Green Tourism – Bled
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GREEN BLED Sankt Petersburg, 2nd December – 7th December 2017 „The Carniola County holds no nicer place than this second Eden, full of charm and grace.” France Prešeren (1800 – 1849), The Baptism at Savica GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ALPINE RESORTS, SUROUNDED BY WATER. CLIMATE AND LAKE BLED • MILD SUB-ALPINE CLIMATE • 2.120 m long • LONGEST SWIMMING SEASON OF ANY • 1.380 m wide ALPINE RESORT • more than 30 m deep • AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE: • summer: 26 °C • July: +18,7 °C • winter: frozen • Januar: -1,2 °C LAKE BLED PROTECTED AREA • ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY OF ALPINE RESORT • CULTURAL LANDSCAPE • NATURAL VALUES (THE RICHNESS OF THE WATERS AND FORESTS AND GREAT BIODIVERSITY) ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE MUNICIPAL AREA COVERS AT LEAST ONE OF THE PROTECTIVE REGIME: • UNITS WITH THE STATUS OF A CULTURAL MONUMENT OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE • A MONUMENT OF A NATIONAL IMPORTANCE SOCIO – ECONOMIC DESCRIPTION • GREAT STRATEGIC NUMBER OF INHABITANTS THROUGH THE HISTORY POSITION – EARLY 9000 SETTLEMENTS 8000 • 8.000 INHABITANTS 7000 • DENSLY POPULATED: 6000 102 people / km2 5000 • NATURAL INCREASE: 4000 +2,8 3000 • MIGRATION SALDO: - 2000 10,6 1000 • AVERAGE AGE: 44,3 0 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2002 THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC BRANCH IS TOURISM • FIRST VISITORS – Changing the number of guests in Bled throughout history PILGRIMS 400000 • 1850 – ARNOLD 350000 RIKLI 300000 • FIRST WORLD WAR 250000 • 1922 – SUMMER 200000 RESIDENCE OF KING 150000 ALEKSANDER KARAĐORĐEVIĆ (SHS) 100000 • SECOND WORLD WAR 50000 0 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 . TOURISM TODAY • NEARLY 1.000.000 OVERNIGHTS IN 2017 • 8.000 BEDS FOR TOURISTS IN MUNICIPALITY OF BLED • PLACE FOR SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL SPORT EVENTS. • SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. SEASONALITY AND IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT • AIR (traffic) • WATER (lake) • LANDSCAPE (destroyed paths, more garbage) → IMPORTANT TO REDUCE NEGATIVE IMPACTS Tourists per months in 2016 800000 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 jan feb mar apr maj jun jul avg sep okt nov dec WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT (1) • COLLECTION OF WASTE IN THE 188.5 KM2 AREA (ALSO NEIGHBOURING MUNICIPALITY). • NOT TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE • HOUSEHOLDS AND COMPANIES: 4300 • POINTS FOR SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION: 55 • SETTLEMENTS: 22 WASTE MANAGEMENT (2) „Give a man an opportunity to separate waste and he will do it.“ THE COLLECTION OF WASTE MIXED WASTE EVERY 2 WEEKS, DOOR TO DOOR BIODEGRADABLE KITCHEN WASTE 1 TIMES PER WEEK, DOOR TO DOOR PLASTIC AND CANS EVERY 2 WEEKS, DOOR TO DOOR PAPER 1 TIMES PER MONTH, DOOR TO DOOR BULK WASTE AND GREEN GARDEN WASTE 6 TIMES PER YEAR, DOOR TO DOOR. People get free couponss for free collection of 2 x 2 m3. DANGEROUS WASTE 1 – 2 TIMES PER YEAR BIN WASHING 2 TIMES PER YEAR, FROM MARCH TILL NOVEMBER, BINS EVERY WEEK CONSTRUCTION WASTES People get free coupons for 3 x 0,5 m3. OTHER WASTE (32 DIFFERENT TYPES) MUNICIPALITY COLLECTION CENTER WASTE MANAGEMENT (3) COLLECTION OF WASTES FROM 2002 TILL 2016 7.000.000 2016: 6.000.000 • TOTAL COLLECTED (t): 5.298 5.000.000 • MIXED WASTE (kg): 923.016 4.000.000 • PAPER (kg): 459.819 • GLASS (kg): 409.180 3.000.000 • PLASTIC & CANS (kg): 636.430 2.000.000 • OTHER SEPARATELY COLLECTED (kg): 1.000.000 2.349.461 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total collected (kg) Mixed waste Paper Glass Plastic & Cans Other separately collected WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REUSE (4) EXISTING MEASURES OF REUSE: • ENCOURAGING OF COMPOSTING IN PRIVATE GARDENS (20% HOUSEHOLDS). • UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A REUSE CENTER. EXISTING MEASURES OF WASTE PREVENTION: • THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT AND ENCOURAGING REUSABLE PRODUCTS. • THE PAYT-PAY AS YOU THROW SYSTEM. • INTENSIFIED SURVEILLANCE OF ALL TYPES OF WASTE COLLECTION, PARTICULARLY MIXED MUNICIPAL WASTE, AND REMINDING PEOPLE OF PROPER WASTE SEPARATION. • EXISTING WAYS OF INFORMING AND RAISING AWARENESS. • SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO RAISING