{"id":3976,"date":"2026-05-25T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:07:41","slug":"circular-innovations-award-winning-women-entrepreneurs-at-the-greenville-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/?p=3976&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Circular Innovations: Award-Winning Women Entrepreneurs at the Greenville Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Greenville Festival, visitors to the Eco Market had the opportunity to meet inspiring women entrepreneurs who showcased their products and work supported through the Public Call for Strengthening the Role of Women in the Circular Economy.<br \/>\nDuring the festival, award-winning entrepreneurs presented their products to visitors, including Slavica Kari\u0107 Antoni\u0107 (Sweet Jar), Jasna Maukovi\u0107 (Yasna), Milica Li\u010dina (An\u0111eli Delicije), Jelena Stevanovi\u0107 (EcoWaves), and Jelena Mileti\u0107 (Homeland in a Jar).<br \/>\nParticular attention from the youngest visitors was drawn to the workshop \u201cLittle Butterflies and Flowers Made of Wool,\u201d where participants used raw sheep\u2019s wool\u2014often considered waste\u2014to create colorful butterflies and flowers, transforming a natural material into small works of art. The workshop was led by Jelena from the \u201cSave the Wool\u201d initiative, which promotes the preservation of traditional crafts, the sustainable use of wool, and the empowerment of local communities through a creative and environmentally friendly approach.<br \/>\nThese are just some of the many innovations supported through the project \u201cReducing the Carbon Footprint of Local Communities through the Application of Circular Economy Principles in the Republic of Serbia \u2013 Circular Communities,\u201d implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia, with financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Greenville Festival, visitors to the Eco Market had the opportunity to meet inspiring women entrepreneurs who showcased their products and work supported through the Public Call for Strengthening the Role of Women in the Circular Economy. During the festival, award-winning entrepreneurs presented their products to visitors, including Slavica Kari\u0107 Antoni\u0107 (Sweet Jar), Jasna Maukovi\u0107 (Yasna), Milica Li\u010dina (An\u0111eli Delicije), Jelena Stevanovi\u0107 (EcoWaves), and Jelena Mileti\u0107 (Homeland in a Jar). Particular attention from the youngest visitors was drawn to the workshop \u201cLittle Butterflies and Flowers Made of Wool,\u201d where participants used raw sheep\u2019s wool\u2014often considered waste\u2014to create colorful butterflies and flowers, transforming a natural material into small works of art. The workshop was led by Jelena from the \u201cSave the Wool\u201d initiative, which promotes the preservation of traditional crafts, the sustainable use of wool, and the empowerment of local communities through a creative and environmentally friendly approach. These are just some of the many innovations supported through the project \u201cReducing the Carbon Footprint of Local Communities through the Application of Circular Economy Principles in the Republic of Serbia \u2013 Circular Communities,\u201d implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia, with financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-3976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3977,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions\/3977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_series&post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}