Ełk Earth Days is a series of various events that bring together education with practice, showing that everyone can have a real impact on the state of surrounding nature. Through cleaning actions, workshops, meetings and recreational events participants learn how to manage responsibly natural resources and make daily decisions that are conducive to environment.

Planned events during the Ełk Earth Days:

"Collect Phones for Earth" Contest (until April 30)

For each phone returned, the participant receives 1 point. Im The more points, the greater the chance of attractive prizes!

Meeting point: Environmental Education Center in Ełk, ul. Parkowa 12 (during the working hours of the facility).

"Garbage Bag" campaign (20-26 April)

The aim of the action is to collect waste abandoned in forests, parks and lakes. The participant of the action must document photographically the place he will be cleaning, and then take a photo of the plastic bag from the rubbish against the background of a cleaned place. Photos should be sent to biuro@cee.elk.pl. Participants will be rewarded.

Concert for the Earth (Monday, April 20)

Students of the State Music School Complex in Ełk They will perform musical pieces inspired by nature. The concert will take place in the Center Environmental Education at 12 Parkowa Street at 5:00 p.m

Meeting with Karol Wójcicki "With your head in the stars" (Tuesday 21 April)

Karol Wójcicki - popularizer of astronomy, From the home the observatory brings space closer to hundreds of thousands of people who follow the fanpage With Your Head in the stars. I travel the world in pursuit of solar eclipses, auroras space rockets. The meeting will take place at the Center for Environmental Education at 5:00 p.m.

Cleaning the World (Wednesday 22 April)

We invite educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and informal groups. All participants of the action We provide cleaning materials: bags and gloves. Group records are available by phone at: 87 610 16 24.

A tour of the sewage treatment plant in Nowa Wieś Ełcka (Thursday 23 April)

A trip of students to PWiK in Nowa Wieś is planned Ełcka Street, in order to learn how sewage management is carried out and Osadowa in our city.

Registration of groups is conducted by phone at: 87 610 16 24.

"You give away the garbage - you get the tree" (Thursday, April 23)

For the brought textiles or electrical waste, tree seedlings. This year, it has 500 seedlings of young spruce trees to be handed over, rowan, beech or birch.

The action will take place on John Paul II Square at 1:00 p.m

"Herbal abc" workshops (Friday, April 24)

On the occasion of the Earth Day celebrations, we invite you to a unique workshops that will introduce participants – both children and adults – to a fascinating world of wild plants and herbs.

The workshop will be held at the Center for Environmental Education at 5:00 p.m.

Visiting the Thermal Energy Company on April 24 (Friday)

students' trip to PEC was organized to see what technologies have been used in the field of heat generation in use of modern technologies to limit interference with the the natural environment.

Registration of groups is conducted by phone at: 87 610 16 24.

Run for a seedling (Saturday, April 25)

The start of the run is planned at the Education Center ecological route, and the task of the participants will be to overcome the designated route along the Ełk promenade (running, walking, walking). Participants instead of medals They will receive coniferous tree seedlings and pansy seedlings. Organized event is together with the Municipal Sports and Recreation Centre. The start of the run at 11:00 a.m.

Meeting with Marek Maruszczak (Saturday, April 25)

Marek Maruszczak is the author of books, as well as the popular fanpage "Animals are stupid and so are plants", in which he describes and It offends selected representatives of fauna and flora.

The meeting will take place at the Environmental Education Center at 5:00 p.m.

Nature walk for families (Sunday 26 April)

During the walk, to which we invite families with children, participants learn to listen and look at the surrounding nature in order to be able to learn about fauna and flora.

Start at the Environmental Education Center in Ełk at 10:00 a.m.

Detailed information is available on the website of the Center for Environmental Education - CLICK TO GO.