{"id":3748,"date":"2021-11-18T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2022-01-19T17:33:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:33:09","slug":"a-british-volunteer-for-a-cleaner-greener-andros-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/2021\/11\/18\/a-british-volunteer-for-a-cleaner-greener-andros-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to Andros by the  British Embassy in support of  the &#8220;Green Volunteers&#8221; program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3748\" class=\"elementor elementor-3748 elementor-3747\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79079ef1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79079ef1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2eea1980\" data-id=\"2eea1980\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c869458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c869458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 projects.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3753 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430282-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430282-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430282-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430282-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430282-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430282.jpg 1917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>Volunteer Ulli Stahlmann, a member of the ARC coordination team, welcomed the visitors and presented the organization and the projects:\u00a0 Andros Routes and Clean Green Andros. They met two British volunteers who had chosen Andros to provide their generous assistance. Lizzie and Russell had been busy maintaining the Andros trails.\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3755 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430266-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430266-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430266-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430266-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430266-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430266.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p><p>After the introductions, the group headed for a short hike to path 15A,\u00a0 a lovely walk near Gavrio, the Andros port. Here, they saw first-hand the efforts required to maintain and enhance the ancient paths, with activities such as painting signposts, cleaning and renovating steps, and pruning the vegetation.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3757 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430258-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430258-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430258-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430258-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637056430258.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p><p>The Embassy representatives were interested to learn more about the two projects; the certification of the trails, the volunteering institution (the Route Angels), the maintenance hikes,\u00a0 the plastic pollution issues,\u00a0 the waste management problems, the Drink Andros Water campaign, and the involvement of both residents and cultural associations in the maintenance and promotion of trails. Ulli highlighted the importance of volunteers in supporting the work of the organization.<\/p><p>The meeting ended with the three visitors saying that they would like to return to Andros again, to walk on the paths and take part in one of the regular maintenance hikes.<\/p><p><em>The Cyclades Green Volunteers program is an initiative of the Cyclades Preservation Fund with the support of the British Embassy Athens. From September until today, four volunteers have offered their time and effort on Andros and another two volunteers are working remotely on digital initiatives.<\/em><\/p><p>Here is what the former British Ambassador Kate Smith wrote about Andros Routes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.athensvoice.gr\/life\/travel\/greece\/459488_i-andros-tis-kate-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.athensvoice.gr\/life\/travel\/greece\/459488_i-andros-tis-kate-smith<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/2021\/11\/18\/a-british-volunteer-for-a-cleaner-greener-andros-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A visit to Andros by the  British Embassy in support of  the &#8220;Green Volunteers&#8221; program<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clean-green-andros"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3891,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions\/3891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/androsresearchcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}