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1989-2019. 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Discussion with the participation of witnesses of history - Wrocław, 6 December 2019 (PHOTO)

On December 6, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Wrocław, a discussion "1989-2019. 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain" took place with the participation of witnesses of history: Elżbieta Sienkiewicz-Romańska, Władysław Frasyniuk, Rafał Bubnicki. The debate was moderated by Katarzyna Kaczorowska. The event was addressed to high school students.

- If we find a moment and look at the profiles of our family and friends in social media, we will see that we live well. Probably the best in our history. But that's why we started to forget - or to put it simply: we don't know our recent past. Thus, we should recognize that we have probably stopped drawing conclusions from painful experiences - not preparing ourselves for what may come. - Dr. Tomasz Skonieczny, Deputy Head of the European Academy of the Krzyżowa Foundation, explains the necessity of organizing such meetings.

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Global Education Week – Krzyżowa, 18-24 November 2019

Between the 18th and 24th of November, there was the 21st annual celebration of Global Education Week which is annually implemented by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. The theme of this year's week was "Wake Up! This is the final call for climate”. With this occasion, The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe widened our actions against climate change and organized several events and activities in this scope.

Throughout the whole week, we daily published in social media several posts with informative graphics about climate change and its effects with the aim of reaching more people and raising awareness about this issue. We shared various facts about climate change and related news around the world, as well as several examples of practical actions that can be taken against climate change.

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Closer to Good Food – workshop on sustainable food: Krzyżowa Foundation and Montessori-School

A workshop on sustainable food is over! Franek, Jagna and Natasza from Montessori Private Elementary School under the supervision of our educators conducted 10 meetings for their peers from the school. They became guides to the:

• the food system,
• the resources needed to produce food,
• the subject of food wastage
• and ways to counteract it.

The speakers encouraged colleagues to actively work for fair and good food. The group cooked together with the leftovers at the zero-food kitchen workshop in Krzyżowa and visited the organic farm Ekolomia in Stoszów.

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Meeting: Anna Lindh Foundation – Berlin, 17-21 November 2019

On November 17-21, representatives of Jordan, Israel, Palestine, France, Germany and Poland participated in a member's network meeting of the Anna Lindh Foundation in Berlin. The "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe was represented by Anna Dankowska, the coordinator of the European Academy's projects.

The meeting "Strengthening cross-border methods of cooperation in civil society" enabled a lively discussion, exchange of experiences and learning about various initiatives in the field of international cooperation and support for civil society, including IMPACT.

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