Green Alternative

Green Alternative is an NGO striving for environmental and social justice, protecting the environment, biological and cultural heritage of Georgia.

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

1/🧵In 2018, #Tbilisi authorities set out to decrease the city’s car dependency, reduce traffic jams, improve air quality and develop better🚴‍♀️infrastructure. Despite investment from the @EBRD & @ADB_HQ, there has been little improvement. What’s gone wrong? https://t.co/sDwtCFlrLo

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

🚕🚲🚎გაგვიზიარეთ თქვენი შეხედულებები თბილისის სატრანსპორტო პოლიტიკისა და რეფორმების შესახებ!
🟢ჩვენი კითხვარი ანონიმურია და მიზნად ისახავს სატრანსპორტო რეფორმების პარალელურად, თბილისის მაცხოვრებლების გამოცდილებისა და მოსაზრებების კვლევას.
https://t.co/vG5rwWl5nX

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

In this investigative story, @Mtisambebi reports how Georgian Manganese, extractive company, and the state have conspired to devastate Chiatura, western 🇬🇪n city. Here locals are losing their health, homes and even lives to unchecked manganese extraction https://t.co/7aJ4zTHeJX

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

Tbilisi residents call on the @EBRD and @TbilisiCity to terminate the contract for purchasing metro cars with the Kremlin-linked Russian supplier. Join their call to action here: https://t.co/eHor7yJFyK

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

🚌🇬🇪The @EBRD invested EUR 230 million to reform #Tbilisi public transport, but issues persist:
⌚️Overcrowded, unreliable service
👭No measures to tackle sexual harassment and discrimination
🔎Limited transparency

More in our #EBRDam briefing: https://t.co/J7GufZ29Mt

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

Civil society groups in #Georgia urge @OliverVarhelyi to make public the interim spring assessment on the country's progress in implementing @EU_Commission's 12 recommendations for receiving #EU candidacy status this fall. https://t.co/CUYXv1uaLZ

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

After 4 years of waiting, a draft Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Tbilisi is finally set to be launched this spring!
🌿To make Tbilisi green & healthy, @EBRD @ADB_HQ and the City Hall should ensure that public hearings start ASAP and are truly inclusive! #Cities4Health

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

The @EBRD is helping Tbilisi pay for new metro cars from a 🇷🇺 company linked with the Kremlin and its defence industry!

We urge the Bank to terminate the contract and find an alternative supplier!

Read the🧵👇
https://t.co/ZiCCKHkMhG

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

@politico After 2days of massive protests, the ruling party has said it decided to withdraw the bill. But it also warned that as soon as “the emotions subside” the party will better explain the “need” for the law to the public. Clear sign that the struggle against the bill is far from over

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

Putin-style ‘foreign agent’ bill aims to stifle dissent, and to further restrict civil space in Georgia. Crucially, it is a move that also risks derailing 🇬🇪’s European Union aspirations. Read our op-ed for @Politico https://t.co/BJmgXAHhdc

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

⭕️The draft law on foreign agents, endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, aims to curb dissent and further shrink space for civil society by labeling, stigmatizing and vilifying independent media and civil society groups. #norussianlaw
Link >> https://t.co/qctShfk82M

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

Happy holidays from all of us at Green Alternative! Thank you for your support in 2022. Next year, to protect 🇬🇪 #environment, we look forward to further strengthening our cooperation with you – our long-standing partners & supporters, local groups & communities across #Georgia

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

💰Despite the availability of funds to reform Tbilisi🇬🇪 public transport, issues linked to overcrowding, air pollution and congestion persist.
🗞️@ADB_HQ issued funding for #SustainableMobility plan development in 2018, but its completion is not in sight.
https://t.co/Mq16H7yd71

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

In a survey by @GreenAltOrg, 70% of ♀️ respondents aged 18-35 said they had experienced unwelcome sexual advances in Tbilisi public🚍.
@EBRD & @ADB_HQ must ensure assessment and prevention of gender-related risks in the public transport reform they support
https://t.co/HFouco7K9z

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

In Tbilisi, the average interval between buses is⌚️18min - with no improvement in the past 4 years!

The @EBRD & @ADB_HQ supporting the city transport revamp should find out why, despite the availability of funds, planned reforms are far behind schedule.

https://t.co/DBWwPA6M72

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

🟢🚌მეგობრებო, თუ თბილისის საქალაქო ტრანსპორტს იყენებთ, გთხოვთ, მიიღოთ ჩვენს კვლევაში მონაწილეობა და გაგვიზიაროთ თქვენი გამოცდილება.
🟩კითხვარის შესავსებად სულ რაღაც 10-15 წუთი დაგჭირდებათ. კითხვარი ანონიმურია. #თბილისი #Tbilisi #ტრანსპორტი
🚃https://t.co/I3yY0K72yF

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

#StandwithUkraine
#სოლიდარობაუკრაინას

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

Turkish construction firm Enka Renewables has terminated its contract with the Georgian government to build an $800 million hydropower plant in western Georgia, Turkish media has reported. #NamakhvaniHPP #NotoNamakhvani
https://t.co/Y9AJ6KM8Z0

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

💦Namakhvani hydropower project in 🇬🇪Georgia poses a danger to the Rioni river’s🌱wildlife, critically endangered 🐟sturgeons especially.

🗞See the latest @nationalgeographic article by @PrlYakob for more: https://t.co/SNf7GlvXt1

[Green Alternative @GreenAltOrg]

✍️Comprehensive piece by @NatGeo about #Rioni and threats from #NamakhvaniHPP: A new hydropower project planned for the Rioni River in the country of Georgia could wipe out extremely rare #sturgeons that still spawn there. ➡https://t.co/lDmBjgv4DJ @PrlYakob @Douglas_Main 👍