We would like to warmly welcome everyone to a conference regarding the various procedures and options of reducing the ecological footprint. This conference will be held in Krishna-valley on behalf of the Eco-valley foundation.
One of the major aims of the conference is to show how it is possible to maintain the ecological footprint of a community within the sustainable boundaries. In other words, how one can put sustainability into practice as well as how can a community live and function in an environment-friendly way.

Patron of conference: Gábor Vida, academician
Among the many speakers there are going to be the leaders of Krishna-valley and lecturers, researchers from universities and colleges.
Another point of interest is that we asked four university students to speak of their work concerning the results of their Eco-valley research.
During the day there will be work-shops in small groups to have the opportunity to speak to Krishna-valley’s specialists in various fields.
Title of Conference: Do your shoes pinch? Change them to a smaller one! Our ecological footprint and sustainability
Date: 15th October, 2009; 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Venue: Krishna-valley, Somogyvámos
No entry-fee to the conference, but only if you register in advance!
Registrations should be sent to the following email address until 5th October, 2009:
info at okovolgy.hu
Necessary data for registration:
Name, email address, occupation, workplace/institute
The programme also includes a free vegetarian meal as well.

Schedule

9.00-9.50     Arrival and registration
10.00     Gábor Vida (member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), patron of conference: Inaugural address and opening
10.40     Partha dasa (Director of country planning, Krishna-valley) and Ákos Bede Fazekas (student, University of Corvinus): The importance of eco-villages, local solutions. Studies of the various flora of climate change.

11.00     Radha Kanta dasa (Director of agriculture, Krishna-valley) and Csaba Dániel Lánczi (graduate student of University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest): Sustainable farming, bio-farming. The ecological footprint of Krishna-valley.
11.20     Break (scones, herbal tea)
11.40     Premamoya dasa (Director of education, Krishna-valley) and Réka Tóth (student, University of Pécs): Social sustainability and education. Child upbringing and education in Krishna-valley.

12.00     Radha Krishna dasa (Director of Eco-valley Foundation) and Barna Giczi (student, University of Pécs): Buttresses of sustainability. Social sustainability.

12.20     Announcement of afternoon programme
12.30-13.30     Lunch break

13.30-14.30     „Fieldwork” workshops: conversations in seven different topics with the leaders of Krishna-valley and other speakers of the morning lectures.
(Only one workshop can be attended! All the groups start out from the temple entrance to the various scenes of the eco-valley.)

Available workshops:
1.    Eco-villages and the fauna of climate change – Partha dasa and Ákos Bede Fazekas
2.    Sustainable farming, ecological footprint – Radha Kanta dasa and Csaba Dániel Lánczi
3.    Social sustainability and education – Premamoya dasa and Réka Tóth
4.    Buttresses of sustainability – Radha Krishna dasa and Barna Giczi
5.    Biogardening – Sundara Gopala dasa (Head of the gardening department of Krishna-valley)
6.    Herbal medication, vegetarianism – Sundari dasi (Director of social welfare of Krishna-valley)
7.    Economic sustainibility – Radha Radya dasa (Chief accountant of Krishna-valley)

14.40 Radha Krishna dasa: Introduction of the last year achievements of the Eco-valley Program

14.55 Awarding the Eco-valley Prize

15.00 Judit Farkas (University of Pécs): Research experience in the Eco-valley Program

15.15 Ákos Malatinszky (SZIE-KTI): Students pro sustainability – The activities of the past 19 years of GATE Zöld Klub Egyesület (University of Gödöllő, Green Association) from Gödöllő

15.30 Mutual signing of cooperative documentation and speech of cooperative partners

16.30 Gaura Sakti dasa (President of Krishna-valley): The role of Eco-valley Program in developing sustainable national culture and customs

16.50 Closing words