Municipal government activities as a tool for building environmental awareness among citizens – the example of Bratislava
Abstract
The topic of this article is the environmental activities of the municipal government of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, from 2018 to 2022. The timeframe was chosen due to the change in the political representation of the city in 2018, which pledged to introduce green solutions for waste management, protection of the city’s forests and ecosystems along the Danube, care for urban greenery, protection of clean air and water. The author both mentions projects that have not lived to see full implementation and presents successful examples. The latter ones are measures that encourage people to take an active part in the circular economy or motivate them to change their attitudes and thus also their behaviour. A distinctive feature of all the solutions is the educational dimension – they are always accompanied by a campaign explaining the positive effects of the changes on the environment and the lives of the citizens.
Keywords
Bratislava; municipal government; municipal authorities; environmental awareness
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Comenius University Bratislava Slovakia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-4081
ZUZANA OBERTOVÁ – PhD., Department of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia. She is interested in Polish-Slovak literary and cultural relations. In her research, she focuses on literary translation and comparative literature. She has published a workbook for learners of Polish as a foreign language at level A1, Polski na A. Zeszyt ćwiczeń, a workbook for A-level learners of Polish (Bratislava 2021) and Słownik frazeologiczny dla uczących się języka polskiego jako obcego z ćwiczeniami, a phraseological dictionary for learners of Polish as a foreign language with exercises(Poznań 2021). She is a regular contributor of articles on translations of Slavic literatures to the journal Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich.
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