The first weekend of winter found us in Amorgos for a workshop we organized on climate change, the challenges and the problems the island faces concerning the coastal and the marine environment. The workshop, which raised the increased interest of the local community, was organized under the support of Attica Group and in collaboration with the Municipality of Amorgos. The…

We had the great opportunity to present our positions and our work concerning the circular economy in the “Sixth Sustainability Summit for south-east Europe and the Mediterranean” organized by Economist. Sixth Summit on Sustainability for Southeast Europe and the Mediterranean” organized by the Economist. senior executives of the European Commission and the Greek government attended the panel who presented developments…

We completed an effort that lasted for months while we respected the commitments we made! After signing a memorandum of cooperation with the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece and developing a funding proposal for the members of the Blue Municipalities Network, our organization finalized the procedure of developing a statute for the legal entity of the network. In this…

We are moving forward by building an important partnership with the Thessaloniki Water Company for tap water and the reduction of single-use plastics after signing a memorandum of cooperation. A partnership that aims to deal with a great problem that Greece faces concerning tap water. Following the implementation of 75 initiatives in Greece and the findings deriving from our analytical…

The successful “Small Actions, Big Crimes” program for the careless disposal of cigarette butts, which was implemented for the first time in Greece in the area of ​​Rafina, is being extended to another member of the Blue Municipalities Network: the island of Naxos! The success of the program, which contributed to the collection of 63,755 cigarette butts within 10 months…

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…