Almost a year ago we started through funding by Cyclades Preservation Fund and in cooperation with the Municipality of Antiparos and Antiparos Recycling Committee a challenging and complex mission! Today the first Marine Litter Station in Greece is a success story. Therefore we feel saying a big thank you to all these individuals supporting our common work in Antiparos island as well as to BlueCycle for receiving and…
Today we signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the University of West Attica on implementing research activities about macro and micro plastics. First samples already in the laboratory!
During our last visit in Syros, we collected water samples from the port of Syros with the aim of assessing the heavy metal content. The results that were produced by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research showed high levels of dangerous metals in these waters. Today we are sending the evidence to the Ministry of Environment, the Prefecture and the…
Today a whole class at Athener Schule says no to single use plastics! It is always unique!
A dive center that makes the difference and active citizens ready to coordinate activities with us. We were more than happy to provide information on our work and share our experiences on how to mobilize local community in Chalkida. Thank you AegeanSeals Diving Center for your invitation. Soon all together in the field!
Looking forward to finding out what we jointly accomplished in 2019? Our most important achievement is that we are entering the new decade stronger to meet the demanding environmental challenges! The network of Aegean Rebreath expanded by 80% compared to our first steps in 2017, we launched the first, innovative network of marine litter collection stations in 7 Greek islands and significantly…
How can bars and restaurants contribute to the protection of marine environment? We are honored to participate in the initiative of 360 Cocktailbar in Monastiraki in the next months. 360o has invited 16 restaurants from different Greek islands to participate in an amazing gastronomic event which will bring flavors from the Aegean to the centre of Athens! The event proceeds will be…
Happy new year from the Atlantic coast and more specifically from Namibia! Some of our members are on vacation there and they did not miss the opportunity to speak with the fishing community at Lüderitz Port in Southwest Namibia. “I have been working as a fisherman for 25 years. During those years we have been finding tremendous quantities of trash…
