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On the Day of the Ecologist and the World Day of Environmental Protection, a subbotnik will be held on the territory of Lake Glubokoe in Kazan. Also, on June 5, the International Day of Water Purification is celebrated. The organizer is the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Today, Kazan hosted an eco-marathon of the All-Russian campaign "Water of Russia", dedicated to the Volga Day. Volunteers, activists of the Republican youth movement "It will be clean", students, concerned residents of the city and employees of departments came out to clean the territory of the beach "Lower Zarechye". From the water, the participants of the action were supported by kayakers – they cleaned the surface of the water, and divers – the bottom of the river.

On May 22, at 18:00, a lecture dedicated to the discussion of popular facts about ecology will be held on Vkusny Bulvar of the Mega Kazan shopping Center. How to preserve the health of your skin, what scientists understand by the word ecology and what ecologists do, what kind of plastic we do not see and whether it carries a danger to the environment – all this participants will learn as part of a series of lectures "Environmental myths".

"Earth Hour" is an international symbolic campaign, during which environmentalists call for turning off the lights and household electrical appliances for 1 hour as a sign of concern for the future of the planet. On a global scale, this allows you to reduce energy consumption, and therefore save resources. The event, organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is designed to draw attention to the need for a responsible attitude to the nature and resources of the planet.

"Earth Hour" is an international symbolic action, during which environmentalists call for turning off the lights and household electrical appliances for 1 hour as a sign of concern for the future of the planet. This year, the action will take place on Saturday, March 27, from 20.30 to 21.30. The aim of the project is to draw attention to the need for a care for the nature, reasonable consumption and saving of the planet's resources. More than 2 billion people around the world in 188 countries take part in this event; the lighting of more than 18 thousand architectural monuments goes out.

The Republic of Tatarstan was recognized as the best and most active region in writing the All-Russian ecological dictation. The region is also in first place in terms of the number of winners - 4,772 people. In total, 2.8 million people from all regions of the country took part in the environmental education campaign, and 3.6 thousand offline sites were organized across Russia.

Representatives of the Tatarstan branch of the Russian Geographical Society, together with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, volunteers of public organizations and caring citizens, cleaned the coastal zone and the Lesnoye Lake in the Aviastroitelny district of Kazan. The event was organized within the framework of the federal project “Preservation of unique water bodies” of the national project “Ecology”.