World Soil Day is celebrated on 5 December. It was established in 2014 under the umbrella of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the aim of raising awareness about the vital importance of soils for …
On Thursday, 27 November, the Marin Hall of the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School hosted the formal graduation ceremony for the new bachelor’s and master’s graduates in Ecotechnology. The diplomas were awarded to the fourteenth generation of students of the …
Today, 10 November, Slovenia celebrates Science Day for the very first time — a day dedicated to the vital role science plays in shaping our society and our future. This new national holiday, though not a work-free day, invites us …
This week, the Faculty of Environmental Protection hosted more than 50 ninth-grade students from Anton Aškerc Primary School Velenje, who took part in a science day titled “Protecting the Environment Through Knowledge.” Through an engaging, educational, and interactive program, the …
On Wednesday, 15 October, Prof. Dr. Boštjan Pokorny, Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Protection, delivered a lecture titled “Research on the Northern (Alpine) Chamois in Slovenia and Europe: The Influence of Environmental Factors and Interspecies Relationships” at the Triglavska …
At the end of October, the first Learning, Teaching, and Training Activities (LTTA) event within the Erasmus+ project EDU4PlastiCircular was organized in Timișoara, Romania. The event focused on the exchange of knowledge and experiences related to integrating the principles of …
From 20 to 23 October 2025, the 4th International and 16th National Conference of the Serbian Soil Science Society, titled “The Soil Re-Union: Science for Healthy Soils”, took place in Vrdnik, Serbia. The main aim of the conference was to …
Faculty members Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borut Vrščaj and Assistant Katja Črnec participated in the international meeting of the Soils for Europe project, held on 15 and 16 October in the city of Évora, Portugal. As part of the Soil Literacy …
At the Faculty of Environmental Protection, we are excited to begin the new academic year 2025/26. To mark the occasion, we organized an introductory gathering for our first-year students, who were warmly welcomed by Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gašper Gantar, …
At the end of September (25–26 September), the Faculty of Environmental Protection hosted the third transnational meeting of the GreenGate 2 project, which brings together partners from several European countries to develop innovative approaches for raising young people’s awareness of …