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Plastic-free July 2022

Background: Plastic-Free July was launched in Australia in 2011 as an awareness-raising and attitude-changing initiative to encourage people to use as little disposable plastic as possible. It has grown so much that last year more than 100 million people from 190 countries around the world took up the challenge.

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Pass it back, Brother - Spring 2022 campaign organized by the Green University Program of the UP

Pass it back, Brother Spring 2022 campaign

For the fourth year running, the "Pass it back, Bro!" campaign to collect used mobile phones is being run jointly by the Jane Goodall Institute, the KÖVET Association, the Foundation for Africa and the Defence Association. The University of Pécs joined the initiative 3 years ago.

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UP MOON BIKE 2022 - The goal is still the Moon for the third time as well!

The UP MOON BIKE project aims to complete the distance between the Earth and the Moon, i.e. 384 400 km, which is organized again this year by the Relations Directorate of the University of Pécs after two successful years. The aim of this year's challenge, which encourages a healthy lifestyle and environmental awareness, is to smash last year's record. Last year it took 59 days to reach the Moon, this year the organizers are encouraging a shorter time.

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Sustainability Week at the lower secondary school of the Deák Ferenc Primary School of the UP 25-29. 04. 2022.

In the school year 2021-22, the lower secondary school of the Deák Ferenc Primary School of the UP has chosen water as one of the priority themes of sustainability. Its multifaceted approach offered a rich program of activities for students outside the school walls as well. Since the first two years of lower secondary school do not include environmental education, the teachers tried to make the week as informative as possible through a focus on the subject.

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The team of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology of the UP is the only Hungarian team to present a unique plus-energy house at the Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal

The energy-efficient house built by the Lungs of the city Team, the only Hungarian team of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2022 International Building Innovation Competition, was inaugurated at a bush ceremony on 13th May in Pécs by László György dr., Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Regulation of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology.

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Ornamental Plant Exhibition and Fair at the UP Botanical Garden

The Ornamental Plant Exhibition and Fair will be held again in the Botanical Garden of the UP

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS- Earth Day 2022 - Dress Green or Dress your environment Green!

This year's "Dress Green or Dress your environment Green" game was a great success. Nearly 200 citizens of Pécs and/or universities shared a part of their colorful gardens or dressed green themselves, raising awareness about the importance of protecting our planet.

A selection of the entries and the names of the winners can be viewed in the attached gallery.

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YouPick! - Voluntarily for a Clean Hungary campaign was joined again this year by the University of Pécs

The University of Pécs joined the YouPick! - Voluntarily for a Clean Hungary campaign again this year. The YouPick! voluntary waste collection campaign was carried out for the 10th time this year. Between 2-8th May 2022, YouPick! volunteers "cleaned up" all over the country as part of the waste collection campaign.

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Our environment, our health, our future quiz

Our environment, our health, our future quiz

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"Green solutions in Pécs" - presentation of the Green Aura project at the ECOCITY week in Pécs Árkád

 "Green solutions in Pécs" - Green Aura project presented at the ECOCITY week in Pécs Árkád

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