News
BRD IN YEAR 2025
In a world where pressures on rivers continue to grow, we worked with what we have and what we think can help make a change for the better: films that travel, books that invite exploration, events that bring people together, and public engagement that speaks up when frameworks and policies fail and veer towards further […]
BRD V LETU 2025
V letu, ko so pritiski na reke še naraščali, smo skušali čim več koristnega zanje narediti s filmi, ki potujejo, knjigami, ki vabijo k raziskovanju, dogodki, ki združujejo in javno angažiranostjo, ki ima moč, da upočasni trapaste poteze politike. Balkan River Defence je v letu 2025, ki je zaznamovalo že deveto leto zaporednega delovanja, nadaljeval […]
ONE FOR THE RIVER: THE SAVA STORY NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
One for the River: The Sava Story is a feature-length documentary film that has had an extraordinary journey since its premiere. It was accepted into 28 film festivals in 16 countries around the world and won 13 awards; was broadcasted on Slovenian National TV; and screened at 95 events across Slovenia, gathering more than 10.000 […]
Projects
BIRD SURVEY OF THE SAVA RIVER
BRT5 Bird Census of the Sava River in Slovenia Whitewater kayaker and ornithology expert, Bor Mihelič, was a part of the BRT5 crew for the entire descent of the Sava, performing a bird survey in the nesting season of the entire 258 km of Sava River in Slovenia – the first continuous survery of this […]
ENVIRONMENTAL DNA STUDY
BRT5 Environmental DNA study One thing that makes BRT different from other river conservation projects is how we combine adventure sports to science and nature conservation to expose the problem of dams, give a voice to the rivers and those fighting for them and also work towards solutions and alternatives. So, we are excited to […]
BRT 5 | JUNE 2021
The Sava River is kind of like the girl next door. You spend your childhood playing together, never really realizing how attractive/mysterious/beautiful and incredible she really is. This is why the Balkan River Tour 5 crew kayaked the length of their home river, the Sava River in Slovenia. 11 days. 258km of paddling. 1 river. […]
BRT 4 | APRIL, JULY, SEPTEMBER 2019
We used a new approach for Balkan Rivers Tour 4 Instead of using the usual BRT formula, one big, month-long event, we changed the concept to split the river conservation action into 3 separate weeks. A way to mix things up, to get to some seldom seen and under represented valleys, to explore some new […]
BRT 3 | SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 2018
We decided to make the third Balkan Rivers Tour special in 3 ways; to make it really big and support local initiatives more directly with focus on creative actions, travel from south towards north for the first time to finish at our homes in Slovenia and use it as a premiere tour for our fresh […]
BRT 2 | MARCH TO MAY 2017
In order to carry on with the flow, Balkan Rivers Tour 2 started in March 2017 and gathered paddlers, locals, nature lovers and friends from all over the world to show their support to free flowing rivers and have good times together. This time the action was more straightforward. We focused on two rivers; Slovenia’s […]
BRT 1 | APRIL AND MAY 2016
When Slovenian kayaker Rok Rozman found out there were 2,700 dams proposed to be built in his backyard, the Balkan Peninsula, he didn’t start a petition or write letters to politicians. He just went kayaking. And this seemingly simple action has started what has become the biggest direct river conservation action in Europe. At its […]
LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS
Rok and the BRD team have traveled to festivals, outdoor shops and events to share the story of BRT over the last couple of years. Interactive and entertaining slide shows (presented with complete honesty and zero filter) entertain audiences with the whole BRD story but also challenge people to think and take action for themselves. […]