Turkey’s largest environmental law suit: Artvin Cerattepe against the Gold Mine

On 19 September 2016, Turkey’s largest environmental trial, which has 751 real and legal entities including TEMA Foundation as complainants and 61 lawyers representing them, was held in Rize Administrative Court. To give a brief introduction about the lawsuit: the struggle in Artvin started in early 90s when gold was first discovered in the area.[…..]

September 15th on Green Wave

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is sponsored by Env.net for the coming two months. September 15th was the 17th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about WWF Turkey’s newly implemented Kaş-Kekova Sustainable Tourism Project. Our guest, Yaprak Arda, WWF Turkey Nature Protection[…..]

September 22nd on Green Wave

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is sponsored by Env.net for the coming two months. September 22nd was the 18th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about the “Adım Adım Initiative” and TEMA’s own “Fellowship of the Trees” Project. Adım Adım is a[…..]

Seminar on Coal Investments and Human Rights Infringements

On September 7th Env.Net Team Turkey organized a seminar on coal investments in Turkey and related human rights infringements for TEMA’s employees. The presented study was conducted by the Earth Association, which works on issues like climate change, ecological production and eco-villages on a voluntary basis and is formed by academicians and ecological activists. For[…..]

1st of September on Env.net Sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming two months. September 1st was the 15th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior, which is going to spend over a week in Turkey’s coasts in September.[…..]

18th of August on Env.net Sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

  Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming three months. August, 18th was the 13th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about Coal Investments and Human Rights Infridgements in Turkey. Akif Pamuk, the coordinator of this project[…..]

11th of August on Env.net Sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming three months. August, 11th was the 12th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about our own “Sustainable Agriculture Network in the EU and Turkey”. Our guests Dr. Hikmet Öztürk, Forestry[…..]

4th of August on Env.net Sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the comingfive months. August, 4th was the 11th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about the first and only Cheese Museum, the Eco-museum Zavot in Kars, a Turkish city bordering both Armenia[…..]

28th of July on Env.net Sponsored Green Wave Radio Show

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.netTeam in TEMA Foundation is now sponsored by Env.net for the coming five months. July, 28th was the 10th broadcast of the series. This week on Green Wave we talked about the project “Kids of Bosphorus getting to know the city through the sea”, a project carried out[…..]