The last of the series of meetings held by mayors of the Jindřichův Hradec region took place in protest of the governmental decision to include the locality of Čihadlo as the sixth potential site for geological disposal facility. A short report can be accessed here.
The seminar called "Sun for Historic Sites - Can Historic Buildings Withstand Solar Panels?" was organized by Calla in co-operation with the League of Ecological Alternatives in České Budějovice. Some of the reports can be read here.
In the middle of October 2005, the government announced in accordance with the Minister Urban's proposal that uranium mining in the last operational uranium mine in the European Union, in Dolní Rožínka near Ždár nad Sázavou, will continue at least until 2008 (but probably longer). Read more here.
The exhibition called "The Harmony, Ecology and Economics in Housing" took place at the Research Library of South Bohemia in České Budějovice in September 2005. A short report is here.
The Act No. 180/2005 Coll., on the. Promotion of Use of Renewable Sources, which could start a revolution in the Czech energy sector, became valid on August 1, 2005. More info is here.
The seminar called "The Radioactive Waste Management and the Public"
took place in the Plenary Session Hall of Wallenstein Palace, Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seminar was organized by Jitka Seitlová, member of the Senate and council member of the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO), with professional and organisational support of non-governmental organisations Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnutí DUHA) and Calla.
For
further information see the press release.
To
download some of the contributions and view some photographs click here.
The stenographic
record of the whole seminar can be downloaded here (doc, 358 kB)
The third solar energy-orientated Czech-Austrian conference called "The SUN 2004" took place within the framework of the "AQUA-THERM" trade fair in Prague. The relevant lectures can be found here.
The seminar called "Renewable Energy Sources and the Regional Energetic Concepts" was organized by Calla in co-operation with the Ministry of the Environment. The reports presented during the seminar may be downloaded here.