Awareness-raising
Let’s Talk About Climate Change!
Within the framework of the LIFE project, we place a strong emphasis on raising awareness, with a key objective of increasing climate consciousness among target groups. The awareness-raising activities involve project partners such as the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Counties, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, and the Ministry of Energy.
The primary target group of Eszterházy Károly Catholic University consists of young children and students, while the chambers’ outreach activities aim to engage a broader segment of the population, with a special focus on families.
This subpage provides an overview of activities related to awareness-raising efforts.
Let's talk about climate change! MOBIDIK- Vehicle
The MOBIDIK vehicle is the awareness-raising program of the LIFE-IP North Hu Trans project of the Heves County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and has been touring major events in the county’s settlements and national Green events since 2022.
At our stand, visitors can playfully meet the objectives of the circular economy, measure their ecological footprint, study energy saving opportunities, and learn about renewable energy sources and the possibility of energy modernization of homes.
- The Mobile Demonstration and Information Center “MOBIDIK vehicle” is an electric demonstration vehicle equipped with a solar panel system, which generates the electricity needed to use the devices on site.
- At the demonstration vehicle, we offer participants a fresh coffee – where we also produce the electricity needed for the coffee maker on site – illustrating the energy consumption of household appliances.
- Participants can test their sustainability literacy with the Green Wheel of Fortune.
- Adults and high school students can measure their ecological footprint and carbon footprint to learn how much their current lifestyle is burdening the Earth.
- They can measure and influence the current air quality of the event with our smart measuring instruments.
- Our VR experience guides visitors to the “Sustainable Changes Room”, where visitors can learn how their decisions affect our planet.
- Let’s save the earth! Children can compete in small groups with a Kahoot game to see who will be the green hero of the program!
- We also have a creative corner and a selective waste collection game for the little ones, so that they can also be informed about the sustainability issues of our planet in a timely manner.
Since 2022, more than 25 thousand people have been exposed to our awareness-raising program at 48 events in 14 settlements.
The second workshop of the MINED ERASMUS+ project was held in Thessaloniki
The MINED ERASMUS+ project is one of the first spin-off projects of the LIFE project, whose main objective is to develop a non-formal educational toolkit to help primary school students to increase their knowledge in the field of sustainability.
Winning Erasmus+ projects: five international programmes start at the university this autumn
Dr. Zoltán Kálmán Váczy, Vice-Rector General of Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, presented winning the Erasmus+ applications launched in the autumn at a press conference, followed by the professional leaders of the international projects.
Messe exhibition visit in Hannover
After a two-year hiatus, the world’s largest industrial exhibition and the world’s most important industry business event, Hannover Messe, has resumed with a business delegation organised by HKIK at the end of May. Representatives of companies from Heves and Borsod counties joined the programme as suppliers and business partners of the Mátra power plant in the framework of the LIFE-IP North-HU-Trans project’s corporate mentoring programme.
INFORM EU Conference Country Mix
At the INFORM EU Conference Country Mix workshop organised by the European Commission in Malta, the Ministry of Technology and Industry had the opportunity to present and promote the LIFE IP North-HU-Trans – KEHOP cooperation, which started in Markazon on 7 May, and continued in Gyöngyös on 13 May and in Abasar on 14 May under the title Eco-Revolution.
Good practices II – Genk, Belgium
Short summary of the study prepared by the European Union Platform for Coal Regions in Transition. For the full source material, please click on the link at the end of the article.
Good Practice I. – Loos-en-Gohelle, France
For nearly 150 years, coal mining has provided a livelihood for generations in this small northern French town of 7,000 people and defined the identity of individuals and communities alike. When the last mine closed in the 1980s, residents had to deal not only with environmental but also social damage.
The legacy of mining included huge tailings piles, subsidence and contaminated groundwater, skyrocketing unemployment, and a loss of identity and self-esteem. They were at a crossroads.They could have tried to attract another similar large-scale industrial activity to replace coal mining. Or, they could seek a new direction and redefine themselves. Not wanting to repeat the same problem and become vulnerable again, the town council decided to steer the future of Loos-en-Gohelle in a different direction, but without denying its past.