On Saturday 24 June 2023, the Bioclimatic park Drienova once again hosted the Landscape and Climate Festival. Our aim during the event is to inspire visitors from the general public, local communities, local governments and each other. During the ecumenical meeting, visitors heard messages about a common path towards a more decent and humane society…
The second alpaca was born
The second baby of an alpaca in the Bioclimatic Park was born on April 5, 2023. This time, it’s a beautiful and healthy male with a brown-orange color similar to his father. He was named Riško after his father. The alpacas roam freely around the Bioclimatic Park, so if you take a leisurely stroll through…
How to Stop Land Desertification
In April, friends of water gathered at the Bioclimatic Park for informal discussions, seeking answers and solutions for sustainable water and soil management. The meetings were attended by the authors of the New Water Paradigm, representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Slovakia, with State Secretary Martin Kováč, and representatives from various…
Water memorandum and workshops
23/09/2022 was an opportunity for Bioclimate park to prove that the cooperation of public, private and non-profit sector is the key to environmental challenges today. But it is important to address and engage the public and individuals as well. Water for Rajec valley A MEMORANDUM ON COOPERATION IN THE PILOT SOLUTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF…
Small water measures
Summer 2022 was the driest summer on record in Europe. In this video, we are discussing three small water measures that helped us to fight drought in the Bioclimate Park, Drienová. 1. Cover crops In May, in our newly planted vineyard, we grew cover crops among the rows of the planted vines: sweet clover, sorghum,…
Every drop counts
Incredible news from the USA. The article “How a restoration initiative in Slovakia brought back water, revived soils” presenting Bioclimatic park activities was published on UN website focused on ecosystem restoration http://www.decadeonrestoration.org “Thanks so much for submitting your story to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. We have reviewed your submission and agree that it is indeed…
Biodiversity
One of the top priorities in Bioclimatic Park is to restore biodiversity and natural ecosystem functions of the land. There was no life in 2014. Today, 5 years later we can see an explosion of life in many ways. Look at few wild animals moving to Bioclimatic Park: The area of Bioclimatic Park is a…
ECO Programs for schools
ECO Educational Program for school kids is called EXPLORE Bioclimatic Park. 382 school kids from Zilina region visited Bioclimatic Park during 2018. In 2019 the ECO Programs were kicked off in May and will continue in June, every Tuesday and Wednesday. “Learning by doing ” is our way how to educate kids in nature. They…
2019 challenges
Civic Association Ecoenergy has been managing Bioclimatic Park Drienová (20 ha of land) since April 2018. It is not our priority to farm for income but for nature friendly land revitalisation. Long term focus is to create demonstration area for climate change adaptation measures. Five years ago the area was destroyed. Unhealty soil produced a minimal…
Incredible water activity
When we started to create a philosophy of Bioclimatic Park, we soon realized that the water restoration project would be the major challenge. Smaller part of the area was covered by permanent grasslands, half of in hard-to reach terrain. The other half of the area was totally devastated: dead soil without humus, monoculture, zero nearing…
Distinguished visitors
Dr. George Pikler with his wife Mrs. Elaine Pikler from Baltimore in USA visited city Rajec and Bioclimatic Park Drienova on 29. august 2018. Dr. George M. Pikler is highly regarded doctor specilaized in oncology and hematology. He was born in 1942 in Equador. Today he lives and works in Baltimore, presenting his experience worldwide….
Explore trail
20. july 2018 – Explore trail in Bioclimatic Park was opened for every curious explorer – the both small and big ones. You can explore ecosystem measures providing land revitalisation here – biodiversity and soil restoration, natural measures for small water cycles restoration and the synergies among the measures. You will learn how to improve the…