About eco-centre

Zaježová Education Centre is located in the natural and picturesque countryside of Polomy. The eco-centre is situated 30km from the city of Zvolen and it is settled in a newly reconstructed farmhouse.

It was created as the joint project of the Centre for environmental and ethical education Živica and the Society for Harmonious Living, where both organisations put together most of their events and activities for the general public.

The entire centre was renovated by the use of environmental technologies and natural materials such as clay pargeting, insulation using straw bales, recycled paper flakes, cellulose insulation and use of waste materials. The eco-centre is heated by means of a wood boiler and household water is heated by the use of solar collectors. The electrical energy is produced from the sun power plant located on the roof and waste water is cleaned by a biological root waste treatment plant. In our eco-centre we strive to minimise most waste and everything else we endeavour to recycle. When refurbishing the centre, the focus was not only on the ecology, but also on aesthetic aspects. Decorating using mosaics and clay within interior clearly demonstrates this.

The aim of the eco-centre is to create a space for numerous high-calibre events focusing on holistic environmental and ethical education. Equally, it provides room for mind, body and spirit programmes, which may help you not only to relax your body and mind, but also to help you to learn how to listen to nature and how to follow a path of naturalism.

Comfortable, pleasant accommodation, delicious cuisine, the stylish tea house and the beauty of the surrounding hills undoubtedly symbolise our Zaježová Education Centre. 

Our programs and courses are in line with the principles of eco-tourism – the environmental form of tourism. By booking our education programs or mind, body and spirit programs in our eco-centre, you will support the responsible travel, which improves and maintains the quality of local inhabitants.

Although the hills of Zaježova are not under Protected Landscape Areas, there is a local initiative, which strives to include them under Village protected areas, whereby the village and its inhabitants may determine which areas are valuable to them. In the case that those areas are in possession of a local village council, they can be protected. 

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