Some months ago, en experiment together with Aegean Rebreath and the Municipality of Antiparos. Today, this CPF grant is a success story and a best practice for more islands to follow (already Syros and Paros have established their own marine litter station with the collaboration of Aegean Rebreath!). So the first marine litter station in Greece and in the Cyclades,…
We are very glad joining the culinary event carried out in the context of the project “Pick the alien“, organised by iSea and Theraic Sea/ Θαλάσσια Προστατευόμενη Περιοχή Θήρας, hosted by Aegagros Caldera Houses in Santorini with the support of the Cyclades Preservation Fund. The excellent chefs Christos Chitos from Selene ”meze & wine”, Alex Untila from Ovac Restaurant and Chef Aggelopoulos Kostas from Ifestioni…
We are very proud to announce that the first The Seabin project in the #Cyclades is now in place, thanks to a new #CPFgrant and our collaboration with the Municipal Port Fund of Syros! Discover it in the port of #Syros and find out how this in-water automated rubbish collector helps #cleanthesea from #plasticwaste, including #microplastics! See the VIDEO and read the relevant feature on the local news! The Seabin…
Clean Blue Alliance, lead by Common Seas, works top down and bottom up with island communities – including government, councils, businesses and local changemakers – to understand plastic waste flows and impacts from source to sea. It then identifies and accelerates solutions with the biggest impact potential in reducing plastic leakages into the ocean. Clean Blue Alliance…
Help us make the schools of the Cyclades greener with the creation of botanical gardens with native flora and make the difference! With the purchase of this -limited edition- floral WATERbag (*WeAreTheEnviRonment) you are supporting the mission of the Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF) and Gonimi Agoni Grammi to transform our schools into examples of environmentally friendly…
Let’s find out! Are you a lover of the unique Cycladic flora and fauna? Would you like to see single-use plastics eradicated? Do you worry about catastrophic over-fishing and the degradation of the marine ecosystem? If so, welcome on board! The CPF was set up by people who share these concerns and our team works to protect…
Check out this interesting article published in ‘Greece Is’ for the work carried out by Theraic Sea / Θαλάσσια Προστατευόμενη Περιοχή Θήρας in Santorini waters, and some important information and hints on what visitors and tourists can do to actively protect the marine habitats, fauna and the unique ecosystems of this famous but heavily impacted island.A special…
Having as a main objective, not to give fishermen a fish (salary or money) but to teach them how to fish ( provide quality experiences to tourists), our partner Enaleia in partnership with the Costas M. Lemos Foundation, has already started implementing our joint project ‘Fish Smarter’ with trainings on fishing tourism in Milos, Kimolos,…
Syros is the first island in the Cyclades to have obtained its own recycling unit capable of transforming plastic into re-usable, useful items. For this purpose, four specialized machines were installed by the Precious Plastic Greece organization. The initiative is supported by the Cyclades Preservation Fund, which seeks to gather and distribute resources to effective, local groups…
A big thank you to Coca Cola Tria Epsilon who supports our cause, by sponsoring the production of the limited edition flora ‘waterbags’ that enable the mission of the CPF and the NGO Agoni Grammi Gonimi to make the schools of the Cyclades greener! First up, we will be creating botanical gardens with local native flora. Why…
