At the beginning of October, a series of training courses for the inhabitants of the Gryfino Commune on setting up home rain gardens began. The first training took place in Drzenin and was attended by 20 instructors of village centers run by the Gryfino Community Center and members of the Country Housewives Association.
On a beautiful autumn Saturday, 17 th of September 2022, took place the first Gryfino Green Public Forum.
Whole “green activities” took place in the relaxing atmosphere of the palace garden in Gryfino: an extremely energetic jazz concert performed by Sylwester Ostrowski and Dorrey Lin Lyles, joint planting of spring flower bulbs (CebuLOVE!), games for children, eco-workshops (making flower bombs and painting reusable shopping bags), a lecture on the importance of urban greenery and a competition with plant prizes, tasty and healthy refreshments.
200 people took part in an eco bike rally on the route from Gryfino to Chwarstnica. The youngest cyclists were 2 years old and the oldest 73!
The workshops are aimed at training the employees of the Town and Commune Office in Gryfino in implementing modern and ecological investments in the field of green and blue infrastructure. The training was organized by Icelandic engineers from Verkis, the project partner. The topics of the second workshop was focused on planning, design and management …
Project beneficiary:
Gryfino Commune
www.gryfino.pl
Project partner:
Verkis hf
www.verkis.com
The project benefits from a 815 968,81 EUR (3 521 639,80 PLN) grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA (European Economic Area) Grants. The aim of the project is to mitigate climate change and adapt to it’s effects. More informations >