Be a part of protecting the Baltic Sea! Turku 2011 now encourages the inhabitants of the coastline to light a fire and make an eco-pledge on the last Saturday of August.

Act to promote the wellbeing of the Baltic Sea:

  • Light your Ancient Bonfire on Saturday evening of August 27, at 9:30 pm, Finnish time, and in advance on the virtual map on the Internet.
  • Give an eco-pledge in connection with the lighting of the fire, to protect the Baltic Sea.
  • Indicate your fire and your pledge on the map, and let the virtual chain of Ancient Bonfires grow at the map below
  • Your eco-pledge may be a major deed or small, as long as it is a step in the direction of a cleaner sea.
  • Encourage your friends and colleagues to give an eco-pledge and spread the message of the Night of the Ancient Bonfires!

You can make a difference

... as an inhabitant by the Baltic Sea:

  • Use your bike (avoid using your car)
  • Avoid using detergents containing phosphate and wash your rug ashore, not at the seashore
  • Don’t eat rainbowtrout grown in the Baltic Sea
  • Prefer organic food
  • Empty the septic tank in accordance with the harbour waste management directives
  • Reduce your personal water and energy consumption
  • Create an artificial wetland area for the drainage area of your own agricultural land
  • Have a European video conference instead of travelling - it saves time and money.

... as a decision-maker in a city, municipality or a village:

  • Make way for the bicycle culture – build cycleways in order to make society more bike-friendly!
  • Help commuters to organise carpools by creating networks and forums on the municipal or the local authority’s webpage or through social media
  • Revise the criteria for public purchases so that environmental-friendly alternatives are prioritized
  • Provide the citizens with more recycling and waste management stations
  • Organize courses and public discussion events on environmental awareness on the local level
  • Give school children possibility to experience and visit marine biologists at work, e.g. to join bi-ologists on a sea eagle feeding-excursion
  • Dredging and dumping in lakes, seas, and waterways make it difficult for e.g. fish eggs to sur-vive. Apply eco-friendly measures!

 

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