Earth is Our Home – Environmental Awareness Event

On Friday, April 5th, the Van Esély Public Benefit Association held an all-day educational-environmental awareness event at the Saint Ladislaus Catholic Secondary School, Vocational School, Primary School, Dormitory and Kindergarten.

At the ceremonial opening, welcome speeches were given by the school's principal, Béla Kerezsi, and the event's patron, Mayor Tibor Leleszi. The event was enriched by a cultural performance from the school's folk song group and a presentation by the kindergarten children.

The first program in the morning was the screening of a short film, in which our Association's president, Péter Gergő Juhász, climbs Malawi's highest peak, Mount Mulanje, together with our colleague, Csaba Szeremley, presenting the surrounding landscape in a nature-documentary style.

Following this, educational presentations were held in different classrooms by various experts.

Presenters:

• Iván Gyulai – ecologist

• Sándor Agárdi – biology teacher, Saint Ladislaus Secondary School

• Dr. Mária Tóth Dobróné – biologist – nature quiz and exhibition

• Frantiska Safkova and Ignácia Safkova – Ursuline Sisters

• Ferenc Kiss – Dean of the University of Nyíregyháza – biologist

• Zoltán Toldi

• András Károly Széles

• Péter Nagy

• Szilvia Veress Juhászné – Planetrise Association: "Will There Be an Ice Age in Europe? Or What Will Global Warming Bring Us?"

• Péter Gergő Juhász – Planetrise Association: "I Had a Farm in Africa – Why the Fate of Distant Countries Matters to Us"

All of these were accompanied by all-day programs. Exhibitions included creations made from recycled materials by kindergartners and high school students, the award-winning traveling environmental protection exhibition, our Association's Africa exhibition, and presentations by companies and enterprises, such as "Life in a Beehive" and tastings of organic foods.