Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 23-24 April 2022, the capital’s Dustlik Park will host a grand event - the 1st Ecological Festival - Yashil Makon. The project is organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Dustlik Park and Makon TV Channel. The festival is supported by the Public Charitable Foundation “Meros”, NGO “Council for Ecological Construction of Uzbekistan”, the Yoga Federation of Uzbekistan, the Khokimiyat of the city of Tashkent and the Khokimiyat of the Yakkasaray district.

I Ecological Festival - "Yashil Makon" - a large-scale environmental and educational project, the spirit and philosophy of which are aimed at preserving nature through art. The main idea of the project is to create a single space for environmental competitions, master classes, a platform for the exchange of opinions and exhibitions.

The purpose of the festival is to instill an ecological culture and develop ecotourism among children and youth.

For two days from 9 am to 10 pm, residents and guests of Tashkent will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition of electric cars, the art exhibition Ecology and Man, the exhibition-fair of environmentally friendly products and souvenirs ECO EXPO.

The main site of the festival will feature photography, painting, eco-posters, master classes, lectures, film screenings, environmental education events for children and adults, game quests for children.

As part of the festival, another planting of trees is planned, with the involvement of the club of volunteers of the Meros Foundation. In addition, the Ministry of Innovative Development, the State Center for Environmental Certification and Standardization LLC and the Meros Public Charitable Foundation will announce a nationwide competition of new innovative start-up projects on the theme “Aral Sea Region - a zone of environmental innovations and technologies” within the framework of the festival.

The purpose of the competition is to support innovative projects of young entrepreneurs in the Aral Sea region, in particular in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, to introduce innovative and environmentally friendly technologies for the development of agriculture, forestry, water, fisheries and alternative energy. 

Young entrepreneurs who wish to take part in the competition can submit their projects to the competition commission from 1 to 31 May 2022.

Ecological holiday "Tashkent Green" will take place on the first day of the festival, on 23 April. The holiday is dedicated to the completion of the next stage of the large-scale social program "Green Schools of Uzbekistan". In November 2021, an environmental project was launched to train 200 teachers and more than 5,000 students from 50 schools in Tashkent as part of the Solid Domestic Waste Sorting module, organized and initiated by the NGO Green Building Council of Uzbekistan. The project is supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan.

The program of the event includes a children’s concert and an activity zone for children. Participants of the holiday will be able to get acquainted with chemical experiments in an interactive form, assemble robots and engage in creative activities. This program is conducted in full accordance with the state strategy for STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).

Games from the social project "Hashar week".

Children will be given a mini-lecture about environmental problems and the importance of sorting garbage. Children will be divided into teams and will distribute cards with the name of garbage and recyclables in the right boxes in a playful way. For adult participants, there are also competitions for sorting recyclables into separate bins.

The hashar week social project is one of the first projects that implements sustainable development programs at the system level. The social project was successfully implemented with the support of the Cabinet of Ministers and in cooperation with a number of ministries, business structures and international organizations.

Intellectual game - "Eco-Zakovat" will be held on the second day of the festival, on 24 April. The main theme of the questions of the game is the theme of ecology and natural resources. The organizers came up with a special prize for the winning team.

“Is it clean where they clean it? What is wrong with the culture of recreation in Uzbekistan? An example of natural areas of the Tashkent region "

The garbage-polluted hills of Krasnogorsk were widely discussed in the media space.

Perhaps the main question raised by this photo is: why is the culture of recreation at such a low level? Who should be responsible for the safety of public tourist spaces? What impact does the behavior of vacationers have on the environment, society and the country as a whole? The discussion session will discuss these questions and try to find collective answers.

In addition to useful lectures and master classes, the festival will delight you with:

• Food court with healthy and tasty food and drinks

• Sports tournaments, chess, table tennis.

• Children’s entertainment area and master classes, face art

• Musical platform

• Contests, quests, photo zone and more

• activity zone for children (sign connection with the sciences, assembly of robots and creative activity);

• holding a drawing competition on the topic of ecology, environmental cleanliness and waste sorting;

• Samples of electric vehicles, solar panels and other environmentally friendly equipment will be presented in the park.

The festival welcomes picnic lovers and invites them to stay comfortably in the picnic areas of the park, keeping it clean and tidy.