October 3, 2013, Yaremche, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — At the Carpathian National Nature Park (CNNP) Ecotourist Visit Center, the environmental NGO "MAMA-86-Yaremche" delivered a presentation to 22 representatives from NGOs in the oblast's Yaremche and Nadvirna Raions as well as the CNNP and the Natural Reserve "Gorgany."

The head of the environmental organization, Marta Korchemlyuk, presented themes of this year's Green Consumer Week's "Environment on Your Plate" campaign, underway within the Global Green Action Week. The campaign's information materials were also distributed among the participants for their local follow-up activities.

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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.