Trubarjeva cesta 50, SI-1000 Ljubljana
+ 386 59 071 320
+ 386 59 071 320
The aim of the Environment Centre is to provide better work conditions for environmental NGOs. The Environment Centre also providing basic infrastructure and help to not yet established NGOs and civil initiatives. Consequently we are trying to achieve bigger influence of environmental NGOs in decision making processes.
Aims of Environment centre:
The Info Point is a space within the Environment Centre where the public can obtain environmental information and publications. The Info point staff is trained to help you find answers to your questions related to environment and sustainable development. Every first working Monday of the month the Info Point in partnership with PIC Legal Information Centre also offers free legal advice for environmental NGOs and individuals.
The Info Point is also used as a venue for workshops, press-conferences and small exhibitions.
Our fields of work: Promotion of Sustainable Lifestyle, Nature Conservation, Organic Farming, Rural Development, Genetically Modified Organisms, Environmental Education, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Sources, Protection of the Alps, Fair Trade, Sustainable Consumption, Chemicals, Sustainable Mobility, Public Participation.
Office hours:
Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 13. p.m. and 14. p.m. - 17. p.m.
Every third Saturday in the month:10. a.m. - 13. p.m.
Sundays and holidays: closed
Telephone: +386 (0)590 71320
Fax: +386 (0)590 71320
E-mail: info@okoljski-center.si
The Incubator is an office in the Environmental Centre, which can be used by environmental NGOs and civil initiatives working in the field of environment protection and sustainable development and do not have their own offices. The office can be used at no charge under the condition that the organization has no full time employees.
The office can also be used as a meeting place or temporary office by NGOs not situated in Ljubljana.. Organizations which are able to use the incubator can also use the Info Point office for their meetings and public events for free.
For the use of incubator an organization should fill in a registration form, agree with the regulations to gain the incubator user status and agree with the Environmental centre house rules.
NGO occasionally using premises of the Environmental Center
CIPRA Slovenia, association for protection of the Alps, is a member of CIPRA, International Commission for the Protection of the Alps. CIPRA is a non-governmental umbrella organisation with national representatives in the Alpine countries; it represents over 100 associations and organisations from seven Alpine states - Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Slovenia.
CIPRA Slovenia is, considering The Alpine convention, working on:
- conservation of natural and cultural heritage in Alpine region,
- stimulating and respecting of guidelines for nature and landscape
protection,
- striving for the projects in the Alps which are compatible with principles of nature conservation and are acceptable for the environment and society,
- efficient and sustainable reducing of environment impacts in the Alps
- development of wide awareness about the Alps inside and outside the Alpine region.
Focus Association for Sustainable Development is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit and apolitical association of individuals, established in 2002.
The vision of Focus is socially and environmentally responsible society. Mission of Focus is to change the behavior of people towards more environmentally and socially responsible life through the enhancement of understanding and awareness. The fields of work are: climate, energy, mobility and sustainable development. Activities of Focus are: organization of events, project work, raising public awareness, cooperation with various stakeholders, analyzing trends and responding to current events, cooperation in decision-making processes and any other activity, which contributes to the aim of Focus.
Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) is a private non-profit institute founded in 1995. Our broader objective is implementation of the principles of sustainable development in the praxis as well as their integration into national and EU strategic development programmes.
Our specific objectives are:
Topics of our work are:
Enhancing role of non-governmental organisations in development of strategic programmes on different levels (national, EU, international) and their implementation
Slovenski E-forum
SE-F is an expert based environmental
non-government nonprofit citizen's organisation established in 1993 with a
basic mission to contribute toward sustainable energy policy on local,
national, regional and global level. We believe that de-centralized, local
circumstances suited and multi-stakeholder governed energy systems are the
basis of sustainability. We believe that preserving self-renewal capacities of
local and global eco-systems can match with solid energy standard for all
people. We are convinced that this can create new jobs in the field of energy
services, development of new technologies and utilisation of renewable energy
sources, effective use of energy as well as management of the energy systems.
SE-F is also a kind of think thank organisation for environmental movement in
Slovenia on the issues of energy and climate policy, economic incentives in
environmental protection and public participation in energy related decision
making. Finally, SE-F is trying to connect people, NGOs, experts, public
officials and business in our own country and abroad to form joint incentives
and programmes for sustainable development.
SE-F constituency of 85 members is an interdisciplinary mixture of the experts from the field of energy planning, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, architecture computer-science, economy, geography, social sciences etc. and activists from the field of environmental protection, climate prevention and sustainable development.
Umanotera, The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development Umanotera's mission is to implement the principles of sustainable development in practise, particularly those aimed at preserving natural resources and biological diversity, i.e. balancing the human society with the environment and promoting environmental ethics. Umanotera understands sustainable development as a dynamic balance between man and nature that maintains social equity and intergenerational responsibility. Through its ways of operating, Umanotera cultivates the values of enterpreneurship, creativity, partnership and quality. Its aims to promote sustainability principles as defined by Agenda 21 through publications, events, website and information databases; to build capacity for NGOs, municipalities and business for sustainable development; to networking and develop strategic partnerships with organisations with similar goals in Slovenia and internationally; to participate in policy creation related to sustainable development issues and to monitor the implementation of sustainable development policies and legislation at national level. SE-F constituency of 85 members is an interdisciplinary mixture of the experts from the field of energy planning, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, architecture computer-science, economy, geography, social sciences etc. and activists from the field of environmental protection, climate prevention and sustainable development.
Be alive Eco tours
Society for promoting development of sustainable tourism (Be Alive) was developt to support the slovenian organic farms orientateted in sustainable tourism.
We are doing this by:
- helping farmers to increase their inner economy threw activities of ecological tourism and continue their sustainable practises also in future,
- helping the farmers to form the appropriate tourist program that preserves the local tradition, natural and cultural resources ,
- guiding tourists into the slovene countryide where the cultural heritage and traditional way of life is still alive,
- showing guests the valuable of local & organicaly produced food,
- and achieving the higher consciousness of visitors about the quality of life on the country side
We are performing ecotours together with the farmers and local guides as well as showing holistic approach to travel by offering our guest an unique opportunity to take part in responsible tourism while exploring some of the undiscovered parts of Slovenia. We do this by treading lightly on the natural areas we explore and by partnering with ecological farms where guest can enjoy farm accommodation and home cooked meals made from locally grown organic ingredients.
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