Now the 24th of October is International Day of Climate Action, organized by 350.org, and this time if you’re in Hungary taking action is even easier and fun. At the Széchenyi Spa in Budapest from 10pm will take place Klímafürdő, a Climate Bath Party!

The Party  will start with the shooting of a movie; yes, you read right, not projecting but shooting a movie. Gábor Herendi, the director of A Kind of America (Valami Amerika) will direct a film which will feature the people invading the spa, and doing actions like forming the number 350, the symbol of the solution to climate change. After that there will be lots of music with concerts, DJs, and even a raffle.

This is a unique chance to partecipate in something unique while having fun at the same time. Soaking in a thermal bath can be nice, but when you add the music and the dancing… well the fun is guaranteed! Moreover the movie will be played in Copenhagen at the UN climate experience, in domestic climate events like meetings of Climate-Friendly Municipalities, Climate Call movie projections, Car-free days etc., and of course people will have the chance to see it on Youtube.

The Budapest event is part of something huge; more than 4000 events will take place on October 24th in over 170 countries: from the slopes of Mt. Everest to the underwater reefs of the Maldive Islands, to the giant screens of Times Square; all in the name of 350. Why 350? 350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for parts per million carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. 350 is the number humanity needs to get below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change. It is well explained in this video. So make sure to participate to what it looks like a great night out for a very right purpose.

When: 24 October, 2009, 22.00 till 4.00.

Where: Széchenyi Spa, Budapest

Ticket price: 1500 HUF

Official Event Website: klimafurdo.com

]]> http://nakedhungary.com/2009/10/23/klimafurdo-bath-party-stop-climate-change/feed/ 7 http://nakedhungary.com/2009/10/15/blog-action-day-your-carbon-footprint/ http://nakedhungary.com/2009/10/15/blog-action-day-your-carbon-footprint/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:33 +0000 Andrea http://nakedhungary.com/?p=588 Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.

The issue for this year is Climate Change, so on Naked Hungary we would like to talk about Carbon Footprint today. A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc.

As we know most of Naked Hungary readers are people who tend to travel quite a lot, we thought of adding to this post a Carbon Footprint calculator, which not only makes you aware of your emissions of carbon footprint, but also gives you a choice of offsetting it by making an offer to the organization of your choice.

It’s pretty easy to use; enter the airport you are flying from, the destination airport, then calculate and, the most important part, choose to “Offset Now” and choose the way you prefer to do it. As we once saw written on the Berlin wall: “Many small people who in many small places do many small things can alter the face of the world”

In the weekend from September 25th to 27th Hungary is celebrating its very own national drink in Budapest, in Vigadó tér with the Pálinka Promenade; a three days event that sees the participation of 20 pálinka makers. It is a great occasion to know more about this typical product, and of course to taste some. And in case you don’t consume any alcohol, there will be plenty of entertainment with many concerts, varying from jazz to latin to more traditional Hungarian. Don’t believe us? Have a look at the program:

Friday September 25th 2009

16.30 16:30 Kormorán Memory Band

17.30 17:30 Aranytiz folk

17.40 17:40 Kormorán Memory Band

18.30 18:30  Kiki (First Floor)

20.00 20:00  Coco Loco

Saturday September 26th 2009

16.00 16:00 Duende Flamenco dance

17.00 17:00 Vörös Jazz Quartet

18.30 18:30 Gáspár Laci

20.00 20:00 Gríz zenekar

Sunday September 27th 2009

16.00 16:00 Quartet Dr. Jazz

17.30 17:30 Bágyi Balazs Quartet

18.30 18:30 Berki Béla fiddler and his band

20.00 20:00 GHB Máté Péter emlékzenekar

Official site

Full Program (in Hungarian)

More about Hungarian alcoholic drinks

Halo is probably the most popular video game at the moment; so popular that the term “Halo killer” is now being used to describe console games that aspire, or are considered, to be better than Halo. The standalone expansion for Halo 3 is called ODST. The acronym stands for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, and define a character that does not possess all the original armors, reflexes and strength of the previous characters, being therefore more vulnerable to gunfire and having players to act more cautiously as a consequence.

Halo 3 ODST the video game is due to be released on September 22nd 2009, but on September 4th, as apart of a massive advertising campaign, the live-action (as supposed to entirely computer generated) trailer was released on Internet. The Trailer was shot in Hungary, and the language is Hungarian, although apparently supposed to represent Russian for fictional purposes.