We knew that our return to Antiparos island together with the Apivita team would be emotionally significant for us, but we could not imagine that we would leave the island even more moved. And while the first reason was that we returned to the island from which we started our work and met again our beloved friends in the field,…

The International Conference “Our Ocean 2024,” which was recently held in Athens, provided a great opportunity for a fruitful discussion on today’s challenges and the required practices and policies for our seas. For this reason, we chose to organize a side event in collaboration with the German UN Ocean Decade Committee, focusing on an issue that is more critical than…

Aegean Rebreath traveled to Malaysia to take part in the kick off meeting for the SustainaBlue project where we met all our fellow project partners! The project funded by the ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE program, aims to support four Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia and Indonesia through the collaboration of NGOs, SCOs and other organizations from Greece, Cyprus, Malaysia, and Indonesia in their…

General Assembly of the Blue Municipalities Network The General Assembly of the Blue Municipalities Network confirmed the importance of this unique venture, which is now evolving into a national model! The active participation and interest of the mayors of the participating municipalities were reflected in the best possible way, by the high levels of participation in the General Assembly, aiming…

During the 2020-2023 period, Aegean Rebreath traveled to 24 different locations in Greece, spanning 6 different regions of the country, to collect data on heavy metals in Greek ports. We proceeded with underwater sampling with the support and scientific guidance of EL.KE.THE, with the sole aim of documenting a problem that remains “invisible” until today. The findings, although based on…

It is not the first time that members of our organization, traveling to other countries, implemented operations to raise awareness for the marine environment. Following our principles, as soon as we found ourselves on an island in Thailand, we contacted the local community in order to organize an awareness campaign. It was the least we could do for a small…

As with every year, the General Meeting of 2024 was again a very special occasion! We talked over past events and shared memories from last year, which always makes us smile. However, apart from the smiles, we reviewed and evaluated last year’s activities to detect any gaps or other points regarding our operation that require improvement, so as to make…

2023 was full of achievements, thrills and hard work. Thrills and achievements that could not be summed up in one page. However, we believe that the acquisition of a legal entity for the Blue Municipalities Network is definitely the milestone development for our team and our work in 2023. A landmark because the network is a unique project and proves…

We returned to Naxos knowing that six months after the program was launched, the results were already impressive! More than 125,000 cigarette butts had already been collected in the 30 specific collectors installed in central and non-central points of the island! In this context, our trip focused not only on the additional evaluation of the program but also on the…

A great number of stakeholders and guests from 5 countries met in Greece for the completion of the “Blue Isles” project. This successful program, which was implemented for 2 years, aimed at the reduction of fishing waste and the preservation of marine ecosystems in islands and coastal areas of the European Union. The program started in January 2022 and focused…

The meeting of the mayors during the General Assembly of the Blue Municipalities Network was not only important, since the future steps were discussed among partners, but also brought us a lot of moving moments. This is because many of the elected mayors that encouraged and participated in the founding of the Network will soon have to give their position…

Irresponsible parking on beaches and protected areas is unfortunately a common phenomenon in Greece. The Voidokilia area could not be an exception to that, as thousands of cars had turned the area into a large parking lot. In mid-2021, the intervention of Aegean Rebreath -with the support of Nescafé- aimed not only at protecting the area but also at extracting…