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'FLOWER GATHERING' EVENT AT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL ON APRIL 27-28
12:48 21/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets
(FPWC), together with General Partner VivaCell-MTS, is hosting the
annual "Flower Gathering" event at the Genocide Memorial from April
27 to 28, the press service of FPWC reports.
Each year, following the days after April 24th, hundreds of thousands
of flowers placed at the Genocide Memorial were transported to
trash cans and burned. Since 2010, on the initiative of FPWC, these
flowers are gathered and their stems are removed from the petals -
compost is derived from the stems and the petals are used to make
handmade recycled paper. The compost is used to cultivate the soil
in the Genocide Memorial, while the recycled paper is donated to the
Genocide Museum to be used for memoranda, thank you letters, and mail.
This event brings together two important ideas - the transformation
of the flowers into silent messengers by giving them "second life,"
and the environmental concept that promotes recycling.
Traditionally, the participants of the "Flower Gathering" include
representatives from public, international, private, and state sectors,
as well as volunteers, schoolchildren, and university students.
This year, on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the event will
consist of two days due to an expected rise in the number of visitors
who will place huge amounts of flowers next to the eternal flame.
If you would like to participate in this event, please call 010 555
209 or sent an email [email protected].
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/21/fpwc/
From: Baghdasarian
12:48 21/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets
(FPWC), together with General Partner VivaCell-MTS, is hosting the
annual "Flower Gathering" event at the Genocide Memorial from April
27 to 28, the press service of FPWC reports.
Each year, following the days after April 24th, hundreds of thousands
of flowers placed at the Genocide Memorial were transported to
trash cans and burned. Since 2010, on the initiative of FPWC, these
flowers are gathered and their stems are removed from the petals -
compost is derived from the stems and the petals are used to make
handmade recycled paper. The compost is used to cultivate the soil
in the Genocide Memorial, while the recycled paper is donated to the
Genocide Museum to be used for memoranda, thank you letters, and mail.
This event brings together two important ideas - the transformation
of the flowers into silent messengers by giving them "second life,"
and the environmental concept that promotes recycling.
Traditionally, the participants of the "Flower Gathering" include
representatives from public, international, private, and state sectors,
as well as volunteers, schoolchildren, and university students.
This year, on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the event will
consist of two days due to an expected rise in the number of visitors
who will place huge amounts of flowers next to the eternal flame.
If you would like to participate in this event, please call 010 555
209 or sent an email [email protected].
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/21/fpwc/
From: Baghdasarian