Dear Friends,Thank you for all your support this year! The Andros Routes & Clean Green Andros volunteers and the Andros Research Center management team Wish you health, happiness, prosperity, love and joy for this Christmas Hope that the new year is full of many, beautiful hikes on the paths and high peaks of Andros!And hope …
Andros participation in global environmental research The Clean Green Andros project, with the help of local and visiting volunteers, participated in the global hunt for the tiny plastic beads (nurdles) as part of the global environmental research event “The 2021 Great Global Nurdle Hunt”, organized by the British environmental organization Fidra. This annual research, which …
Is the Andros coast affected by global plastic pollution? Read More »
One of our Clean Green Volunteers from the Cyclades Preservation Fund/British Embassy Fund initiative Suzie came to Andros to help the Clean Green Andros Project. Her contribution to the vision for a cleaner and greener Andros was fantastic. She worked for 18 days in total. She collected garbage and nurdles from the beaches of Kourtali, …
Suzie Young: helping Andros become cleaner and greener! Read More »
Last week, the Andros Research Center (ARC) hosted three representatives of the British Embassy from Athens and of Cyclades Preservation Fund on the island of Andros. The visit was part of the Cyclades Green Volunteers program. This initiative has brought four volunteers to Andros and has contributed significantly to the Andros Routes and Clean Green …
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Suzie is the second volunteer to join the volunteer team of Clean Green Andros, as part of the Cyclades Preservation Fund Green Volunteers program with the support of the British Embassy Athens. One of her life goals is to help clean the ocean from plastic. She contributed to a cleaner Andros with four Beach cleanups …
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The big microplastic problem On the issue of the quality of the natural environment, sometimes things are not so obvious. The fact, for example, that we can’t see any waste after a beach clean up doesn’t mean that the area is free of pollution. At the Batsi beach clean that the Andros Port Authority organized …
Batsi had a beach clean yesterday, the 28th of September, coordinated by the Andros Port Authority. This clean up was part of the “Ocean Conservancy” global voluntary shore cleaning campaign, coordinated here in Greece by HELMEPA, the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association, a voluntary organization of Greek seafarers and ship owners to safeguard the seas …
What is it like to be a volunteer in Andros? Kevin, who came from the United States to volunteer on Andros Routes and Clean Green Andros projects, shares the experience of his first days as a volunteer! “After eleven days on Andros now volunteering with Andros Routes and Clean Green Andros, I have to say …
At this year’s festival of the Virgin Mary of Koumoulou, which took place on Sunday, August 22, the Menites Association led the way by using re-usable crockery and cutlery instead of disposable items. They set a great example of how an event like this can take place, for a cleaner greener Andros. The Association served …
