With this seminar we would like to bring together 20-30 participants from different European countries that they reflect on the issue of sustainability, its cultural dimension and possible individual and collective actions. Misija Promotion of sustainable lifestyle, bringing terms like culture and environmental protection together, learning about how sustainable different local cultures are Opis “The elephant in the room” is an English idiom for a question or problem that very obviously stands, but which is ignored for the convenience of one or other party. It derives its symbolic meaning from the fact that an elephant would indeed be conspicuous and remarkable in a small room; thus the idiom also implies a value judgement that the issue should be discussed openly. Today’s facts are rather depressing but they lead us to a one way street. The present course is unsustainable and postponing action is no longer an option. Most of the planet’s resources are pretty close to exhaustion. Earth’s biodiversity is in a critical point with many species having been extinct, depleted or endangered. The average temperature is the highest recorded in the last 40 years. As the global community struggles with the issues of poverty, over population, increasing energy demands, loss of bio-diversity and the wide- ranging impacts of climate change, the sustainability issue is now a priority across boundaries; political, cultural and professional.
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