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Creative teams of children’s educational and cultural institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan are invited to participate in the II Republican Ecological Festival and Contest “Rainbow-colored stage”.The event will be held on April 26 - 27, 2016 at 3 p.m. on the stage

The ecological holiday “World Water Day” will be held in Kazan on March 22nd at the Youth Center “Ak Bars”.The event will be held in the form of a presentation of achievements of underwater researchers of Tatarstan. During the first part of the event, the photo-exhibition of the underwater team of the Russian Geographical Society named after Alexey Leonov will be opened. The members of the team will present photos from expeditions when they set the world records – “The pole of Cold”, “Antarctic-10

This year, the largest in the world ecological campaign will be held on March 19th at 8:30 pm local time. The humanity’s ecological footprint will be the topic of the event. The campaign symbolizes solidarity of citizens of various countries in solution of issues regarding energy and resource saving, as well as improvement of ecological situation on the planetary scale. The website dedicated to the Earth Hour 2016 was launched presenting more detailed information on the campaign to participate in it. The official website of the campaign – 60.wwf.ru.

Heads of all the authorities, state authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan, companies and organizations, as well as population of the Republic were invited to join the campaign and switch off for

All pupils are invited to participate in the city stage of the International nature protection campaign “March of parks-2016”. The event will be held on May 1-16 at Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center. It is aimed at fostering of ecology-oriented mindset in the young generation and its involvement in the nature protection activity. The events of the “March of Parks” are carried out in the following areas:

All those who are not indifferent to the matters related to ecology and energy efficiency are invited to participate in the Conference “Ecology and Energy Efficiency” in the framework of the XVI International Symposium “Energy and Resources Efficiency and Energy Conservation” and the XVII International specialized exhibition “Energetics. Cost-effective use of resources”. The event will be held on March 17, 2016 on the premises of “Kazan Fair” OJSC. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the State Autonomous Agency “Center of energy-saving technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

The main topics for discussion will include:

• Creation and development of high-efficiency eco-frien

Pieces of work for the contest of children’s creative work “Let’s create from paper” are accepted until March 17, 2016. The contest is held to attract pupils’ attention to arts and crafts, as well as to foster careful and responsible attitude to nature throughthe instruments of artwork. The Board of Education of Kazan Executive Committee and Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center are the organizers of the event.

Young biological and ecological specialists are invited to participate in the VIICity Ecological Forum “Zilantenok”. It is held in the framework of the open long-term ecological project “Zilant” aimed at implementation of the system approach in ecological education and upbringing of the young generation. The event will be held on April 9th at Kazan Children’s Ecological and BiologicalCenter. “Protection

Students, postgrads, young scientists and researchers canparticipate in the II Republican Youth Ecological and Scientific Conference devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan and the 15th anniversary of the “Earth Charter”. The event will be held at the Institute for the Ecological Problems and Use of Mineral Resources under the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan on April 7-8, 2016. The work will cover the following directions

Special containers were installed at the residential complex of Innopolis for collection ofrecyclable materials. Dual collection is used to facilitate separate waste collection.Such a system envisages installation of additional containers at the sites for all recyclable materials including waste paper, plastic bottles, and polyethylene. The contents of these containers are further removed to the sorting center, wherespecially trained specialists divide recyclable materials into fractions, which will further be processed.The Volga Ecological Company is the partner of the project. Moreover, a campaign was

Talentedyouth, youngscientists, proponentsofchildren’sand youthorganizations can participatein the VIRepublican Youth Forum “Our Tatarstan”. Thetime frame for submission of applicationswas prolongeduntilMarch7, 2016.Allinallthereare 10 topicalplatforms: “Theterritoryofinnovations”; “The territory of architecture and art”; “The territory of entrepreneurship”; “The territory of kindness”; “The territory of safety”; “The territory of sports”; “The territory of information”; “The territory of small motherland”; “The territory