Challenge Europe was a three year project aiming to accelerate change to a low carbon future. It was active in these 18 countries
Czech Republic Denmark Finland Estonia
France Great Britain Greece Hungary
Latvia Lithuania Nth. Ireland/Ireland Norway
Poland Slovakia Slovenia Sweden
Turkey Ukraine
Climate Advocates
600 young people aged 18-35 worked on climate challenges and local projects to reduce carbon use.
Project highlights
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News Archive
Read through the archive of news about the project activities between 2008 and 2011
Project Partners
Several hundred international and national experts and partners helped the Advocates to develop their ideas. You can find the list of partner organisations below.
Mobile climate office opens at Sziget festival: The 3rd year Hungarian Climate Advocates are already hard at work and are delighted to have taken their Mobile Climate Office to the Sziget Festival, the largest open air music festival in Budapest. The Office has found its perfect venue at the festival being situated in the H20 venue, where, not surprisingly, water is the subject in hand. This is a great location for the office as the issues of water and climate change are strongly interrelated. Read more
Patron
The Hungarian team is pleased to be supported by Dr Sándor Fülöp, Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations as their patron.
The Hungarian climate advocate team:
Mariann Bálint, 29, freelance illustrator for children's books
Gergely Csima 25, PhD student, Szent István University, Microbiotechnology and Environmental Toxicology Group
Fanni Fenyősi, 20, student, specialised in rural development
Éva Farkas, 20, student, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Geography
Szilvia Zsargó, 30, consultant in sustainability projects, specialised in environmental management
Tamás Schleer, 25, guerilla marketing expert, agency CEO
Balázs Tóth, 34, agricultural expert, working for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Márta Sinkó, 21, student, University of Szeged, Faculty of International Relations
Anita Kiss, 23, student, European Studies
Edina Barbara Budai, 22, student, Eötvös Loránd University, specialised in renewable energy planning
Gábor Szabó, 26, electrical engineer
Bálint Lukács, 24, student, BSc in Environmental Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Anna Parizán, 27, working for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, specialised in rural tourism
Mariann Klára Vértesi, 20, photography student
Ildikó Orbán, 22, biology student, Eötvös Loránd University
Interactive Climate Office Network: a new phenomenon set up by Climate Advocates in Hungary The Climate Advocates are knocking on the door of Budapest’s universities – not to mention the interactive, web-based community buzz they are creating – in order to develop a community passionate about making a difference in Hungary, whilst making some friends along the way. Click here and find out more.
Tapping into the power of a well told tale, the Climate Advocates devised a teaching pack accompanying the classic Dr. Seuss story, The Lorax, to educate children aged between seven and nine of the issues around sustainability, consumption of goods and the future of the planet.
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Estonia
France
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Nth. Ireland/Ireland
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
Tapping into the power of a well told tale, the Climate Advocates devised a teaching pack accompanying the classic Dr. Seuss story, The Lorax, to educate children aged between seven and nine of the issues around sustainability, consumption of goods and the future of the planet. 
Mobile climate office opens at Sziget festival: The 3rd year Hungarian Climate Advocates are already hard at work and are delighted to have taken their Mobile Climate Office to the Sziget Festival, the largest open air music festival in Budapest. The Office has found its perfect venue at the festival being situated in the H20 venue, where, not surprisingly, water is the subject in hand. This is a great location for the office as the issues of water and climate change are strongly interrelated. 
