Děti Země is a Czech citizens association for environmental protection.

COE started up in September 1989, shortly before the Velvet revolution

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...

 in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

, as an unofficial initiative of several ecological activists in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

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In the last two decades Dětí Země worked for ozone layer protection, sustainable transport, air quality etc. Today there are eleven local branches or clubs in eleven cities all over the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 with the headquarters in Plzeň (Pilsen) in the western part of the country.

Members of Honorary board of COE are Jiří Dědeček, Erazim Kohák

Erazim Kohák

Erazim Kohák is a Czech philosopher and writer. His early education was in Prague. After communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948, his family escaped to the United States....

, Vladimír Merta, Zdeněk Thoma, Jaroslav Pavlíček a Jan Vodňanský. Ivan Dejmal

Ivan Dejmal

Ivan Dejmal was a Czech politician and environmental expert.Dejmal studied Agricultural University in Prague from 1965 to 1970, but he was expelled following his arrest for activity in students’ movement...

 exdisident (Charta 77) and first Czech minister of environment was longtime supporter of COE.

Bibliogphy (part)

• M. Patrik (editor): Dopravní politika v Evropě z pohledu nevládních organizací (sborník), Praha 1992 (ISBN 80-901355-0-1)
• J. Růžička:Cesty k udržitelné dopravě ve městech, Brno 1993, (ISBN 80-901339-1-6)
• R. Jungk
  Robert Jungk
  Robert Jungk , also known as Robert Baum and Robert Baum-Jungk, was an Austrian writer and journalist who wrote mostly on issues relating to nuclear weapons....
  
  : Atomový stát. Od pokroku k nelidskosti (The Nuclear State), Praha 1994 (ISBN 80-901355-5-2)
• M. Šuta
  Miroslav Šuta
  Miroslav Šuta is a Czech environmental expert and non-fiction writer.He has been a member of the National committee for chemical safety since 1997 and several working groups of European Environmental Bureau ....
  
  : Účinky výfukových plynů z automobilů na lidské zdraví, 2008 (ISBN 80-86678-10-5)