions for Smart Varna" hackathon. The competition will be held from March 20 to 22 in Varna. Participants will have the[...]
People from Popovo stopped the construction of a garbage factory. Will their waste come to Varna?
The Mayor of Popovo, Ludmil Veselinov, was forced by the residents of the municipality to publicly promise to stop the procedure for building a waste incineration plant near the city. It happened during a public debate late last night, when[...]