Honorary exhibition committee
Patrons of the exhibition:
the Polish UNESCO Committee
Janusz Zaleski – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Environment – Chief Nature Conservator
Marek Sowa - the Marshall of the Małopolska Region,
Jacek Majchrowski - the President of Cracov,
Jerzy Woźniakiewicz - the Director of the Regional Public Library in Cracov
Janusz Zaleski – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Environment – Chief Nature Conservator
Marek Sowa - the Marshall of the Małopolska Region,
Jacek Majchrowski - the President of Cracov,
Jerzy Woźniakiewicz - the Director of the Regional Public Library in Cracov
Magdalena ABAKANOWICZ, an artist drawing her inspiration from nature, her works considered revolutionary in the field of sculpture and artistic fabrics
Leszek CICHY, Himalaya specialist, the first Pole to reach the summit of the Earth’s Crown; along with Krzysztof Wielicki, the first to climb Mount Everest in winter
Janusz HEREŹNIAK, dendrologist, professor at Lodz University’s Geo-botany and Plant Ecology Faculty, promoter of the idea of creating the Jura National Park in the Krakow-Czestochowa region
Agnieszka HOLLAND, film director, creator of many excellent films advocating tolerance; active on four continents
Edward HOŚCIŁOWICZ, economist, cofounder of the Higher School of Finance and Management in Bialystok; actively working for the eco-development of Podlasie
Father Stanisław JAROMI, doctor of philosophy, member of the Franciscan order, chairman of the St. Francis of Assisi Ecological Movement (REFA)
Krzysztof JAŻDŻEWSKI, marine biologist, zoologist, head of many polar scientific expeditions
Marek KAMIŃSKI, polar explorer, the only man in the world to have reached both poles in one and the same year without outside assistance; engaged in social work for children and the handicapped
Jerzy KŁOCZOWSKI, historian, professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, chairman of the Polish UNESCO Committee
Piotr KŁODA, author and co-ordinator of the ICAPWa program for conservation of wooden sacred architecture in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe
Janusz KORBEL, doctor of architecture, journalist, member of the scientific council of the Bialowieza national park, esteemed activist for nature protection
Danuta KUROŃ - along with Jacek Kuroń (1934-2004) established the "SOS Social Assistance” Foundation and the Jan Józef Lipski University at Teremiski in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest
Jadwiga ŁOPATA, ecological agriculture propagator, along with Sir Julian Rose she heads the International Coalition for the Protection of Polish Countryside (ICPPC), winner of the Goldman Prize, the so-called ecological Nobel.
Andrzej MIZGAJSKI, geographer, head of the Environmental Protection and Balanced Development Educational Centre at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, chairman of the board at Green Cross Poland
Waldemar OSMAŁEK, diver, traveller, chairman of the non-profit Sharkproject organization propagating protection of sharks in Poland
Lama RINCZEN, chairman of the Council of the Polish Buddhist Union, working to establish dialogue between religions
Jacek SICIŃSKI, zoologist, hydrobiologist, head of the Lodz University’s Polar Biology and Marine Biology Faculty, participant in many scientific expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic
Radosław ‘Chopin’ SIUDA - along with Kinga Choszcz (1973-2006) hitch-hiked around the world in 5 years, globe-trotter, winner of Kolos, the Polish travel prize
Henryk SKOLIMOWSKI, professor of philosophy, founder of the first Ecophilosophy Faculty in the world at Lodz Polytechnic
Krzysztof E. SKÓRA, oceanologist, head of the IOUG Marine Station in Hel, winner of the 2008 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award, the so-called water Nobel, head of many projects, among others a Sealarium, a Blue School and a Blue Village
Andrzej STRUMIŁŁO, painter, sculptor, photographer, poet inspired by the relations between culture and nature, traveller, organizer of international artistic events, winner of numerous prestigious awards
Bożena and Jan WALENCIK, movie makers, natural historians, authors of dozens of award-winning films, among others about wolves in Eastern Europe; their series of films for TV "the saga of the primeval forest” (2009) is an innovative genre – true natural history feature films
Tomasz WESOŁOWSKI, biologist, head of Wroclaw University’s Bird Ecology Faculty, president elect of the European Ornithologists’ Union
