ЕКОЦЕНТР "ТЕПЛА ГОРА"
ECO-CENTER "TEPLA HORA"
Teplo (Warmth) is about community, and Hora (Mountain) is about strength. “Tepla Hora” is about the power of community. This name also aptly describes the location of the eco-station, which is located at an altitude of 750 meters, but at the same time protected by the mountains from the winds. This combination creates a warm microclimate where even the grapes ripen.
“Tepla Hora” is a project that has three dimensions/missions:
1. On Tepla Hora: creating a physical and cultural eco-environment for holistic recreation, recovery, learning, and community building.
2. In the community: supporting the sustainable development of the Carpathian region.
3. In Ukraine and the world: popularizing a healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle; stimulating eco-entrepreneurship.
The goal of the Tepla Hora Ecocenter is a Climate-Positive Ukraine by 2050.
1. On Tepla Hora: creating a physical and cultural eco-environment for holistic recreation, recovery, learning, and community building.
2. In the community: supporting the sustainable development of the Carpathian region.
3. In Ukraine and the world: popularizing a healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle; stimulating eco-entrepreneurship.
The goal of the Tepla Hora Ecocenter is a Climate-Positive Ukraine by 2050.
Tepla Hora’s role in this goal is to be one of the research and training sites, one of the “laboratories” for co-creating an eco-friendly future.
At Tepla Hora, two old Hutsul houses have been reformatted into a hostel, a kitchen and a “cafe”, and the “Om Center”, a common space and a cinema hall. Solar panels power the hostel. The new Water Lab collects and filters rainwater. The eco-center also has a garden, a greenhouse, and a bathhouse. The second floor of the hostel consists of two rooms and a common Work Space. Soon this space will start working as a full-fledged eco-station for scientists.
At Tepla Hora, two old Hutsul houses have been reformatted into a hostel, a kitchen and a “cafe”, and the “Om Center”, a common space and a cinema hall. Solar panels power the hostel. The new Water Lab collects and filters rainwater. The eco-center also has a garden, a greenhouse, and a bathhouse. The second floor of the hostel consists of two rooms and a common Work Space. Soon this space will start working as a full-fledged eco-station for scientists.
Since 2021, Tepla Hora has been hosting Makers Camps that combine volunteering with environmental education and leisure and the Warm Weekend Sustainability Festival. In 2022, the eco-station launched a rehabilitation and support program for internally displaced persons called Kolo.
We plan to build tiny eco-houses for community members and a community center – an energy-efficient and innovative building with space for events, yoga and practices, a library, coworking space and a modern plant-based cafe. In addition, there are plans for a windmill, an electric bicycle center, an organic vegetable garden, and impact projects aimed at creating positive change beyond the eco-station: an eco-entrepreneurship academy and a climate-positive Ukraine fund.
We plan to build tiny eco-houses for community members and a community center – an energy-efficient and innovative building with space for events, yoga and practices, a library, coworking space and a modern plant-based cafe. In addition, there are plans for a windmill, an electric bicycle center, an organic vegetable garden, and impact projects aimed at creating positive change beyond the eco-station: an eco-entrepreneurship academy and a climate-positive Ukraine fund.
АДРЕСА ТА КОНТАКТИ:
- Україна, Івано-Франківська область, Верховинський район, с.Черетів, присілок Черетів-1, буд. 188
- andriy@teplagora.org
- +38 096 551 5608 Андрій Грушецький
- teplagora.org