Eco Guerilla

Eco Guerilla was initially an information-based group of aware citizens who gathered to raise their voices and raise the alarm about the very serious situation with air pollution in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia and surrounding municipalities. The main source of pollution they started protesting against was a local factory that was responsible for a large proportion of the air pollution in the city due to a lack of air filters. Eco Guerilla started its activities back in 2014 with a group of five activists with various professional profiles, and now it involves thousands of people all sharing a common goal: to stop pollution and create real measures to decrease it via awareness raising and public education about who the polluters are and the way in which institutions at a local and central level should deal with the situation. Since its establishment, Eco Guerilla has organized a series of activities such as mass protests and publicity campaigns to increase public awareness of the seriousness of air pollution and the consequences of it. It is also advocating for preserving the drinking water in Tetovo and against the water supply interruptions in the city – the movement claims that this is a consequence of the construction of hydropower plants and the landslides they cause due to the seismic tremors.