Ecologists Without Borders

In 2010 and 2012, the association organized the largest environmental volunteer action in Slovenia, which attracted over 13% of the residents (over 270,000 people out of ca.

[4] In parallel, Ecologists Without Borders have been organizing other events for raising awareness about waste management issues and maintaining the register of illegal dumps that was developed in collaboration with Slovene mapping service Geopedia.

Nives Dolšak, an associate professor at the University of Washington, researcher of common pool resources, characterised their work as phenomenal and an incredible success.

It was meant primarily for raising awareness, so repeating it would dilute the message and abet persistent polluters.

[6] They stated the same after the 2010 event, but then decided to organize it once more in order to support the global action World Cleanup 2012.