Eco-friendly Romania: Viable Option or Green Dream?

It can be inspiring to look around Romania and see the advancement that has occurred or is in store for the country, if all goes to plan. The vision of many Romanians, expats, and foreign investors is firmly fixed on the European Union (EU) and what it has to offer in the next five to ten years. In this environment of corporate responsibility and the race for more results to quell the tide of corruption amid the current hurricane of a political climate, many may feel that development and new regulations outside of banks and business is all but forgotten.

People who live in small farming villages around the country have been reportedly overwhelmed by the well-accessorized experts who have come to their towns and told them how they will be running their farms under the umbrella of the EU, or told by businesspersons how much they're offering for their lifeblood, or land as it is mundanely known. They've been told they can access the information on the Internet while many of these farmers do not even have indoor plumbing. Perhaps the EU will play a part in not only modernizing farm life but also in offering updated green solutions. Green, or environmentally friendly, alternatives to the old fires of industry is not a topic often heard unless discussing a mining site such as Rosia Montana where the threats of the open-pit mine are underscored by the Romanian Academy, or the Baia Mare Aurul project where the Lapus River has carried toxic waste into the Somes, Tisza and Danube rivers.