Intensive Study Programme Bison Hillock

Key dates of the Bison Hillock Intensive Study Programme

Time frame: Sunday, May 5 to Sunday, May 12, 2019
Travel days:Saturday, May 4 and Monday, May 14
Host: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) and World Wildlife Found Romania
Focus Challenge: Nature based tourism and rural entrepreneurship
Focus topic: Wilderness powers values-based communities
Workshop Location: Carpathian Mountains, Armenis Commune, Romania
Participants: students and staff members from the Community Learning for Local Change ERASMUS partnership, villagers from the Armenis Community

There is a serious lack of an action-driven waste management system for individual consumers
- What do we do now with the used clothing items, paper, glass, the oil used in cooking, batteries, printers, used tires, plastic (bottles)?
- What could we do differently (better) for the environment?
Too few companies are using circular economy in their business model
- How do we convince more companies to integrate circular economy principles of reduce, reuse, recycle?
Serious lack of education for adults on waste management (at home, at work)
- How do we convince consumers to reduce, reuse, recycle various items?

The Bucharest Ecosystem of Circular Economy, author: Dr. Daniela Staicu, Atelier Merci Charity

Exploring Bucharest‘s ecosystem for circular economy
Focus: Recycling, waste management and circular economy
Cooperation with social businesses already active in the field of waste management:
- SOMARO: social supermarket
- RECICLETA (Viitor Plus association): Management of paper, cardboard, PET, aluminum.
- GOOD BOUTIQUE, Red Cross Romania: Management of textiles through recycling and reusing
- The Canvas Workshop - Atelierul de Panza: Management of textiles through recycling and reusing
Core question: How to strengthen the capacity of social enterprises based in Bucharest?
This will start by addressing concrete challenges the social businesses are currently facing