Environmental Committee - PC Azerbaijan

Traveling to Shirvan National Park

2010-10-27T09:21:00.000+03:00

Shirvan National Park TripWe rented two minibuses to pick us up from Baku and take us directly INTO the park. The "INTO" emphasis is important because I believe special arrangements with SNP must be made if you want SNP to provide tours via car. The park is large and hard to navigate without any cars...if not impossible.The rented bus from BAKU to SNP was 5 AZN per person via this contact.

Peace Corps Earth Day Plans 2010

2010-04-19T11:19:00.000+03:00

Belasuvar:For earth day my 7th formers are planning to plant a tree and flower garden in either the park or in the school yard. We take some class time every week to plan the project together. Students have roles and responsibilities and they are each contributing 1 AZN to buy the flowers and trees.For more information, contact Jon Elkin: jharry.elkin@gmail.comZaqatala:My kids are going to be

Ming Earth Day Project

2010-03-19T10:36:00.000+02:00

Like many developing countries, Azerbaijan suffers from serious environmental problems. Oil leaks into the Caspian Sea, unregulated factories pump smog into nearby communities, and trash litters the streets and common areas of rural communities. While some of these issues require drastic changes in regulation and business activity, the most visible, in fact, can be improved by a change in

Stay Warm, Save $

2010-03-04T13:23:00.000+02:00

We PCVs tend to spend a lot of energy and money during the winter. Here is a list of environmentally friendly pieces of advice from our PCV friends:I had worn the toes and heels out of my knee socks last year so I sewed them up and filled them with rice--we put them as draft snakes on our windowsills and the bottoms of doors. They really make a difference! --Emma aka M(r)s. Jackson

Compost and Wire-mesh Compost Bin

2010-03-04T13:00:00.000+02:00

Compost and Wire-mesh Compost BinThis article concerns the making of compost using common kitchen and yard wastes and constructing a low cost, simple to build compost bin.CompostCompost is partially decomposed organic matter made from material that is easily available from every kitchen and yard. Compost is used to improve the fertility of soil, improves aeration, root penetration, water

Azlander Article on EC and Google Group

2010-03-04T12:34:00.001+02:00

Unifying our Action: Environmental Committee Website and Google GroupAzerbaijan’s environmental problems can seem too overwhelming for individual PCV action. Despite this feeling, individual PCVs continually work to educate Azerbaijanis on a range of environmental problems including pollution, global warming, use of pesticides, and energy use. The Environmental Committee (EC) hopes to catalogue

Balagusar Village and Gusar Environmental Projects

2009-07-16T09:04:00.000+03:00

Environmental ProjectsBalagusar Village, GusarKelly Vosilus, AZ5 YD PCVTrash CleanupRPCV Rustin Johnson, Xacmaz, and his host organization Umid, also assisted by Kelly Vosilus, Balagusar Village, Gusar, led an environmental project in Balagusar and Hasangala Villages in the Gusar Region. Youth members in both villages were accompanied by students from The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA

New Environmental Materials

2009-07-11T10:41:00.002+03:00

A few Weeks back a review of the Barda Earthday Extravaganza was posted here on the blog. We have now posted all of the materials from that project on our sister google group, http://groups.google.com/group/ENVCOMM?hl=en. It is a step by step set of material you would need to complete a similar project. Its supper easy and fun so check it out!

Ganja Riverbed Clean Up

2009-06-27T12:15:00.001+03:00

Ganja Riverbed Clean UpBy: BonnieA group of Ganja youth came together to cleanup the Ganja Riverbed on a rainy day in early April 2009. The student group included university students from the economics faculty of the Azerbaijan State Agricultural University and students from the Ganja Vocational Training Center. Peace Corps Environmental Committee supplied a small incentive grant for this

Barda Earth Day Extravaganza

2009-06-27T11:56:00.002+03:00

Barda Earth Day ExtravaganzaBy: Meredith Ebenhack For Earth Day in Barda Bill, Lexi, Jeremy and I, along with our Azeri counterpart, Famila, hosted an environmental educational day. We picked three important topics to focus on, water conservation, energy conservation and trash disposal. We then created a 30 minute educational session on each topic focusing on the facts and practical steps they

Small Project Grants

2009-02-15T16:06:00.002+02:00

Attention Azerbaijan Peace Corps Volunteers!!! Are you working on an environmental project? Do you need a little bit of cash for your project? If so, the environmental committee is currently offering small amounts of money (20M or less)in order to help you out. If you are interested in being considered for this please email one off the environmental committee members with a description of you

It’s for the Community and Me! Joel Robbins, Sheki

2009-02-07T15:13:00.000+02:00