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Beehive on the Balcony

🍯 “Beehive on the Balcony” — a project of support and sustainability.

We are launching a social project that combines two key goals:
💛 helping people
🌱 financial sustainability of environmental projects

We are the team of Pădurea Noastră (Our Forest) from Moldova.
We organize environmental actions, educational programs, create media content, and protect the environment on a legal level.

Today, our capacity largely depends on external funding.
To grow sustainably, we are creating our own source of income — both ecological and social at the same time.


🐝 Why a beekeeping project?

We are launching an apiary that will become:
— a financial foundation for the organization
— a platform for environmental education
— a tool to support people

The apiary will be located in a clean natural area —
in the eco-settlement “Schiastlivoye,” in one of the homesteads near Moldova’s Codri forest 🌳

🐝 How does the project work?

We have created a format with a strong social impact:

👉 you make a donation
👉 we invest it in developing the apiary
👉 and distribute this year’s harvest as follows:

50% — for the development of environmental projects
50% — for vulnerable people in Moldova who need support:

Refugees
— single mothers
— large families
— elderly people
— people with disabilities

Cost of one hive is:

  • 175 euros or
  • 200 US dollars

💬 If you wish,
we can deliver honey to a specific person or family
you would like to support.

Why is it called “Hive on the Balcony”?

We want to give urban residents the opportunity to have clean, natural products on their table without commercial markups —
as if the hive were right at their home.
Where exactly? On the balcony.

At the same time, through this project, we want to introduce people to eco-settlements and a nature-based lifestyle.

🌿 Why does it matter?

This is not just a donation.

It is a contribution that simultaneously:
— helps people here and now
— supports the development of our environmental projects 🌱

Products will be distributed throughout the year as they are harvested:
acacia honey, linden honey, wildflower honey,
as well as pollen, bee bread, and other bee products.


📊 Plans for this year

We plan to launch an apiary with 50 bee colonies.


🌱 About us

A.O. Pădurea Noastră (Our Forest) is an environmental and cultural organization in Moldova.

We combine:
— environmental protection activities
— educational projects
— cultural initiatives

👥 Our team includes 9 core members and more than 100 volunteers

More than 100 volunteers take part in large-scale activities:
forest clean-ups, tree planting, environmental projects,
as well as festivals of traditional culture and heritage,
where ecological awareness is integrated into cultural programs.

We also support eco-settlements in Moldova
and encourage moving from cities to rural areas.


📈 Our achievements:

• Over 20,000 kg of waste collected during 45 eco-actions (2022–2025)
10 “Clean Games” held with participation of 500 children and teenagers
• Illegal construction stopped in the Tsypova nature reserve
• Illegal logging and dumps identified
• Compensation secured for cutting down a fig garden in central Chișinău
• Organized the first environmental Reels blogging conference in Moldova

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