Our new project RECIPE FOR SUSTAINABLE CO-LIFE β INVASIVE SPECIES AS MEDICINE AND FOOD submitted to the ADRIS Foundation competition for donations has been selected for funding! ππ
This project will bring together excellent biologists, oenologists, agronomists, gastronomists, chefs, designers, artists, beekeepers, tourist boards and citizens in search of quality answers to today’s challenges. The project has a scientific, but also an educational component aimed at the public.
Its goals are:
1. Investigate whether selected invasive alien plant species in Croatia have antitumor activity and whether they can benefit human health;
2. Promote the use of invasive species in food as a form of new ecosystem services that these species can provide, but also as an innovative form of controlling their spread and;
3. Raise public awareness of the importance of sustainable management of invasive species and adaptation to sustainable coexistence with them, as one of the scenarios for a healthy and balanced future.
Through simple activities such as being in nature, talking and cooking that unites the traditional and autochthonous with the new and still unexplored, we want to encourage social awareness, initiative and responsibility and a holistic approach to life in a new and changing environment and to that way to raise environmental standards in the local community. As environmental protection is a universal value and aspiration, and creativity knows no borders, we expect the spread of positive examples and the promotion of Croatian innovation beyond our borders.
Wish us luck in achieving these goals, and if you want to join us, you’re welcome!
