When sailing with the heart, the Drina stays clean
When you sail with your heart, you get far – from Perućac all the way to Rogačica. And when there is a love for nature and ecology in the heart, the Drina remains clean even after the biggest event on the water. "Let's keep Drina Safe", "Let's keep Drina clean", are just some of the messages that the eco-patrol of the Mozzart Foundation carried down the 25 km long descent at this year's Drina Regatta, making sure that no bottle or can wander into the river.
Sailing through beautiful nature and tradition for more than three decades gathered about 15,000 participants on more than 1,500 vessels, and the eco-patrol of the Mozzart Foundation handed out special bags for waste disposal and eco-messages on the importance of nature conservation. Merry crews cruised with laughter and good fun, collecting waste in bags and confirming that every voyage is calm and successful when sailing with the heart. The Mozzart Foundation is implementing the ecological action at the Drina Regatta for the second year in a row, in cooperation with TO Tara – Drina. The event, held in honor of the old rafters, attracted tens of thousands of visitors from different continents at its thirty-first edition, and regardless of the language they speak, the murmur of the mighty Drina was understood by everyone.
Green trail of Mozzart Foundation across Serbia
The cleaning campaign at the Drina Regatta is only part of numerous projects that the Mozzart Foundation has been charting a "green" trail across the country for years. As part of these activities, so far, a couple of unique eco-gyms have sprouted, made from wood pulled from rivers, two solar power plants in schools in Valjevo and Užice, as well as an access pier at Potpeć Lake, where cleaning actions have been organized on several occasions... The Foundation also organized an environmental action at the Lim Regatta, and recycling of textiles and plastics raised funds for forest restoration and other projects aimed at environmental protection.