Ecological Days OLOMOUC 2014

Friday 25. 4.
16:30     Stanislav Komárek:    Defiance in Nature and Society
Is there any similarity between a dandelion growing through asphalt and an ecological activist?
18:00    Jiří Sádlo:        Black People and the Ailanthus
For a moment it will not matter whether it’s about fate (a prostitute), ethnicity (a Roma), or species (a black locust).
19:30    David Storch:    What to Do?
How to resist relentless global trends and what can still be done?
21:00    Night of the Nightingales        meeting in front of the Theater of Music in Olomouc
A walk into a world where experience cannot be purchased, as it depends on what the nightingales are thinking.
Guide to nightingale song and other nocturnal sounds: Jaroslav Koleček.

Saturday 26. 4.
8:00    Special Little Birds     meeting at 8:00 a.m. at Žižkov Square
Birdwatching in Olomouc parks and welcoming bird song with Jaroslav Koleček.
10:00    Cyril Höschl:        Bedřich Smetana – Illness and Creation 
Demythologization of the national classic, who, despite his deafness, retained auditory imagination.
13:30    Zdeněk Pinc:        Belonging and the Problem of Moral Theology in the 21st Century
Moral theology understands God with an emphasis on the relationship with man and in connection with the question of the meaning of life.
15:00     Daniel Frynta    :    The State of Noah's Ark
Protection of animals despite human preferences and ideas about animal beauty.
16:30    Milena Bartlová:    Long-Term Sustainable Defiance of the Czech Hussites
An attempt to approach the long-term sustainable defiance of the Hussites as a political theme.
18:00    Jiří Pehe:        Defiance of Absurdity is the Essence of Human Freedom
The claim that there is no alternative to the current social system is a denial of democracy.
19:30     My Name is Drtikol:    Jiří Holna, Jiří Němec, Michal Macků
A program dedicated to the Czech photographer František Drtikol. “My name is Drtikol, I crushed the wheels that constrained me. I am a photographer. I photographed with light. I write into the souls of people with the light of knowledge.”

Sunday 28. 4.
10:00 Václav Bělohradský:    Defiant Crowds, Compliant Societies.
About why the squares are full of protesters while societies are increasingly incapable of change.
14:00    Jiřina Šiklová:     Is it Worth Fighting Back or Should We Give Up?
Is resistance in the present a utopia? Do naive idealists resist while "normal" people give up? Stay silent or protest?
15:30    Daniela Matějková    The Greens or Stories from Party Life.
The Greens 2003-2005 or What are you doing here? Get lost! A documentary about partisanship, engagement, and intrigues.
17:00 Alternative Views of the World in Politics and Their Hope for Success. A Spectrum of Opinions on the Meaning of "Green" Alternatives and "Green Politics". Václav Bělohradský, Daniela Matějková, Jana Drápalová (SZ), Jan Hollan (LES), Zuzana Kocumová (Změna), Ivan Rynda (LES), Matěj Stropnický (SZ), Tomáš Tožička (Změna).  

Traditional crafts, programs for parents with children, City May Day: Maypole raising at 10:00, launch of the campaign "To Work by Bike", Semafor Center and bike safety, Tramtarie Theater in the courtyard of the town hall: 11:00 About the Little Prehistoric Man, 14:00 Boy from the Poster, 16:00 Pirate Fairy Tale, Olomouc sorts waste: Technical services of the city of Olomouc, Slunákov tent with OŽP, Color Days or How Waste is Recycled-EKO-KOM, Raft tours through historical Olomouc with CK Peřej tours, Haná gliding, Forests in the Olomouc Region – Forests for People, information about the environment, biodiversity of nature and human approaches to it, NGOs, exhibitions, cultural programs, a view of Olomouc from the town hall tower, life alternatives and diversity.

EKO 2014 CONCERT:     1. 5. 2014     HORNÍ NÁMĚSTÍ
9:30-THE SHOOKIES, 10:30-TOMÁŠ KOČKO and ORCHESTRA, 12:30-BRATŘI ORFFOVÉ,
14:00-ŽAMBOŠI, 15:30-MARSHALL MALINOVSKY, 17:00-KRAUSBERRY,
18:30-ANDREJ ŠEBAN BAND, 20:00-PETER LIPA BAND
Sound: Fr.Petřík, Sound of Innovation. In case of bad weather: At the club thanks to Leoš Friedl.

BATTLE OF CITIES OLOMOUC AND ZLÍN IN COLLECTING USED BATTERIES: EKOJARMARK:
Olomouc residents can bring used batteries to the ECOBAT booth in the square as part of the battle of cities.

Wednesday 16. 4.     FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OLOMOUC GARBAGEMEN. Meeting at 16:00 at the bus parking lot near the Market Hall. An excursion to a place you probably wouldn’t go to otherwise. Bus.
Saturday 19. 4. NATURAL PARK KLADECKO. JÁN KADLEC. Meeting at 9:00 from the bus station near the market. For those arriving independently by car, meeting at 10:00 Hvozd, village square, St. Wenceslas Chapel. Bus.
Sunday 20. 4. WALKING FOR FUNCTIONALIST ARCHITECTURE IN BRNO WITH JAKUB POTŮČEK. Meeting near the Market Hall in the parking lot at 9:00. Bus.
Saturday 26. 4.   10:00–16:00    ZOO Olomouc at St. Kopeček. EARTH DAY AT OLOMOUC ZOO.
The mysterious forest of rabbit Fleka for parents with children.
Tuesday 29. 4. GENIUS OF FEELING. Two composed landscapes: The House of Nature of František Skála, Miloš Šejn, M. Fekar and M. Hubáček in Horka and the romantic complex of the Liechtensteins in Nové Zámky. Meeting at 13:30 in front of the low-energy house Slunákova in Horka n. Moravou. Bus.

Where bus transportation (BUS) is indicated, it is necessary to register by email by April 12 at info@slunakov.cz or by phone at: 585 154 711. The cost of bus transportation is 100 CZK.
23. 4. – 23. 5.     MUO Theater of Music        MILOS ŠEIN: FACES/FACIALITIES
1. 4. – 30. 4.     Gallery Caesar            MILAN KUNC: GOLDEN PAINTINGS (AND SCULPTURES)
30. 4. – 16. 5.     Gallery u Mloka, P center    SCHIELEMAN: SCHIELEMAN (photographs)
1. 4. – 30. 5.     Slunákov, Horka n. Moravou    PLACES OF MEETING. (exhibition of models)
1. 4. – 1. 5.     Slunákov, Horka n. Moravou    WHAT DID THE LEAF OF THE TREE TELL? (children's works)
7. 4. – 9. 5.    Gallery DDM Olomouc        THE SECRETS OF WILDERNESS (children's works)

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM EDO 2014
Saturday, April 12,     9-17 hours,       botanical garden in Bezručovy sady
Presentation of forest kindergartens. Activities for parents with children organized by forest kindergartens.
Wednesday, April 30,     17:30 hours,       TÉ & Café KRATOCHVÍLE
Karel Nejedlý ON THE METHOD OF RUŠ addressing the causes of personal problems. Admission 120 CZK organized by D.Tkadlčík.

MEDIA PARTNERS: R1 Morava on Prima Love, Czech Radio Olomouc, A2 cultural biweekly, Vesmír, Seventh Generation, www.osel.cz, Listy - bimonthly for culture and dialogue, Salon literary weekly of the Právo newspaper, Ecological Living, Olomouc Newspapers online, Our Nature.

Changes to the program likely due to the number of guests. Current and detailed information: www.slunakov.cz