Przygoda w polskiej Amazonii

How many people know that just 17 km from the center of Warsaw there is a wild, marshy, swampy valley that turns into an almost tropical jungle in spring and summer? Would you go into the swamps and backwaters to experience an adventure and meet the inhabitants of the "Polish Amazon" near Warsaw? "Adventure in the Polish Amazon" is the story of the discovery of the Mała River and its backwaters by Daniel Petryczkiewicz, an inhabitant of nearby Konstancin-Jeziorna. Historically, the river was called Wierzbna, it originated in vast swamps and peat bogs near the village of Baniocha, and in the 15th century it was the border of the property of the knights of King Jagiełło! Currently, it is a habitat of beavers, many wild birds and amphibians. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages recall that once the river was much deeper, and you could fish in it. Now the fish appear rather periodically and the river itself can dry up due to the lack of rain and rising temperatures. Daniel fell in love with this place during the pandemic. He started not only regularly wandering along the river and learning about its history and nature, but also protecting it from damage and pollution. This is a film about adventure and wildness just around the corner, locally - you don't have to fly thousands of kilometers by plane. It is also a story that shows that everyone can make the world a little better, even on a small local scale - and that's where it usually starts. Daniel Petryczkiewicz, born in 1976. Photographer, blogger, activist, passionate about small, wild and local things. A graduate of the first year of the Julia Fiedorczuk and Filip Springer School of Ecopoetics at the Institute of Reportage in Warsaw. In love with the local Mała river and its backwaters, which he rediscovered and for which he has been fighting for over 2 years. He participates in the Let's Remember the Wetlands program. He also collaborates with the following collectives: Siostry Rzeki, Alarm dla Klimatu, Stowarzyszenie Nasz Bóbr, Lasy i Obywatele, and What Will the Forest. Author of the exhibitions: Meanders 2015 and #NoBeautyInPlastic 2019 and Trees and People 2021. Winner of the audience award for the social project of the year 2019 in the plebiscite of the Ecological Street portal. Initiator of the creative-activist-poetic meeting "Water Festival" in Konstancin-Jeziorna. He publishes texts and photo reports on ecological issues, incl. in the magazine "Pismo". You can find more information about Daniel's activities here: 👇 FB:   / danielpetryczkiewicz   Instagram: @daniel_petryczkiewicz If you want to help preserve such wild places and increase your sensitivity to beauty and the need to protect nature in Poland and in the world - you can do it easily - please like the movie, comment and share the movie with your friends on social media. In order not to miss our next video, please subscribe to our channel. Do you know about other interesting people who work with environmental issues that Jonathan Ramsey should talk to? Tell us about them in the comments! Find Jonathan Online: Website: https://www.moznapanikowac.pl Facebook:   / moznapanikowacfilm   Instagram:   / mozna_panikowac   Twitter:   / panikowac   Jonathan appreciates any support that will help him continue his work on the production of independent film content on environmental issues in Poland. His goal is to create personal content that can open discussions on topics that concern us all. The concept of this channel is that each video is about someone's personal point of view and at the same time is somehow related to the environment. You can help Jonathan keep the channel going by making a donation here: Producer: Jonathan L Ramsey United Account number: PL 41 1160 2202 0000 0004 5268 3449 Transfer title: Donation to a documentary Bank Millenium SWIFT code: BIGBPLPW or by PayPal: [email protected] A Ramsey United production, 2022. #wandering #travel #adventure #wilderness #poland #nature #beavers #beaver #wildrivers #jungle #swamp #backwaters #Warsaw #Konstancin #chojnowski #survival #bushcraft