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ANO "Information Resource Center "Our Heritage" with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, the Fund for Assistance to Housing and Communal Services Reform and the Russian Union of Rural Youth is holding an All-Russian competition of children's and youth projects "Planet is our heritage". The main goal of the contest is to educate the younger generation with respect for the environment, ecological culture, and to form a healthy lifestyle.

On March 21 and 22 in 5 cities of the Russian Federation (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan) at 10 sites of the most visited shopping and entertainment complexes and business centers, an ecological and educational campaign "With water on first-name terms" will be held. The event is timed to the celebration of the World Water Resources Day, the main goal is to involve residents in solving issues of protection and rational use of water resources. The event is organized by the Federal Agency of Water Resources (Rosvodresursy).

The International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business!" is held by the Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Management (Rosprirodnadzor). The main objectives of the award are to increase the ecological culture and awareness of young people, to involve children and adolescents in the environmental agenda, supporting their eco-activity in popular formats.

International project "Ecological culture. Peace and Harmony" is held by the V. I. Vernadsky Foundation annually since 2012. The event is aimed at identifying and supporting projects that have practical application in the field of formation and development of ecological culture.

In the children's ecological and biological center of Yelabuga, employees of the Kama Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan held an environmental campaign to collect spent power sources "Hand over batteries with Duracell". As a result of the efforts of environmentalists and residents of Yelabuga, more than 120 kg of used batteries were collected.

Employees of the Northern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology, together with primary school students of school No. 3 of the Arsky district, made and hung feeders in Victory Park for birds returning from wintering.

Inspectors of the Zakamsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan held an eco-lesson for the kids of kindergarten No. 8 of the Nizhnekamsk district. Children learned in an informative way how to preserve the forest and protect nature.

Inspectors of the Northern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan held an eco-lesson on the topic "Sorting garbage – taking care of nature" for preschool children of the kindergarten "Romashka" of the Kukmor district.

At Naberezhnye Chelny State Pedagogical University, students held an ecological and literary hour dedicated to the writer Mikhail Prishvin. Employees of the Kama Territorial Administration were invited to the eco-hour.

Today, the All-Russian Children's and Youth Organization "Young Traffic Inspectors" (YTI) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Specially for this day, employees of the territorial departments of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan held environmental lessons, where they told children about the rules of eco-friendly behavior on the road, because road safety is a common concern.