Port Fund Island – University Ααιγαίου: Gold collaboration and national representation in a global competition on climate change

The cooperation of the Coast Fund Skyros and the University of the Aegean, once again, bear fruit of hope and…
optimism with the production of excellence at the National level.
The group of “Skyros 2016″, which took part in the World competition on Climate Change,”The Film4Climate Global Video Competition”, won the 1st place among 860 entries from 153 Countries for the most popular video on the theme of Climate Change. The Team will be awarded during the World Conference on climate change at Marrakesh, Morocco from 8 to 16 November 2016.
The title of the award-winning movie on climate change CAN WE? …..us points out that THE CLIMATE is CHANGING , OUR OWN PRACTICES can BE CHANGED to?

The group of “Skyros 2016” created by the cooperation of the Coast Fund Skyros and the Department of Environment, Aegean University, which has been at the head of the “soul” of the Laboratory of Environmental Education and Communication teacher, mrs Constantina Skanavi.
The group has been active in the framework of the Traineeship of the students in the multiple award-Winning and most comprehensive Public Port in the Country, that of Linaria, Skyros. The “Blue” Port with the “green tint” ! The cooperation of the two Public Bodies was launched in 2015, was National originality and continued in 2016 with environmental actions at the Port such as, environmental care, recycling, provision of information to visitors, establishment of a tourism observatory, environmental trails, trips, environmental camp for children, cinema, lectures, etc.

Before the great success in the Global Competition had been preceded by the Harbour and for the first time in Greece, the 1st Summer Academy for Environmental Educators, and the 1st Observatory Marine Tourism. 2015 by the respective group , the “Skyros 2015” was conducted Tourist observatory on the Island of Skyros.
The ultimate goal of the joint efforts of the Coast Fund Skyros and the University of the Aegean is the promotion of Responsible Environmental Behaviour and actions that will allow everyone to have skills in order to actively participate in environmental decision-making. That is, the production of Active Citizens in Environmental issues, through an approach based on the axes “Education, Participation, Communication”.
The achievement of our group “Skyros 2016” in the World Contest fills us with pride, hope and optimism, while it marks the passion for the management of the environment as expressed by the new generation of Greece.
The President of the L.T Skyro Kyriakos Antonopoulos

Before the great success in the Global Competition had been preceded by the Harbour and for the first time in Greece, the 1st Summer Academy for Environmental Educators, and the 1st Observatory Marine Tourism. 2015 by the respective group , the “Skyros 2015” was conducted Tourist observatory on the Island of Skyros.
The ultimate goal of the joint efforts of the Coast Fund Skyros and the University of the Aegean is the promotion of Responsible Environmental Behaviour and actions that will allow everyone to have skills in order to actively participate in environmental decision-making. That is, the production of Active Citizens in Environmental issues, through an approach based on the axes “Education, Participation, Communication”.
The achievement of our group “Skyros 2016” in the World Contest fills us with pride, hope and optimism, while it marks the passion for the management of the environment as expressed by the new generation of Greece.
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