On November 13, our NGO Center of Bioethical Research and Culture held another environmental talk “The first knowledge about waste and garbage”.
Parishioners, novices and nuns participated in an interactive conversation led by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Archimandrite Adam Akhaladze. The purpose of the conversation was to find out how well the participants understand the importance of acquiring elementary theoretical and practical knowledge about waste and garbage.
The interview was held at the Monastery of St. Queen Tamara (Shindisi, Tbilisi, Georgia). After the environmental talk, the participants toured the monastery complex (cowshed, chicken coop, kitchen garden, garden, cemetery…) and tried to see the existing problems due to the presence of waste of various kinds.
Waste has existed for as long as humanity has existed. In ancient cities and settlements there were already special places where household waste was left. Until the 19th century, waste for the most part represented only an epidemiological hazard. These were organic substances and materials that do not pollute the environment. With the advent of industry, the problem of garbage also arose. The more enterprises grew, the more waste became. With the start of oil refining, the situation worsened. Now there is waste that does not decompose at all. At the end of the 20th century, the solution to the garbage problem was very unexpected. Plastic and other hard-to-decompose items were simply exported to third world countries. In the 21st century, it became clear that this does not solve the problem, but only exacerbates it. Now the issue of ecology has become more relevant than ever.
The event was held within the framework of the project “Churches, religious and public organizations for the eco-education of national minorities”, which is implemented by the Interreligious and Environmental Civil Forum of Eastern Europe (IRCEF) (head by Alexander Bokotey) in cooperation with the German Nature Conservation Union (NABU Bundesverband NABU International ) with the support of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Auswärtiges Amt #AA_Kultur #CivilSocietyCooperation ) project coordinators Ivan Tymofeiev (NABU), Nataliya Kulya (IRCEF).