International Car-Free Day is an opportunity to draw attention to the ever-growing problem of air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and noise caused by car traffic. It is a day when we can show together that there are other ways to get around the city. Walking, cycling or using public transport has a number of positive effects on both our health and the environment. Fewer cars on the streets mean cleaner air, less noise and more space for people. Join Sustainable University and try a different mode of transport today!

This year’s Car-Free Day will take place in the morning at the Armoury and by the main building of the Faculty of Science in the Envelopa campus (17. listopadu 12). In the afternoon, the university activities will be followed by a programme at náměstí Republiky, organised by the City of Olomouc with the support of Sustainable University.

Ride the tram for free

In cooperation with DPMO and the City of Olomouc, a tram marked Car-Free Day will operate from 6:00 to 19:00. It will be free for all passengers and will run on the following loop: Main Railway Station – city centre – Tržnice – Main Railway Station.

7:30–13:00 | Armoury courtyard + park behind the Faculty of Science (17. listopadu 12) + Faculty of Physical Culture, by the entrance to the NA building (Neředín)

You can look forward to:

• coffee from Café Gape and light refreshments
• free basic bicycle servicing
• demonstration of an electric cargo bike (Armoury only)
• distribution of waste-sorting sets for students to borrow for their halls of residence
• strength and mobility exercises (using your own body weight) for all ages, body weights and fitness levels | Bezručovy sady 10:00

14:00–18:00 | náměstí Republiky

• an afternoon group bike ride organised in cooperation with the Statutory City of Olomouc
• programme organised by the Olomouc City Council

Don’t buy, swap! Have a clear-out at home before the start of the semester and bring us clothes and accessories for women, men and children (please keep children’s items separate), small household items (e.g. dishes or kitchen utensils) and books. Donated items will find new owners at the traditional UP Bazaar, which will take place on 23 September by the entrance to the main UP canteen. Children’s clothing will be included in the children’s swap organised as part of Fair UP Week and Giving Day in the Armoury courtyard on Monday, 5 October.

When and where can you bring the items you no longer need?

• Zbrojnice/Armoury – Student Club:
  • 7. 9. – 10. 9. 9:00–14:00
  • 11. 9. – 16. 9. 9:00–14:00
• CMTF – main building – reception
  • 7. 9. – 11. 9. 7:00–20:00
  • 14. 9. – 18. 9. 7:00–20:00
• LF – Faculty of Medicine Library
  • 7. 9. – 11. 9. 8:00–15:30
  • 14. 9. – 17. 9. 8:00–15:30
• PF: room to be specified
  • 14. 9. – 18. 9. 11:00–11:30; 13:00–13:30
• FF: Křížkovského 10, room 2.26, Research and Development Department
  • 7. 9. – 11. 9. 9:00–14:00

Anyone can help, and sometimes all it takes is a few hours and a willingness to lend a hand. This is the idea behind Palacký University’s Employee Volunteer Day, organised by the UP Volunteer Centre. Once again this year, employees of Palacký University Olomouc, the Statutory City of Olomouc and the Olomouc Regional Authority will take part in volunteer activities supporting organisations, public spaces and community projects across the region. Volunteers will help care for public spaces, greenery and animals.

More information on the UP Volunteer Centre website

Carbon footprint. Carbon neutrality. Carbon emissions. There is no escaping carbon: the media confront us with it from all sides, and it tends to evoke primarily negative associations. But this was not always the case. After all, we owe our very existence to carbon. In this documentary, carbon becomes the protagonist of a dynamic story of creation and destruction, with all of us playing supporting roles. Narrated by Sarah Snook and featuring commentary from scientists, carbon guides us through the story of its existence, from its birth in the core of an exploding star to the prospects for the near future of life on Earth. In doing so, it helps us understand its ambiguous role: just as easily as it gave us life, it can take it away again. Our future, however, depends not so much on carbon itself as on how we choose to use it and live with it.

A conference organised in cooperation with the non-profit organisation Mary’s Meals on the theme of “School and Sustainability”, held at the Fort Science interactive science centre (for lower-secondary school pupils and students in the lower years of multi-year grammar schools).

Faculty of Law

• 22. 9. Eye examination + dermatological examination
• 23. 9. Yoga
• 24. 9. Pharmaceutical lectures on combining dietary supplements and energy drinks
• 25. 9. Lecture on Self-Defence in Practice (necessary defence, etc.) + practical training/exercises (Colonel Jan Grmolenský) = exact title to be confirmed for promotional purposes

Faculty of Arts

date and venue to be confirmed | lecture/practical workshop with a clinical speech therapist focusing on how to care for your voice, learn how to look after it and develop the desired habits.

More detailed information will be added during August.

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