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UMANOTERA<\/h1>\n

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The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development<\/h3>\n

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UMANOTERA<\/h1>\n

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The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Since its foundation (1994), Umanotera is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) in the field of sustainable development in Slovenia. Umanotera has been working on climate change related activities since 2006 and carries out numerous awareness raising projects, campaigns and educational trainings in the field of climate change mitigation (sustainable food supply, tourism, finance, community projects, climate migration…). Since 2012, Umanotera has also coordinated the Slovenian NGO network for sustainable development Plan B.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#009444″ thickness=”1px”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]Field of activity
\n<\/b>Environment[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]Work team<\/strong>
\n7 employees[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]City<\/b>
\nLjubljana[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]Website \/ Social media<\/b><\/p>\n

www.umanotera.org<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umanotera<\/a><\/p>\n

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Good ecological practices<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Umanotera has a global approach. Since 2009, the association has made an important transition by implementing an environmental management system (hereafter EMS) in different areas: electricity and heating, mobility, purchasing, waste, reporting and communication. The EMS is available in the practical guide for an eco-responsible office<\/a> that Umanotera helped produce as part of a European project (2011-2013). The NGO has developed its own carbon footprint calculator<\/a> to facilitate the monitoring of changes.<\/p>\n

On the energy side, as a building tenant, Umanotera is limited in its actions. Its actions have included:<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> place the offices according to the way the light enters the building[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> only opening windows quickly and wide during the winter[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>not exceed 21 degrees in the office and to turn down the heaters when leaving the office[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> never use or carefully use air conditioning and encourage people to work at home during heat waves[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> buy computers that have been restored with electrical efficiency labels[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> regularly remove ice from the refrigerator.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]On the purchasing side, the association’s actions are for example to:<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>pool or rent equipment (e.g. printers)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>choose an eco-responsible caterer for public events that meets these seven principles: organic, local, seasonal, unprocessed, plant-based, no food waste and no packaging[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>buy fair trade coffee, tea and sugar for the office and at events[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>buy recycled and organic toilet paper[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>purchase eco-labeled and socially responsible products[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>select socially and environmentally responsible, non-material gifts[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]On the waste side, actions taken included:<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>donate paper to social enterprises which then transform it into cellulose for roof insulation[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>donate computers, monitors and other electrical and electronic equipment that are no longer in use to organizations that restore and donate them for social use[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> send at least two reminders (e-mails) to conference registrants, asking them to report their absence, to avoid food waste[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]On the digital side, the association’s actions included:<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> minimize the sending of emails[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>not to send too many large attachments if they are not necessary[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> use the cloud and clean it regularly[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span> avoid sending less important emails, such as “OK” or “thank you[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>don’t use a visual digital signature when it’s not necessary[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/i><\/span>participate in Digital Cleanup Day<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#009444″ thickness=”1px”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

What was the trigger?<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Umanotera’s initial desire was not only to reduce its carbon footprint, but also to do what it says, test solutions\/measures, and be more credible when speaking to other people, organizations, and businesses. Today, Umanotera is its best case study on how to do that.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#009444″ thickness=”1px”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Running the project<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]An environmental coordinator is responsible for the implementation of the environmental management system (EMS) but all employees are responsible for managing the changes. The time spent on the EMS by the environmental coordinator is approximately 25 hours per year. At certain stages of the process, the whole team meets in a workshop to discuss and decide on changes. There is also an annual team meeting to review the EMS.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#009444″ thickness=”1px”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Keys of success<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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