The process continues with information and workshops in the idea competition initiated by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality to generate new ideas and develop projects on the fight against climate change and drought.
While the drought due to climate change has become the most important agenda not only of Turkey but also of the world, the Metropolitan Municipality, which has been working hard in every field from reducing the loss and leakage in drinking water to reducing the carbon footprint, also includes new ideas in this struggle. The Ideathon Idea Contest started with the theme of 'My Mind, My Idea Bursa' in order to generate new ideas and develop projects on issues such as water scarcity, flood, overflow, reuse of wastewater, rainwater harvesting, increasing gray water use, control of water loss leaks in the network, stream improvement. the process continues. In the competition organized under the coordination of the Environmental Protection and Control Department, 15 teams, including teams from Istanbul, Van and Bilecik, were informed about the process. At the information meeting held at Atatürk Congress and Culture Center, Yıldız Odaman Cindoruk, Head of the Metropolitan Municipality Environmental Protection and Control Department, and the mentors of the competition briefed the teams about the process and the competition.
Awareness more than competition
Providing information about Ideathon, the subject of which is climate change and drought, Head of Environmental Protection and Control Department Yıldız Odaman Cindoruk said, “We launched this study within the scope of World Water Day. We are holding our first meeting now. The aim of Ideathon is not only a competition, but also to increase the awareness of the participants and the public on this issue. Therefore, this process has information and workshop parts. We informed the teams about the problems related to drought and climate change in Bursa. In the next stage, the groups carried out group work among themselves with the participation of mentors. In this group study, it was aimed to create an infrastructure for the participants to identify the problems related to climate change and drought. It is also pleasing for us to have teams from Istanbul, Van and Bilecik outside of Bursa. There will be an idea camp in the next process. Afterwards, the top three will be determined among the projects prepared. I wish success to all teams,” he said.