Let's Do It - the Day of Civil Actions

What is the Day of Civil Actions?

The day of civil actions is a day of collective action that has been taking place in different forms all over Estonia since the year 2008. In 2008 people gathered together to clean Estonia from illegal garbage, in 2009 people gathered together to generate good ideas and in 2010 there were several different bees (Estonian: talgud) all over Estonia. In 2010 every community, organisation or active citizen decided by themselves what needed to be done and asked other people to join according to that.  There were 1130 bees in the year 2010 all over Estonia - in the end 31 299 people took part of the events!

The main purpose of the Day of Civil Actions is the contribution to the civil society in Estonia by promoting active attitude, strenghtening local communities and  supporting the development of local leaders. 

 

                                                     

                                                        Let’s do it in 2011

This year the Day of Civil Actions will take place on the 7^th of May in the same format as last year. This means that on the 7^th of May there will be different bees all over Estonia that You can participate in or even organize! Registration of bees started on 15^th of March. Registration of participants starts on 11^th of April. 

In order to organize or participate in a bee visit our website http://talgud.teemeara.ee/events or contact Mariliis Tago (mariliis@teemeara.ee) who will help you with registration. 

This year, in co-operation with Estonian National Museum, we are also collecting stories from people who have participated in the Day of Civil Actions and other kind of bees in different times. People can send us their stories as well as read other people’s stories on our website - www.teemeara.ee.

 Let’s do it!