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…
We are moving fast with another ambitious pilot project and for this reason we were in Antiparos for 2 days in order to discuss with the local authorities and the local community the next steps. We were not only excited to see beloved collaborators but also for the mere fact that we received 400 kilos of bottle caps collected by…
The first results of the program for the reckless disposal of cigarette butts in the natural environment were received with great interest by the local community of Rafina and the central institutions. The Deputy Minister of Environment & Energy, the municipal authorities of Rafina, representatives of the local community and executives of British American Tobacco Hellas participated in a press…
Among the sectors contributing to marine pollution, fishing and aquaculture play an important role. Used nets, traps and longlines end up abandoned floating or at the bottom of the seas for years, damaging the ecosystem. For islands located in southern Europe, such as those belonging to the Macaronesia region and the Mediterranean, a good relationship with their sea is essential…
From the very beginning of our operation, our goal has been the cooperation with representatives of the sailing community, as the findings from our activities have highlighted, among other things, the great contribution of yachts in the expansion of marine pollution. And this is the exact reason we are pleased to announce our partnership with Jack & Jenny, a partnership…
Aegean Rebreath, in cooperation with the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research – HCMR, has completed the first large-scale research into the extent to which microplastics are to be found on Greece’s beaches. Aegean Rebreath volunteers collected sand samples in 20 beaches in Greece (Attica, Anafi, Zakynthos, Corfu, Kefalonia, Santorini, Nisyros, Tinos, Syros, Paros, Chania, Naxos, Methoni, Lefkada, Pelion, Andros, Paros,…
A new, ambitious program to address the problem of marine litter in the Thermaic Gulf will soon be implemented in Thessaloniki. A representative of our organization was in Thessaloniki and participated in continuous and extended meetings with representatives of the municipality and other bodies, to finalize the framework of the planned activities. The program, once again, brings the private and…
Kalamata is the 15th member and the first municipality in the Peloponnese in the Blue Municipalities’ Network and also the venue of our first major underwater operation of the year. Five years later we returned to the area to inaugurate our new Marine Litter Collection Station within a series of holistic interventions. We met with all the local authorities (Mayor,…
