COMMUNAL WORK BY ELF, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES DAY “LET’S DO IT! ESTONIA” & “LET’S DO IT! WORLD CLEANUP DAY 2018”

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COMMUNAL WORK
&
ECOTOURISM
COMMUNAL WORK BY ELF,
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES DAY
“LET’S DO IT! ESTONIA”
&
“LET’S DO IT! WORLD CLEANUP DAY 2018”
Peep Tobreluts
member of Estonian Ecotourism Association
University of Tartu
Viljandi Culture Academy
peep.tobreluts@gmail.com

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Work with the community will
improve the living environment
Conservation Holidays by ELF is
eco-tourism
New challenge - to join the world for a
massive cleanup day in
15th september 2018
Soon this week!

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TALGUD
● Talgud is the estonian word for communal work,
which is a gathering for mutually accomplishing
a task or for communal fundraising, it is useful
for promoting active attitude, strengthening
local communities and supporting the
development of local leadership

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TALGUD
● Talgud is a word that is in slightly different forms
know all over Northern Europe and Baltics
since the early middle ages that meant the
communal action, like building a house, that
was not possible by a single family. Work was
done as a community, knowing that when the
occasion arises each family can call rest of the
community to help with their need

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Example video - TALGUD
● https://youtu.be/RI7DpiAZO1Q

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ELF and Conservation Holidays
● ELF - Estonian Fund for Nature
● founded in 1991
● stands for the preservation of natural diversity
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● ELF was one of the first organization to start
re-popularizing the communal and volunteer
work in Estonia

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ELF Conservation Holidays
● “ELF Talgud” / “ELF Conservation Holidays” are
longer volunteer projects to protect valuable
and endangered species and habitats.
● Regular since 2001.
● Over the years more than 8000 volunteers have
worked on hundreds of sites.
● “ELF Talgud” provides much needed
conservation work to raise the awareness of
conservation and biodiversity work - its is part
of ecotourism.

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ELF Conservation Holidays
● Staying longer on the event helps people learn about local
nature and culture as well as strengthen the local economy.
● Educational lectures and sightseeing trips are organized for
the participants of the volunteer work.
● That is to provide new knowledge through which helps the
participants form a deeper understanding of the place the
event takes place.
● Usually the transport, accommodations and catering is
sourced locally.
● Adding to the fact that the useful work is done by a small
group that stays in the region and uses the local services
so the event can be equated to ecotourism.

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ELF Conservation Holidays
I claim that:
an urbanized person or a foreigner
● Who stays in the nature reserve
● And does a useful work for the benefit of nature and
community
● studying local culture during the trip
● eating local food
● participates in cultural and nature lectures
● travels with local transportation in a small group
● is an ecotourist!

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Example video – ELF TALGUD
https://youtu.be/R1S9QrP3WLA

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"Let's do it!”
Working together for the environment gave the idea to do all
the volunteer work all over Estonia on the same day.
ELF employees and volunteers organized a community
activities day "Let's do it!”.
Community activities day “Let's do it! Estonia” – a campaign
to encourage people to volunteer for their local environment
in a wider meaning. It has had
50 000 volunteers annually since 2008.

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What is the community activities day "Let's do it!"?
It's the day of collective action that has been taking place
in different forms all over Estonia since the year 2008. In
2008 people gathered together to clean Estonia from
illegal garbage, in 2009 people gathered together to
generate good ideas and from 2010-2018 there have been
several different actions (talgud) all over Estonia. Every
community, organization or active citizen decided by
themselves what needed to be done and asked other
people to join according to that.

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“Let’s do it! Estonia” => “Let’s do it! World”
● One of the most famous projects by ELF and
other NGO-s is “Let’s do it! World”
● which has spread this model - one country in
one day → around the world
● to date nearly 150 countries and 20 million
people have joined to clean up illegal waste

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Example video – "Let's do it!”
● https://youtu.be/h-ss8FwL0wA
(The only thing thats missing... is You!)

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“Let’s do it! World”
On September 15, 2018, World Cleanup Day, people in 150
countries will stand up against the global trash problem and
clean up waste, making it the biggest positive civic action the
world has seen. Imagine a powerful “green wave” starting in
New Zealand and ending in Hawaii with hundreds of millions of
people taking positive action together on the very same day.

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● Let's Do It! World Cleanup TV Commercial "The River"
https://youtu.be/QKMzQH8_qx8
● Let’s Do It - World Cleanup Day on September 15, 2018 - Come and
join us!
https://youtu.be/yKe7L_SHhrs

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“Let’s do it! World”
Let’s Do It! has never been only about
cleaning up waste. We also aim to unite the
global community, raise awareness and
implement true change to achieve our final
goal– a clean and healthy planet.

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● What is your promise?
● https://youtu.be/lLvjBGak6MY
● #threefingesup? whatta W is that?
● https://youtu.be/yeaCYFDz48E

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Work with the community will
improve the living environment
Conservation Holidays by ELF is
completely eco-tourism
New challenge - to join the world for a
massive cleanup day in
15th september 2018
Soon this week!

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EuroEco18
● But who am I?
● I am a teacher, entrepreneur, visionary.
● I've been "Lets do it!" volunteer leader of local activities for
ten years
● But here I am an ecotourist!
● I'm here in Georgia for 1 week, to attend the conference,
and for the post conference tour
● I'm curious and exited about studying local culture
● On September 15th,
I will take part in the cleaning of garbage here in Georgia!

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● Fun „Dance”
https://youtu.be/UwZkjDW7xxs
● How to map a trashpoint?
https://youtu.be/_eo9bqxngrw
● Let's Do It! World - What is the future of trash?
https://youtu.be/LAM5_r-ceVw
● 150c/5h/380 000 000 video
https://youtu.be/cOT_EhGANAE
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