Jan Marcin WĘSŁAWSKI, oceanologist, Baltic Sea ecosystem specialist, head of the Marine Ecology Faculty at the Polish Academy of Science’s Oceanography Institute in Sopot
Danuta and Krzysztof WOROBCÓW, social activists, founders of SADYBa - the Society for Protection of the Mazurian Cultural Landscape, they promote the idea of creating a Mazurian National Park
Maciej ZALEWSKI, pioneer in the field of eco-hydrology, head of the Lodz based European Regional Eco-hydrology Centre under the auspices of UNESCO
Janusz HEREŹNIAK, dendrologist, professor at Lodz University’s Geo-botany and Plant Ecology Faculty, promoter of the idea of creating the Jura National Park in the Krakow-Czestochowa region
Agnieszka HOLLAND, film director, creator of many excellent films advocating tolerance; active on four continents
Edward HOŚCIŁOWICZ, economist, cofounder of the Higher School of Finance and Management in Bialystok; actively working for the eco-development of Podlasie
Father Stanisław JAROMI, doctor of philosophy, member of the Franciscan order, chairman of the St. Francis of Assisi Ecological Movement (REFA)
Krzysztof JAŻDŻEWSKI, marine biologist, zoologist, head of many polar scientific expeditions
Marek KAMIŃSKI, polar explorer, the only man in the world to have reached both poles in one and the same year without outside assistance; engaged in social work for children and the handicapped
Jerzy KŁOCZOWSKI, historian, professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, chairman of the Polish UNESCO Committee
Piotr KŁODA, author and co-ordinator of the ICAPWa program for conservation of wooden sacred architecture in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe
Janusz KORBEL, doctor of architecture, journalist, member of the scientific council of the Bialowieza national park, esteemed activist for nature protection
Danuta KUROŃ - along with Jacek Kuroń (1934-2004) established the "SOS Social Assistance” Foundation and the Jan Józef Lipski University at Teremiski in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest
Jadwiga ŁOPATA, ecological agriculture propagator, along with Sir Julian Rose she heads the International Coalition for the Protection of Polish Countryside (ICPPC), winner of the Goldman Prize, the so-called ecological Nobel.
Andrzej MIZGAJSKI, geographer, head of the Environmental Protection and Balanced Development Educational Centre at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, chairman of the board at Green Cross Poland
Waldemar OSMAŁEK, diver, traveller, chairman of the non-profit Sharkproject organization propagating protection of sharks in Poland
Lama RINCZEN, chairman of the Council of the Polish Buddhist Union, working to establish dialogue between religions
Jacek SICIŃSKI, zoologist, hydrobiologist, head of the Lodz University’s Polar Biology and Marine Biology Faculty, participant in many scientific expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic
Radosław ‘Chopin’ SIUDA - along with Kinga Choszcz (1973-2006) hitch-hiked around the world in 5 years, globe-trotter, winner of Kolos, the Polish travel prize
Henryk SKOLIMOWSKI, professor of philosophy, founder of the first Ecophilosophy Faculty in the world at Lodz Polytechnic
Krzysztof E. SKÓRA, oceanologist, head of the IOUG Marine Station in Hel, winner of the 2008 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award, the so-called water Nobel, head of many projects, among others a Sealarium, a Blue School and a Blue Village
Andrzej STRUMIŁŁO, painter, sculptor, photographer, poet inspired by the relations between culture and nature, traveller, organizer of international artistic events, winner of numerous prestigious awards
Bożena and Jan WALENCIK, movie makers, natural historians, authors of dozens of award-winning films, among others about wolves in Eastern Europe; their series of films for TV "the saga of the primeval forest” (2009) is an innovative genre – true natural history feature films
Tomasz WESOŁOWSKI, biologist, head of Wroclaw University’s Bird Ecology Faculty, president elect of the European Ornithologists’ Union
Jan Marcin WĘSŁAWSKI, oceanologist, Baltic Sea ecosystem specialist, head of the Marine Ecology Faculty at the Polish Academy of Science’s Oceanography Institute in Sopot
Danuta and Krzysztof WOROBCÓW, social activists, founders of SADYBa - the Society for Protection of the Mazurian Cultural Landscape, they promote the idea of creating a Mazurian National Park
Maciej ZALEWSKI, pioneer in the field of eco-hydrology, head of the Lodz based European Regional Eco-hydrology Centre under the auspices of UNESCO