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44th Nature-Health Fair with the slogan ‘Let’s lead a vital life!’ closed yesterday. 22,000 visitors, approximately the same number as last year, saw the offer of 313 companies from 17 countries in four days, from 17 to 20 October 2013. This year again, the honorary sponsors were the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia. The Consumers’ Association of Slovenia raised the awareness of the significance of certificates on products. Thematic sets Food, Health, Exercise, Wellness, Natural cosmetics and Green coexistence were complemented by a rich accompanying programme – a true consulting marathon. Together with the Ecologists without Borders, the fair supported Tekstilnica project and invited especially school children to visit the event with a bag of worn textile items. Simultaneously, the 11th Camping & Caravanning took place.

Morning and afternoon programmes offer ample choice for children and youth: from fairy tales, children’s games and workshops, the historical role of the Ljubljanica river, to encouraging healthy lifestyle among youth. In addition to energy consulting and lectures by ZRMK (Building and Civil Engineering Institute), there are presentations by Green jobs, Project Tekstilnica, Traditional Chinese Medicine, The latest trends and technologies in dental health, Slovenian Diabetes Association, Herbs and spices, Topolšica spa etc.

GR - Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre was last year the Golden Sponsor of the conference Life Style Natural – Green Workplaces, which took place in the framework of the Nature-Health Fair. With this role GR accepted the role of a guinea pig of such greening. For this reason a special GR team will be attending the workshops on the theme How Green is my Workplace. The results of the analysis will be presented at this year’s Nature-Health Fair in the framework of a conference or a round table respectively, where the organiser will present a progress in the area of the workplace greening in the recent year.

Two important events on the theme of ecology will take place on April 19 and 20 at the GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, and the partner of these two events is GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. Planet Earth Association organizes Eco-conference and the award ceremony for the project The Earth has been lent to us by children.

In cooperation with the company Si.mobil and its fund Re.misli, which unites the following environmental commitments: recycle, re-use, reduce and, above all, reconsider what and where you use, we again offer visitors an alternative to the entry ticket to the fair. Anyone who has an old mobile phone at home can bring it to the entry point of the fair and will then be able to enter and enjoy the fair. With the help of Si.mobil all collected mobile phones will be appropriately disassembled according to the components (housing, battery, chargers) and handed over for recycling.

For the first time this year, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia will participate in the Nature-Health Fair, theme framework Food. At the joint showroom the Chamber will introduce visitors the traceability, control and safety systems for Slovenian meat products, different qualities of milk with regard to technology, the traceability, control and safety systems for eggs, varieties of cereal crop production and a rich offer of Slovenian bakeries, as well as the importance of fruit, vegetables and other types of foods in the daily diet. The basic presentation will be followed by the offers of individual members.

This year’s Nature-Health Fair introduces a new approach to raising awareness of the visitors and to increasing the visibility of exhibitors and the products presented at the fair. In cooperation with the Slovenian Consumers’ Association we will gather all certificates the exhibitors will entrust to us for their verification. On the basis of these certificates we will prepare a guide through the fair, which will facilitate the visitor’s decision regarding the purchase or merely serve as useful information about which certificates actually stand for quality and suitability.