Today Gordana and Hannes had the honour to meet the President of the Republic of N. Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska Davkova. They were discussing several aspects of waste selection, waste collection, public awareness for environmental topics as well as the importance of implementing environmental protection in the law as well as in the patterns of behaviour. The president also pointed out that she is supporting activities to preserve our environment such as GENERALKA WEEKEND and other initiatives for environmental protection and education.
On the 4th of November this year we were invited to speak in front of the University Mother Teresa in Skopje. We recorded our presentation there and hope you like it
Unfortunately the topic of air pollution in Skopje is still as actual as it was one year ago, when we recorded a full and uncut interview with the environmental inspector of the Ministry of Environment Darko Blinkov, who explains in depth all aspects of this most pressing problem in North Macedonia.
Together with the main strategic partners Pivara Skopje and Pakomak, Man and Mountain organized for the fourth time in a row GENERAL WEEKEND this year – the biggest environmental action in Macedonia as well as in the whole western Balkans, during which a record breaking number of more than 300 tons of waste were collected.
“Thanks to the great collaboration between our partners, the supporters in all municipalities and our institutions, hundreds of schools, Kindergartens, but also NGOs, Sportsclubs, Pensionists, National Parks, special forces, and many many more contributed in GENERALKA WEEKEND in an unparalleled act of national wide solidarity and friendship beyond all ethnic and political borders!
18.099 volunteers collected 301,504 kg waste during GENERALKA WEEKEND on more than 400 locations between the 15.-19. May 2024!” say Gordana Sofija and Hannes Jaeckl from Man and Mountain.
Based on the memorandum between the Ministry of Agriculture, National Forestry and Man and Mountain , the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia will dedicate 1 tree for every 10 kilograms of waste collected during the GENERALKA WEEKEND within the framework of their annual plans for afforestation all until 2031 . To date, more than 100,000 trees have been planted thanks to the efforts of the people of Macedonia.
The realization of GENERALKA WEEKEND is also due to the support of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which have been contributing to this action since 2021.
Everything went well! Participants in all 81 Municipalities were up and cleaning. We received thousands of fotos and films from all over the country. Please check our Facebook Group for more!
The media echo was breathtaking – from influencers to radio stations, printed and online press, TV special reports and news – this weekend you could not escape GENERALKA WEEKEND.
Within the next days we will present the results so stay tuned!
Since 20 years these locations were used as illegal landfills by locals as well as visitors. This is the first time that this very dangerous terrain is professionally cleaned. After the cleaning action, Saubermacher will provide containers for waste, so that this beautiful place in the heart of the Sara Mountains will remain clean.
Today we brought together with KNAUF 80 Tilia trees to Debar. With united forces of the Municipality of Debar and volunteers from KNAUF the trees were planted on four different locations such as the park on the main Square in center of Debar, the new kindergarten, the former depony and Main Boulevard. We hope that the trees will help to make Debar an even more beautiful place as it is already
We thank KNAUF for their generous donation and the Municipality of Debar for their great support and care for the trees!
We are very happy and proud to welcome Bimilk to the family of official partners of GENERALKA WEEKEND 2024.
Bimilk, as one of the best brands in Macedonia, has proven over the years that it is a driver of innovation in the field of dairy products.
The focus of BiMilk is aimed at implementing innovative and ecological solutions and their main goal is that the product packaging is selected/reused/recycled and does not end up in nature.
