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Earth Day




On 22 April 2016, as part of  the Clean-up Georgia campaign, a clean-up and
greening activity was organised around Lisi Lake (next to the new
hippodrome). The event was organised by the Greens Movement of
Georgia/Friends of the Earth Georgia, with the support of the Ministry of
Environment and Natural Resources Protection and Tbilisi City Hall. During
the action, a 1 hectare area was cleaned of rubbish with about 2 m3 of waste
collected and taken to the landfill.

Along with the organisers, 11th grade students and teachers from Public
School N55, and members of staff from the French Embassy participated in the
event. Overall 40 volunteers took part. After the clean-up action,
volunteers planted 22 cedar trees.

Earth Day was first celebrated worldwide in 1970 when millions of people
came out to protect our planet. This is one of the largest environmental
campaigns uniting the international community to protect their living
environment through various environmental activities. Worldwide
environmental activities are carried out on this day making Earth Day a day
of action.

Since 1990 the Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth Georgia have
celebrated Earth Day on a permanent basis with large-scale events. In
addition to Tbilisi, Earth Day was celebrated by regional organisations in
several municipalities.

The Clean-Up Georgia campaign is being organised within the project Clean-Up
Georgia—Phase III and implemented by a consortium of NGOs made up of the
Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth Georgia, the Georgian
Society of  Nature Explorers—Orchis, and Ecological Awareness and Waste
Management, in collaboration with the Solid Waste Management Company, with
support from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of
Georgia, and funded by the Swedish Government.



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