Good Stuff Happens in 1:1 Meetings: Why you need them and how to do them well
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1. Răileanu Petru, Iacob Marian
MIEDAR IEA, Group 8201
Coordinating teacher: Mihai Daniel Frumușelu
2. The village of Roșia Montană, in Alba Iulia county,
western Transylvania, is famous for its welcoming people,
beautiful scenery, and the country’s largest deposit of
gold. A mining village, its surroundings hide over 100
kilometers of underground mining galleries that date
from Roman times. First mentioned on 6 February, 131 AD,
it is the oldest mining village in Romania.
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4. Roșia Montană has one of
the most extensive
networks of Roman gold
mines.
Currently, the underground gold deposits
are estimated at 314 tons. A recent project
aimed at mining the gold using cyanide
raised concerns among many Romanians,
causing the project to be halted. What was
left behind is a tighter knit community and a
festival that still brings together famous
artists to keep the spirit of resistance alive.
5. The rich mineral resources of the area have
been exploited since Roman times or
before. This has caused controversy on one
hand over the extent to which remains of
Roman mining would be preserved and over
fears of a repeat of the cyanide pollution at
Baia Mare and on the other, over the benefits
that mining would bring to this poor and
underdeveloped part of the country.
The campaign against
mining at Roșia Montană
was one of the largest
campaigns over a non-
political cause in the last
20 years in Romania.
6. In Roșia Montană, each
year since 2004, in
August, several NGOs
have organized a
free music festival in aid
of the Save Roșia
Montană campaign.
The three-day FânFest event has
a large range of cultural,
environmental, musical and
outdoor activities as well as
offering the chance to
participate in various workshops.
The main stage features groups
performing rock, jazz, folk,
reggae and world music.
