The most beautiful sunrise in Romania

• oxigen
• 24 august 2012

Mount Ceahlăul stands out from by its isolation inside of surrounding mountains, by a varied geologicalstructure and by vegetation’s cover diversity. So, Ceahlăul is the most interestingmountain area inthe central part ofthe Eastern Carpathians and great barrier lake Izvorul Muntelui,surrounding Ceahlăul’s root to north and east with the resort Durău, they only complementthe massivetouristfame.

At hoursof sunrise, above Ceahlău producingunique andunexplainedlightsgames, so beyond greatnesslandscape, who breathtaking viewer, Ceahlăul entered and remained in history thanksthe mysteriesthat surround is themountain withthe mostlegendsofcountry. The sunrise seen from the Toaca peak, which dominates thehorizonall around, is anincomparablegreatness, astrue thatthe most blue skycanonly lookhere.

Inthe first ten daysof August the Toaca peak with surrounding rocks form a three-dimensional shadow of a perfect pyramid, and legendssay the top of the pyramid indicate whereis hidden daciantreasure.

Touristslovethe beauty of nature areparticularly attracted of this “monument of nature” andcomeevery year inincreasing numbers to admirethe naturethat shaped with great mastery faceof thecliff.

Press Conference – “Little Ranger of the Mountain Village”

• oxigen
• 26 iulie 2012

Because we love nature and it is a big part out of our lives, Oxygen Organization leaves for ten days to Măgura and Peştera, the only villages included in the area of a national park – Piatra Craiului National Park.

Few weeks ago, we have announced the official opening of the project “Little Ranger of the Mountain Village” funded by Mol Romania and Environmental Partnership Foundation in the Green Spaces Programme. We invite you to the press conference on 24^th of June, at 12 o’clock. It will be held in Peştera in order to experience the new thematic trail that introduces you in the world of local customs and legends and thus, to know the local tourism at the base of Piatra Craiului.

The new tourist trail called “The Story of the Mountain Village” measures 10 km and an estimated time of 2h 30min-3h. The marking that guides the tourists through out the trail uses the image of the sheep. On their way, tourists meet 6 information boards that presents the legends of Bucegi and Piatra Craiului Mountains, information on The Bat Cave and on Peştera and Măgura villages.

Together with the rangers of Piatra Craiului National Park, the secondary school students from the two villages will trace the thematic trail, will green and develop the Bat Cave for tourist purpose.

The whole community will find out about our activities, so during the students award festivity, we will make a complete presentation of the project focusing on the activities we implemented and their benefits. We will also have an workshop designed for the local communities in order to raise awareness regarding the tourist potential of these geographical areas by promoting local customs, eco-tourism and local tourism.

There will follow other three days in which 22 little rangers of the mountain village will get trained. They will attend a training camp at Curmătura Hut. Thus, the children have the opportunity to make a mountain trail in order to explore the surroundings, to identify law-protected species of animals and plants, to get to know a part of the National Park, to understand the importance of protecting it. All these activities will be grounded on interactive games such as workshop of plants and animals clay modeling, game on trees and rocks recognition.

The representatives of Piatra Craiului National Park, the schoolteachers from Măgura and Peştera will be with us all this time.

We invite you to the press conference to find out the results of this project and of our developing actions of the mountain villages Măgura and Peştera.

For more details, you may call us at the following numbers: 0721. 566. 427 (Diana), 0751.160.203 (Andrei), 0724.423.026 (Sorin).

Oxygen Organization invites you to breath your “oxygen” on the mountain

• oxigen
• 1 iunie 2012

These days when the main focus of a nation is on the parliamentary elections, Oxygen Organization marks tourist trails and teaches children to become little rangers.

What is it all about?

Little Ranger of the Mountain Village. It is funded by Mol Romania and  Environmental Partnership Foundation in the Green Spaces Programme.

In a few days, Oxygen team will leave for Măgura and Peștera – the only Romanian villages included in the area of a national park.

What are we going to do?

Monday , 18^th of June: There will be 2 workshops with children from Măgura and Peștera schools. They will participate at a presentation on Piatra Craiului National Park, they will find out about the tourist potential of their villages, ecology and environment protection. Children will receive attending certificates due to their engagement in the activities. Participants at the training camp “Little Ranger of the Mountain Village” will be selected from these children depending on their engagement degree. In the same day, we will green and enhance the Bat Cave from Peștera.

Tuesday, 19^th of June: Together with a team from Piatra Craiului National Park, we will place 6 tourist information boards on the thematic trail, The Story of the Mountain Village. The trail will have 10 km, the official marking sign of the trail is a sheep drawing. The official running time of this trail is 2h 30min – 3h.

Wednesday, 20^th of June: We will mark the thematic trail that covers the area of Peștera and Măgura together with the 22 students from the two mountain villages.

Thursday, 21^st of June: at the school award festivity, we will present the project “Little Ranger of the Mountain Village” with its benefits and significance of the activities to local communities of Măgura and Peștera. After this event, we will all leave for Curmătura Hut for the beginning of the training camp “Little Ranger of the Mountain Village”.

Thursday-Saturday, 21^st-23^rd of June: The 22 children will have the opportunity to experience a mountain trail. They will get to know and identify different law-protected species of plants, to discover the national park. Through interactive games such as workshop of plants and animals clay modeling, game on trees and rocks recognition, children will know the diversity of flora and fauna, the beauty of this geographical area and the fundamental need to protect it.

Sunday, 24^th of June: We will set a press conference at 12 o’clock in Peștera. Its main aim is to present the results/effects of Oxygen Organization actions over the enchanted tourist area.

Plant your Oxygen!

• oxigen
• 5 aprilie 2012

Don’t stay passive! Engage for nature’s sake! Saturday morning, 7 April, at 8 o’clock, we all meet at Horoscope Hotel, Unirii Square in order to leave for Snagov Forest where we will plant trees. Romsilva Snagov makes us available shovels, spades, buckets and, of course, saplings. The only things that you have to bring with yourself are enthusiasm and work energy. If, by any chance you cannot arrive at Unirii Square, we wait for you until 02:00 PM, at the exit of Snagov towards Gruiu, on the left side of the road.

Airflows in Bucharest area move from north-east to south. That is the reason we have forests in the northern part of the city and the Glina landfill in south. So, we must take care of these “green lungs” of Bucharest.

For more details on the event and for registration, call us at  0724.423.026.

Plant your “Oxigen”!

Plant your “Oxygen”!

• oxigen
• 18 martie 2012

The main objective of the campaign “Plant your «Oxygen»!” from April 2012 is to raise awareness among authorities and local communities regarding the significance of forests and their fundamental function of ecological balance regulation.

Project description:

In partnership with Romsilva National Forests Administration, this campaign is grounded on the strong wish to make society become aware of the vital role our forest heritage plays and to offer communities the chance to adopt an adequate attitude towards heavy clearing/deforestation that decreased considerably the forest surfaces in our country.

Advocating such ecological activities, we make a step forward in understanding thoroughly the link between our social actions (either individual or collective) and the environmental changes they trigger (with effects in the present and future).

The objectives of the project:

• Reducing the environmental unbalance triggered by the frequent forest clearing actions in Romania

Encouraging and supporting youth engage actively as advocates of sustainable ecologic, tourist, civil and cultural changes.