Spring cleaning tour starts: Take part in environmental protection in your city!

Spring cleaning tour starts: Take part in environmental protection in your city!

On April 22, the Earth Day, the social media initiative Planet Matters starts a comprehensive spring cleaning tour through the German-speaking area. This 14-day campaign includes Austria, Germany and Switzerland and aims to promote collecting garbage together with various actors. This includes students: inside, communities, companies and volunteers. The tour takes place from April 22nd to May 6th and includes cities such as Vienna, Graz, Zurich, Munich and Augsburg. With this initiative, the organizers want to motivate people to actively work for environmental protection, which is particularly important in today's world, with increasing ecological challenges.

As part of the initiative, the participants are invited to take part in so -called cleanups that take about 90 minutes. Small challenges are integrated to increase motivation. The entire activities are documented on Tikkok, where the environmental community can already see over 3 million followers and more than 200 million video calls. The campaign is supported by the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative as part of the "Pump for the Planet" campaign, which also aims at awareness of environmental issues.

Tour details and app functions

The tours of the tour are diverse and include:

• 22. & 23. April: Wien
• 24. April: Spittal a. d. Drau
• 25. April: Klagenfurt
• 26. April: Villach
• 27. April: Linz
• 28. & 29. April: Graz
• 1. Mai: Winterthur
• 2. Mai: Zürich
• 3. Mai: Innsbruck
• 4. Mai: München (mit World Cleanup)
• 5. Mai: Augsburg (mit World Cleanup)
• 6. Mai: Eisenstadt

No registration is required for the participants; The meeting points and times are available online. In addition, Planet Matters will start an app that enables the collection campaigns with location tracking and photos to be documented. The app rewards the participants with virtual planet coins that can be exchanged for vouchers, discounts or donations. A highlight of the tour is the main price system in which the ALLIGATION ALLOWER is raffled off.

The role of environmental education

At a time when environmental issues are becoming increasingly pressing, environmental education is becoming increasingly important. These training approaches increase environmental awareness and promote sustainable action at all levels of society. Studies have shown that targeted environmental education leads to increased commitment to environmental protection and contributes to developing innovative solutions. It is therefore crucial for Planet Matters to include schools and communities in the activities in order to achieve a broad sphere of activity.

In -depth educational offers in environmental education are diverse and range from formal schools and universities to workshops to online available courses. The imparting of values ​​and sensitizing the effects of one's own actions on the environment are central elements of environmental education. In addition to the organizational challenges, such as uneven access to education or poor financial support, technological innovations such as interactive learning treatments and social media should also be increasingly used in order to promote environmental awareness.

In summary, the Planet Matters initiative is a step in the right direction to strengthen the awareness of environmental protection and create a network of committed citizens: inside. For the future, it is crucial that such actions will be carried on to develop a more sustainable society.

For more information on this exciting initiative and its importance for environmental protection, visit [ÖWOREWS] (https://www2.oekonews.at/planet-matters-start- Frueh year-clean-through-through-room+2400+1226349) [Greenkama] (https://www.greenkama.org/foerderung-von-umweltwelwiche- Umweltbildung/).