Conflicts and military aggression has had, and is having, a devastating impact on nature in the Eastern Partnership countries. This webinar will help explore the devastation and provide practical guidance on how environmentalists can respond and contribute to rehabilitation. Case studies from Ukraine and Georgia and other countries will be presented and the webinar offers the opportunity of interaction with the speakers who themselves are activists in the field. The webinar is led by Nataliia Yaroshenko, with contributions from Myroslava Ganyushkina and Daryna Lynnyk.
War and the Environment
13th March 2024
14:00-15:30 (Eastern European Time – Kyiv)
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OUR SPEAKERS:
Nataliia Yaroshenko
Nataliia Yaroshenko, MSc in Ecology, YEA Alumna in Ukraine, Study of US Institutes Alumna (University of Oregon, 2016), EaP Civil Society Fellow-2021, researcher at the University of Kassel (Kassel, Germany) with the support of Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Project «enWAR_mental» creator. Nataliia works in the sphere of the local youth engagement to environmental activism. In her capacity as a young researcher in Sumy National Agrarian University, Nataliia is interested in building bridges between local issues and global climate problems based on the changes in daily habits. As a European Climate Pact Ambassador she is combining ecology and art to contribute to the dialogue between local community and climate change. Since the full-scale russian invasion Nataliia with her team works on the raising awareness about the war impact on the landscapes in XXI century, in particularly Ukrainian case
Myroslava Ganyushkina
As a chairwoman of the NGO ArtPole Agency, Myroslava coordinates the creation of innovative projects in collaboration with artists from Ukraine and other countries. The main foci of her activities are transmedial and site-specific art projects. She also invites translators, cultural anthropologists, philosophers, urbanists, and ecologists to work together, creating an environment for each project.
Myroslava holds a master’s degree from the Institute of Journalism at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, after graduation from the University she repeatedly participated in study tours related to ecology journalism, art and science art, development of international relations in defined areas ito Poland, Sweden, France, Germany. Myroslava is also our EaP Civil Society Fellow-2022.
Daryna Lynnyk
Daryna Lynnyk, Communication manager of “enWAR_mental Goes Regional” Project, Young European Ambassador, History student at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
