Our fantastic local partners!

Like every living ecosystem, the Cyclades has its own caretakers. These are the people who work quietly but with great passion to protect and restore the natural environment they care about, in response to unsustainable growth patterns, largely driven by mass tourism, increased demand for natural resources, or other real challenges, such as plastic pollution.…

The CPF on ERT 3 TV

Filmed last September in Paros and Antiparos, the TV documentary ‘Green Stories’ demonstrates how the Cyclades Preservation Fund helps local fishermen and other islanders to support their marine environment and become part of the solution! This isn’t one to miss! WATCH IT HERE!(25.30”-45.00”) ‘Green Stories’ is a new Landart production that introduces amazing conservationists and…

Capacity building activities for local environmental groups

Social Dynamo’s ‘Hosting & Empowerment Programme’ offers a six-month programme of capacity building activities to participating civil society organisations and informal citizens’ groups. The 7th cycle of this programme will be implemented during the period February – September 2021 and will have a particular emphasis on supporting groups active in the field of environmental protection and sustainability. In this…

Proud for our Islander’s Forum Community

The Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF) organized in 2019 and 2020 the annual ‘CPF’s Islanders Forum’, where local environmental champions from different islands of the Cyclades met and exchanged knowledge, best practice and solutions to common problems. Following the participants’ demand for more opportunities for exchange and synergies among them, we created in late 2020 an…

Onto the islands

The short video ‘Onto the islands‘ created by the Filmmaker Oliwia Tado is our tribute to the Cyclades and our amazing local partners. May 2021 be the year of healing and every day of the new year inspire us all to live in harmony with nature and feel the joy of simplicity that our beloved islands offer…

Celebrities’ wishes for the Cyclades and the CPF

The Cyclades Preservation Fund would like to thank: Ms Bettany Hughes (historian, author, broadcaster)Mr Mitch Tonks (chef, restaurateur)Ms Victoria Hislop (author)Ms Isla Fisher (actress, author), andMs Julia Bradbury (television presenter) all famous and regular visitors of the Cyclades, who accepted our invitation to share a personal message for the CPF and their love for the…

Our 3rd anniversary!

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary with a virtual event hosted by the British Embassy Athens on the 15th of December 2020 (6-7.30pm GR time) and a silent auction! Our auction items included wonderful pieces of art by well-known artists and exclusive accommodations in the Cycladic islands. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US IN…

Virtual Islanders’ Forum 2020

30+ participants from eleven islands join the CPF’s ‘virtual’ islanders forum this year! Representatives from local associations, unions and other environmental and sustainability volunteer groups from Cycladic islands came for the 3 days virtual Ιslanders Forum. The aim was to elevate their voices, add capacity and honour their remarkable efforts to preserve the unique nature…

Covid-19 & Reusables

As single-use plastics are sadly on the rise again due to Covid-19, our partners Common Seas, together with the local team of Clean Blue Paros initiative have produced a series of practical guidebooks for hospitality businesses. This aims to help them continue to reduce single-use plastics while keeping staff and customers safe in the context of the Greek response to the…