''Let's Clean Slovenia 2012'' () was a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

n environmental volunteer project organized by the environmental organization Ecologists Without Borders with the goal of joining 250,000 people on 24 March 2012 and cleaning

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from illegal

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s in the country. Cleaning of scattered garbage in urban areas was also organized. The project, a continuation of the '' Let's Clean Slovenia in One Day!'' carried out two years before, was inspired by the

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n campaign '' Let's Do It 2008'' and organized within the frame of the '' World Cleanup 2012''. The work started in March 2011 and culminated in the all-Slovenian cleanup on 24 March 2012. Around 121,000 people applied until a few days before the event, with official support from almost all Slovene municipalities. Data from the inventory of illegal landfills created in collaboration with Slovene mapping service Geopedia was used in directing volunteers towards landfills. Among the participants were the

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, top Slovene politicians, celebrities, and

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, the main motivator of the movement ''

Let's Do It! World Let's Do It World is a global civic organization that started from Estonia, mobilizing people worldwide in joining local, national and regional clean-up events. Among other projects, it is the founder of World Cleanup Day, on which a network of ...

''. President of Slovenia

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acted as an honorary patron, and the folk-rock musician

Vlado Kreslin Vlado Kreslin (born 29 November 1953) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. Life and work Kreslin was born in the village of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He began his musical caree ...

responded to a request and wrote the song "Okna na stežaj" that became an official hymn of the event. The ''World Cleanup 2012'' initiative, which was started on that day by

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and Slovenia, will continue with clean-up actions in over 80 countries until September 2012. Over 270,000 people or 12% of the population participated in Slovenia. 5000 tons of waste were picked up.

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* {{official, http://www.ocistimo.si Environmental volunteering Environmentalism in Slovenia Cultural history of Slovenia 2012 in Slovenia March 2012 in Europe Volunteering in Slovenia

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