Over the last three years, Aegean Rebreath has been the target of baseless, misinformed and politically motivated accusations and legal actions related to our work on retrieving sediment samples from the port of Syros. Following measurements of sediment from a specific part of the port, the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (H.C.M.R.) found a larger concentration of heavy metals than…

An important step for our organization and its work is the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece. Such progress is the result of the decisions taken during the last meeting of the mayors of the Blue Municipalities Network, which reflects the interest of the involved partners for comprehensive solutions. The cooperation between…

Our program in Thessaloniki, which is implemented by our organization, the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the support of Nescafe, made a promising start! This is an ambitious and complex program aiming not only at the depollution of the Thermaikos Gulf but also at the implementation of preventive activities as well as initiatives to raise awareness in the local community. In…

Aegean Rebreath received an award for its work in the context of the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit and the Green Awards organized by the Economist magazine. The award acknowledges the most significant environmental initiatives that have been implemented in Greece with the cooperation of local authorities and NGOs. This honorary distinction rewards Aegean Rebreath role in providing support to Greek municipalities…

We are welcoming the Municipality of Kasos Island to the Blue Municipalities Network! Our joy is twofold since Kasos is the first island in the Dodecanese complex to install a marine litter collection station. Under these circumstances and following the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between our organization and the municipal authorities, the accession of Kasos municipality has been…

Civil society is taking action for the huge problem of bottled water consumption. Islands and coastal areas are burdened every year with thousands of water bottles and consequently the marine environment as well. This fact is reflected by our databases which record the burden on both seabed and coastal areas from plastic water bottles. What is also important is that…

Which is the first island whose coastal and marine environment is fully adopted by Aegean Rebreath? Of course, Antiparos! After the successful operation of the marine litter collection station that has accummulated almost 15,000 recyclable materials and 3 tons of fishing gear, and the decongestion of the seabed of the island, we are proceeding with the installation of three-stream recycling…

It was great having a really productive and pleasant meeting with the Regional Governor of the Peloponnese, Mr. Nikas, to discuss the expansion of our activities in the coastal areas of the Peloponnese. The Governor showed great interest in our work and our proposals for the protection of the marine and coastal environment in the Peloponnese region. Following the decisions…

Aegean Rebreath was nominated as the best environmental organization of the year in the context of the Hellenic Responsible Business Awards 2022! The honorary award was granted on the occasion of the pilot program on cigarette butts which is carried out in the Rafina region in collaboration with the local authorities of the Rafina-Pikermi municipality and the support of British…

Aegean Rebreath establishes a partnership with one of the largest universities in Virginia, Old Dominion University! By signing a Memorandum of Cooperation and with the support of the Greek America Foundation, a cooperation framework has been developed that will allow us to implement joint research activities in Greece and Cyprus. In a meeting we held in Athens, we had the…

Our return to Poros island just for one day was quite special. We had been preparing this complex mission for a long time since we would welcome almost 20 sailing boats with more than 50 well known artists from Germany and Central Europe to support our work in the field. The initiative was organized within the context of the Pelorus…

We had an interesting weekend on the island of Samos where Greek and Turkish organizations were invited by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation to exchange views and ideas on the common environmental challenges we face in the Aegean and beyond. Those two days turned out to be effective and promising while the participants found that the problems are common just like the…