NORTH –MÁTRA

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATON

BÁTONYTERENYE

HUNGARY

Where we are ….

OUR HISTORY

It was founded in 2001

Who founded ?

People interested in environmental protection of our town

Our mission:

Take extra care for saving natural values of Mátra mountains, motivate peoples developing „green –tourism „

Give non-formal education mainly in environmental protection

MEMBERS OF OUR

ASSOCIATION

We are opened for everybody, who is

interested in our task, but our members

are mainly teachers, students, forest

men, and members of local

municipalities

OUR BUDGET….

• MEMBERSHIP FEE

• Applications

• program sponsoring from municipalities,

companies

• Working staff volunteers

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Analysis of environmental conditions

Water quality assessment /BISEL , chemical analysis

Organizing actions, competitions for better living conditions

waste collecting, planting of trees

Organizing Non formal education courses

International activities

2003-2007 interreg III: C caves network

2006-2008 Forest school Gruntvig 2

2007- 2009 Teachers in action /

Leonardo transfer of innovation

2013-2015 Gruntvig „THREE”

MAIN ACTIVITIES …

PROGRAMS :

Motivate inhabitants for using

„environmental friendly „ technologies

stop environmental degradation

Active participation in conferences

/National forest strategy concept/

Activities saving natural values

Reconstruction of living places of

hornets / scoliidae

Activities in local policy…

Touristic concept

Indication of territories with local

protection

Selective waste collecting „islands „

indication

Activities in prospects…

Presentation of our natural values

/booklet / (2003., 2005.),

Participation on „ traveling „ festival in

Budapest(2003., 2004.)

Activities in cultural life…

„ make music in forest „

Cultural –musical fest in forest in

summer period

Teaching in outdoor

environment

The use of real materials as an

educational tool gives individuals the

possibility to see, feel and touch them in

a sensory way. This makes the world

come alive during a lesson, the subject

matter becomes a concrete experience.

Be happy in outdoor…

Our contacts….

With other associations /cultural, folk NGO-s,

With companies situated in our discrit.

With local municipalities: Bátonyterenye, Szuha, Kazár, Mátraverebély, Nemti, Dorogháza, Pásztó, Mátramindszent

With schools

BÁTONYTERENYE

Bátonyterenye

New part

Conference hall

Fishing lake..MACONKA

Thank you for attention !