TOURISTS‘ AWARENESS. WASTE MANAGEMENT (5) • COMPOSTING • BINS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES • CLEANING OF SURROUNDING • COLLECTING OF DIAPERS, PLASTIC CAPS, CANDLES • ANNUAL COLLECTION OF DANGEROUS WASTES • A HUMANITARIAN ACTION: COLLECTING PLASTIC WASTES FOR AN INCUBATOR • EVENTS ON THE WORLD WATER DAY, EUROPEAN WEEK FOR WASTE REDUCTION, ZERO WASTE WEEK • WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN • SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION • PROMOTING ZERO WASTE IN LOCAL HOTELS • ALL USERS PROVIDING CATERING SERVICES ARE INCLUDED IN THE SYSTEM OF BIO WASTE REMOVAL. WASTE MANAGEMENT – RESULTS AND CHALLANGES (6) • TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL COLLECTED WASTE IS HIGHER FOR 180 t (COMPARING 2015/2016) • THE AMOUNT OF COLLECTED MIXED WASTE IS HIGHER FOR 40t • THE AMOUNT OF ALL COLLECTED PLASTIC & CANS IS HIGHER FOR 100t • STRUCTURE OF COLLECTED MIXED WASTE • HOUSEHOLDS 41% • INDUSTRIES 59% • TOURISM 39% • OTHER INDUSTRIES 20% ZERO WASTE IN BLED . WASTEWATER MUNICIPALITY OF BLED HAS BUILT A COMPLETE CANALISATION SYSTEM, 97 % OF WASTEWATER ARE BEING CLEANED IN CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STARTS WITH CHILDREN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STARTS WITH CHILDREN (1) ECO-KINDERGARTEN • We will take care of clean environment and friendly • ECO GARDENS relationships. • We will not pick up flowers and damage trees. • We will collect paper in order to save trees. • „MOVING PLAYROOMS IN THE NATURE • We will come to kindergarten also by feet of bicycles in order not to polute air. AND NATURE INTO PLAYROOMS“ • We will take care of the animals. • We will save the amount of used water by reducing water flow from water pipes. • We will turn out the lights when we will not need them. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STARTS WITH CHILDREN (2) PRIMARY SCHOOL • SEPERATING WASTE. • COLLECTING WASTE PAPER, PLASTIC COVERS OF BOTTLES, EMPTY PRINT CARTRIDGES, OLD MOBILE PHONES, ... • TAKING CARE OF SCHOOL ECO GARDEN. CHILDREN CAN HAVE GREAT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE ADULTS. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STARTS WITH CHILDREN (3) PROJECTS LEAD BY MUNICIPALITY International ERASMUS KA2 project S.T.R.E.E.T. aims at defining a new professional profile, Expert for Sustainable Mobility and Tourism (ESMT) focused on two main fields: alternative mobility and sustainable tourism, which are opportunities for economic growth, local development and employment, also according to the new EU policies. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STARTS WITH CHILDREN (4) PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC IMPORTANTE TO COLLABORATE ALSO WITH PUBLIC AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS (for example: KEEPING OF THE BEES): • planting honey-plants in public parks • traditional Slovene breakfast (with hommade bread, butter, honey and apple) • Municipality of Bled is donating honey-trees to every newborn baby in the municipality. MUNICIPALITY INPUTS FOR GREENER BLED ENERGY RENOVATION OF ECO- KINDERGARTEN (2015) • RENOVATED IN 2015. ENERGY RENOVATION OF VISITOR CENTER TRIGLAVSKA ROŽA BLED • REGIONAL CENTER FOR UPPER CARNIOLA REGION. • RENOVATED IN 2014. RECONSTRUCTING OF CULTURE CENTER IN BOHINJSKA BELA • DESTROYED IN FIRE 2013. RENOVATION OF OLD VILLAGE CENTERS • RECONSTRUCTION OF ALL OLD INFRASTRUCTURE (CANALISATION SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEM, ELECTRO, GAS, STREET…) • MLINO, BOHINJSKA BELA, REBR, GRAD, ZAGORICE, REČICA, … SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLAN • ADOPTED IN MARCH 2017. • PLANNING A CITY FOR PEOPLE AND PLACES. “If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.“ Fred Kent SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLAN • ADOPTED IN MARCH 2017 • FIRST MEASURES HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN: • BIKE SHARING SYSTEM „Bled. Green Ways.“ • PUBLIC TENDER FOR BUYING TEN CHARGERS FOR ELECTRIC VECHICLES. GREENER FUTURE PLANS (1) BY CONSTRUCTING SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN BYPASS ROAD, CLOSING CITY CENTER FOR TRAFFIC. GREENER FUTURE PLANS (2) SUSTAINABLE RENOVATION OF ENERGY-WASTEFUL PUBLIC BUILDINGS GREENER FUTURE PLANS (2) COOPERATION WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS (HOTELS, PRIVATE ACCOMODATION FACILITIES, INDUSTRY) TO ACT GREENER… DUE TO SUSTAINABLE POLICY BLED IS ALSO A MEMBER OF: .