We participated in the 1st BlueMissionMed Stakeholder Forum, organized by the program partners and the European Commission in Palermo, to present the practices and work of Aegean Rebreath and the Blue Municipalities Network. The Forum was attended by more than 200 representatives from various institutional bodies, environmental organizations and businesses, which are active in the environment. We had the opportunity…

We’ve been waiting for this press release for months! It was back in 2019 when we discovered and brought to light the landslide which caused a landfill to fall into the Aegean polluting not just the water but beyond. Since then, we have tried using different ways to find a solution to this profound challenge, working with the central government,…

Our team spent three quite demanding days in three different locations in Greece to implement, with the help of 40 of our volunteers, several widespread initiatives. We started with a mission on Salamina with the aim of recovering abandoned nets from the historical shipwreck “Agios Markos”. The crew of the German RTL was there to cover our mission and broadcast…

The program for the cigarette butts that started in Rafina last year expanded to the island of Naxos with remarkable success! We are excited that approximately 6,500 cigarette butts have been collected during the first two months of the program’s operation. The innovative environmental program “Small Actions, Big Crimes” is implemented by Aegean Rebreath together with the Municipality of Naxos…

The number of our Marine Litter Collection Stations is growing with the latest addition of the new station in the Cyclades and, in particular, on the island of Amorgos! Another holistic intervention for Amorgos added to the 18 islands that have installed Marine Litter Collection Stations and the participation of the Municipality of Amorgos to the Blue Municipal Network accompanied…

We visited Santorini island, where we successfully completed the Info Day on the marine ecosystem, organized in collaboration with the Municipal Port Fund of Thira, as part of the EU Erasmus+ “Blue Isles” project. The event was attended by the whole of the local authorities and by representatives of fishermen and tourism professionals with whom we discussed the activities of…

We visited the Pepsico Hellas facilities to deliver a workshop on the environmental crisis and the need for a new approach. The workshop, specially designed for the companies we cooperate in the implementation of pilot programs, was attended by approximately 40 employees of Pepsico Hellas. The aim of the workshop is to inform and raise the awareness of the participants…

Aegean Rebreath received two more awards for its collaboration with the Municipality of Antiparos and the Port Authorities of Skyros for activities and pilot projects implemented in the two members of the Blue Municipalities Network. The first honorary distinction, which was awarded in the context of the Green Awards (Boussias), involved Aegean Rebreath collaboration with the Skyros Port Authorities and…

We traveled to two members of the Blue Municipalities Network to deliver our educational program in 4 primary schools! Almost 200 students attended the relevant workshop and discussed with us about marine pollution and practices to deal with it. The main goal of our educational program is to highlight the individual responsibility and the constructive role that every citizen can…

Our database shows that 72% of marine litter is plastic and 25% of that is plastic bottles. This is a major problem as well as particularly noticeable in the Greek islands during the summer months. Therefore, together with EYATH, we moved forward with another campaign on tap water in the city of Thessaloniki. Following the cooperation we have developed and…

What can be the result of a synergy among a foreign visitor to our country, an environmental organization, the local authorities and the local community of an island aiming to promote drinking water in order to deal with the phenomenon of plastic bottle pollution? An innovative pilot program! In Greece, the use of bottled water, especially in the summer months,…

Our trip to Kalamata had a dual purpose. We had the opportunity to meet with the Mayor, municipal employees and our partners from the Messinia Catering Association to discuss the next steps of our cooperation concerning the Blue Municipalities Network, while, at the same time, we monitored the progress of the pilot projects that we have implemented in the area.…