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Our environment and as well as climate change have long term effects on all of us. Without increasing the number of contributors to environmental protection, without the development of local centers comprised of "environmental activists and speleologists", we will not be able to protect anything locally. The karst environment is the most vulnerable, its damage being either irreversible or reversible over hundreds of years, in the case of karstic groundwater. Most karst areas are located in rural zones, in disadvantaged areas, with small communities and an extremely underdeveloped civil society. Educating and raising awareness among the youth for future action in these local communities is of utmost importance. Currently, the capacity for involvement and action is non-existent, as we have witnessed during our previous activities. Our objectives are to involve 6000 citizens from 27 counties in the protection of karstic environment, and to raise awareness regarding the role of “Explorers Caving Society” among 1000 of our citizens. We will create informative & educational materials, we will organize awareness campaign and innovation workshops and we will rehabilitate our Ecological Education Center. We plan to have a unified information campaign across all karstic areas in Romania. Our beneficiaries are 5400 young people (students) from 27 counties and 135 schools, 100 public servants and 500 volunteers of speleological organizations.