The document describes plans for an Interactive Ecocenter for Sustainable Development to be located in the Main Botanical Garden in Kyiv, Ukraine. The center aims to educate Ukrainian citizens on environmentally friendly practices and sustainable development. It will feature educational exhibits and programs for families, children, businesses and the public on topics like renewable energy, waste reduction, sustainable agriculture and more. The center also plans social and economic zones to demonstrate sustainable cultural practices and environmentally-friendly business models.

1. Interactive
Ecocenter for
Sustainable
Development
Kyiv, Ukraine
2015
GreenHub

2. OUR MEGA GOAL:
SUSTAINABLE UKRAINE

3. Sustainable development:
Future in which economic
development takes place for the
benefit of society and preserving
the environment.

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OUR AIM:
To bring up
environmentally aware
citizens of Ukraine

5. WE ARE STARTING WITH FIRST BRICKS:
EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONEMTALLY FRIENDLY
ECOCENTER ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

6. Place: Main Place: Main Botanical garden
© Alexander Ivanov
BOTANICAL GARDEN
• In the center of Kyiv
• In convenient and easy to
reach place
IN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN
- In the center of Kyiv
- In convenient and easy to reach place

7. Target groups:
•Young families (25-35)
•with children
•Young people (18-25)
•Schoolchildren and
students
•Business companies and
organizations

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Ecocenter for families
Exhibitions explain how to
organize your livelihood in
a sustainable way in order
to minimize impact to
environment

9. Ecocenter for children
Interactive education programs for different ages will shape
behavior of youngsters towards sustainable use of natural
resouces
© Wild Wonders of Europe /Staffan Widstrand / WWF
Ecocenter for children
Interactive education
programs for different ages
will shape behavior of
youngsters towards
sustainable use of natural
resouces

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Ecocenter for business
Center will be built and
equipped by the principles of
"Green Office" with the use of
goods and services that
reduce the environmental
impact compared to traditional
methods of construction

11. Center for experience exchange: in our
center everyone will be able to get
information on current approaches in
compliance with the principles of
sustainable development
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13. Economic zone of Ecocenter
Demonstrates
extraction and processing of raw
materials, creation of environmentally
acceptable products, minimization,
recycling and disposal of waste.
Interactive models windmill, solar
panels, heat pump;
Environmentally friendly agricultural
practices;
Visualization of waste that produces
one Ukrainian.

14. Social zone of Ecocenter
Displays ways of maintaining
stability of social and cultural
systems.
Games for different age groups: "I
plan my business" (students), "I
design your garden" (students),
"Culture of the World" (younger
children);
Gender infographics;
Historical socio-cultural practices
of sustainable development in
Ukraine with a focus on
intergenerational justice.

15. Environmental Zone of
Ecocenter
Dedicated to the conservation of
natural systems taking into account
the principle of dynamic adaptation.
Set to showcase the filtering
process water through mineral
fraction;
Layout of wetlands;
Stand on adaptation to climate
change;
The game "ecological footprint";
The exposition of the role of plants
in sustainable development.

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Help us to build a better world.

17. © Alexander Ivanov
E-mail: oleksandrbaskov@gmail.com
Oleksandr Baskov
mob.: +38 063 478 47 73
E-mail: atarasova@wwfdcp.org
Olena Tarasova-Krasiieva
mob.: +38 093 382 91 93
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