After 4 years of intensive work and numerous collaborations throughout Greece, it was self-evident but also necessary to pursue the next step. A step that would not only reward the efforts of our partners but also create a platform for the promotion of practices and policies at a local and also national level. Only recently our organization in collaboration with…

Another innovative project that will change the way we perceive and prevent much of the marine pollution took place in Kalamata! In the framework of our cooperation with the Municipality of Kalamata and with the support of Nescafe, we proceeded to a pilot installation of a special “trash trap” at the estuary of the river Nedontas at the coast of…

Another excellent collaboration with a large company is being born, this time with APIVITA, in the context of its corporate social responsibility. APIVITA has been participating since March 2021 in the global organization “1% for the planet“, in which we, as an organization, are also a member. Guided by a sense of responsibility towards the environment from which we draw…

Immediately after the establishment of the pioneering project for the first official Network of Municipalities for the Marine Environment under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, and his participation in the very productive first meeting of the Network, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. George Amyras, visited one of our Network stations. On April 20,…

The creation of the first official Network of Municipalities for the Marine Environment in Greece is a reality! Following the longstanding efforts from our organization in cooperation with the local authorities and communities of various coastal and island regions and through the numerous memoranda of cooperation and the installation of Marine Litter Collection Stations, the time has come for the…

To date we have certainly seen visitors from abroad taking the initiative for coast and sea cleanups. What we have not encountered, though, are travelers who are in our country to clean beaches during their tour in Greece and, in fact, during their entire stay in Greece. From the first moment they were in Greece, Ralf and Tina, members of…

The largest island of the Cyclades, Naxos, has joined the network of islands that host Marine Litter Collection Stations, as part of the Aegean Rebreath initiative, implemented with the donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation-SNF. The upcoming cooperation was confirmed during our visit to Naxos while meeting with the Mayor of Naxos and the Small Cyclades, Dimitris Lianos. During this…

We “returned” to Antiparos, for an online discussion with the active local community of the island. With the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation-ISN and in collaboration with the Antiparos Women’s Association, we organized an online workshop with the participation of representatives of the Municipality, civil society and the fishing community. The extremely interesting presentations and the discussion that followed,…

In September 2019, our organization, in the context of expanded actions on the island of Syros, collected a sample of sediment from the port of Syros, which was handed over to the Hellenic Center for Marine Research for geochemical analysis and extraction of results. Since then, and based on the results, Aegean Rebreath has not taken a public position, as…

In the context of preparing for our return to the field of action as soon as the pandemic conditions permit, we had the pleasure to have an online meeting with the Deputy Minister of Environment, Mr. Amyras. The work and goals of Aegean Rebreath were in the epicentre of our discussion with a focus on our Marine Litter Collection Stations’…

Beginning of February and our visits to Syros and Tinos and our Marine Litter Collection Stations made us happy as we came across some highly engaged communities and remarkable results, despite the current circumstances. During our stop in Syros, we met with representatives from the University of the Aegean, where we got an update over the research conducted by the…

January’s last weekend has been both extremely difficult and quite fruitful as the boat itineraries posed numerous obstacles to our visit to Santoniri and Anafi. Nevertheless, we had the chance to establish our cooperation with both islands and plan a series of essential forthcoming activities. Our trip agenda started with a meeting at the Municipality of Thira with representatives of…