The new climate advocates' group has barely had time to form, but already they have almost completed their first challenge! The ambitious new group joined forces with previous year advocates to host a stall in the green centre at the Europe Mania festival in Pécs, part of a series of events to celebrate its status as European Capital of Culture in 2010. Their festival booth was called Mobile Climate Office, an off shoot of the previous advocates' well known Climate Office project, and offered various low-carbon activities for all ages.

 

The 3-day festival was packed with concerts and performances, so the Climate Office offered an interesting spot for visitors to stop by and try something different. Even the colder than usual weather didn’t seem to scare people off with the advocates' booth received a huge amount of visitors over the 3 days. The climate tests for the teenagers and adults, drawing competition and “clime-mate” tales for the youngest, and electricity-generator bicycle to name but a few, were all big hits. The more creative types in the audience could make booklets from recycled paper, and the Q&A wall well suited the curious types amongst them.

 

The event was a great head start for the second half of the advocates' challenge, the appearance at the Sziget festival, Central-Europe's biggest festival event ( it attracted a staggering 390,000 people last year). If any climate advocates from the rest of Europe are visiting the festival this year please be sure to drop by our Mobile Climate Office and say hello!