Best part of SCI seminars is when you can apply the knowledge from the sessions. WWF Workshop during Youth Facing Global Challenges for Sustainable and Peaceful Future was about campaigning and especially which methods they used during Earth Hour campaign. After we came with own ideas for real problem happening in Russia – campaign against reopening of pulp and paper mill on the shores of the Siberian lake Baikal. It is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world and contains a total of roughly 20 percent of the world's surface fresh water. Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, the body of water is also known as the "Pearl of Siberia". Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Baykalsk Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM) was constructed in 1966, directly on the shore line, bleaching paper with chlorine and discharging waste into Baikal. 
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