| Schoolchildren and Their Parents in Nova Kakhovka Regale Alternative Candies |  |
| Monday, 30 September 2013 00:00 | |||
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The activity, carried out in the framework of the Green Consumer Week and the Global Green Action Week, was initiated by the school’s biology teacher and a member of MAMA-86-Nova Kakhovka, Iryna Kucherenko. It took 20 tables to accommodate the homemade confection. The sweets were made of healthy products, such as dried apricots and plums, different sorts of nuts, sunflower seeds, honey, etc. It was the first event like that in the city, and Mr. Kovalenko said he hopes it will become a tradition. The Mayor also awarded diplomas to participants in the action. Please see pictures from the event on the MAMA-86 Facebook page: *** Green Consumer Weeks in Ukraine – week-long concentrated awareness campaigns aimed at popularizing environmentally responsible consumption and focused on one of important themes of sustainable consumption – have been carried out since 2012 by the Ukrainian National Environmental NGO "MAMA-86" with support from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and in collaboration with various partner organizations. The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has been conducting similar campaigns in their country in October for many years running. These campaigns have helped significantly increase public awareness of advantages of environment-friendly way of living, develop a legal framework that encourages sustainable consumption and prohibits or limits supply of environmentally harmful goods and services, as well as form a circle of eco-responsible producers and sellers who, on their part, further the transition of the Swedish society toward more sustainable consumption behavior.
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September 30, 2013, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast — Students of all 16 classes of General Education School #3 along with their parents held an event they called “Alternative Candies,” at which they not only learned about healthy and environment-friendly candies but also regaled with sweets made with their own hands. Nova Kakhovka Mayor Volodymyr Kovalenko was one of the sweet feast’s guests.