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Seeing the outcomes and measurable impact of the “Revegetating the Cyclades” project by the Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF), gives us a big smile! The project:

- Span across 4 islands involving schools, cultural/environmental organizations, engaging parents, teachers, citizens, local authorities, private enterprises, creating meaningful synergies among them.

- Greened the school yard of the Foinikas Kindergarten in Syros, installed worm composting systems in 2 schools in Antiparos and Syros, and one more in the recently established Environment & Sustainability Education Center in Ermoupoli, Syros.

- Offered technical expertise for composting in a Vocational High School in Amorgos.

- Contributed to the revegetation of a remote area of the Environmental & Cultural Park of Paros, while cleaning it from garbage washed ashore by the wind.

The project was co-funded by CPF and our Foundation and took place from Oct 2021 until Dec 2022.

Having started its journey in the arms of Impact Hub Athens as a project-based initiative, Ten Million Hands is now passing to the next level, established as a civil nonprofit company and ready to take off.

TMH's mission is to raise awareness, inform, educate, and provide tangible solutions to make sustainability an everyday choice in our lives. It invites each and every one of us to become part of a society that enjoys the benefits of adopting responsible consumption and production practices.

The brilliant TMH team is moving forward and currently preparing exciting and useful things for us. Stay tuned to see them coming in the following months!

We’re super happy to be Ten Million Hands’ founding donors, thus continuing our support to this significant venture.

Allow us to introduce you to the newly established civil nonprofit company Stewards that is bringing Steward-Ownership in Greece. This is a successful proven model, adopted and operated by many organizations around the world. It harnesses the power of entrepreneurial for-profit enterprise, while preserving a company’s essential purpose to create products and services that deliver societal & environmental value and protecting it from extractive capital.

Bearing the vision of an economy that serves first and foremost the people while protecting and preserving the planet, Stewards will assist the Greek organizations embrace the Steward-Ownership structure, thus building a thriving responsible ownership ecosystem in Greece.

We were eagerly waiting for this terrific initiative to go live and we are so proud to be one of its founding donors, along with The Hellenic Initiative.

We’re closing this year’s posts with a really nice initiative by ELC Productions that we joyfully took part in some time ago. Documentaries, original songs, street art, videos, and podcasts; all created to enhance the ongoing project Genia 17 that is focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda.

Our Foundation sponsored Ten Million Hands to become ambassadors of the SDG 12 - Sustainable Consumption & Production. Here’s a teaser showing the creation of the respective mural, and a link with the relevant video, podcast, interview and tribute.

Cheers, see you next year!

Five years ago, the emblematic building of the Municipal Market in Kypseli re-opened its doors, under the management of the Impact Hub Athens. The space was transformed into a meeting and reference point for the Athenian public, focusing on culture, education, social innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the strengthening of the local economy.

Now Impact Hub Athens bids farewell to the Kypseli Municipal Market and for that it has prepared a memorable event for us; it starts with an interesting open discussion around the topic of the reuse of buildings (public and non-public) in terms that enhance the local economy and the life quality of the residents of an area. Later on, live performances and a party will follow.

Fri, 16 December 2022 at 18:30 | Rendezvous in Fokionos!

The Community Program “Everyone Together at the Museum” of the Museum of Cycladic Art came to its end for this year and we’re so happy to see how beneficial and fun it was for the little artists!

The Program provided children of various nationalities and social/cultural backgrounds with the platform to exercise their fundamental right to self-expression, to practice and communicate through art, and to face each other without feeling any sign of discrimination.

It included educational workshops at the premises of the Museum with the participation of children from Polyphonica and the Network for Children's Rights, and outside the Museum for children that study in cross-cultural elementary schools.

Learn more about all Museum’s Community Programs here.

We’re very happy to announce our collaboration with InCommOn and the funding of their project "Close the Food Cycle".

The project seeks to co-create with the Municipality of Papagou-Holargos the appropriate tools for the effective management of food residues and it aspires to achieve the gradual behavioral change of all involved parties (Municipality, citizens, local businesses) towards the food waste and the formation of a new recycling habit through the brown bins.

The long-term goal is for no food waste to end up in the landfill again and for the "Close the Food Cycle" pilot to be successfully replicated and implemented in other food waste streams and -most importantly- in other Municipalities, consolidating the values that are cultivated in more and more citizens.

Today it's the World Breast Cancer Day and what a better way to show our respect and admiration to the women who have battled against breast cancer than this:

Eyes of Light invites us to the closing event of its art exhibition "The Thread of Healing". The exhibition is the result of the works of women with breast cancer experience, created through participatory workshops, under the guidance of the visual artist, textile artist and breast cancer survivor, Gregoria Vryttia.

We will be present at this celebration of collectivity, creativity and solidarity!

Tues, 25 October 2022 at TAF - The Art Foundation. Here're the details of the event.

Over the past week we were privileged to take part on a solidarity trip to Senegal with ActionAid Hellas. Now we’re back but yet we can’t find the right words to articulate our experience from this transformational journey.

ActionAid Hellas has been supporting ActionAid Senegal since 2011, where the latter carries a tremendous work on the field of Senegal for women’s rights, education, resilience building due to climate crisis, and youth engagement.

Through its children’s sponsoring program, ActionAid Hellas is reinforcing two regions in the country, Bakel and Djilor. Witnessing with our own eyes how by sponsoring a child you actually contribute to a better livelihood of a whole community, made us realize the great value & impact of this program.

This weekend Antama brings “Paths of Life” in town, the first festival in Greece that embraces the adults of 65+, creates intergenerational bridges, and clearly states that happiness has no age.

The festival is multi-thematic and there’s plenty to do; participate in educational and creative workshops, attend talks from experts on health and nutrition topics, visit the intergenerational photography exhibition "Love Unites Generations", dance, practice yoga, have fun!

We’re delighted to be sponsoring this event and grateful for ANTAMA's invaluable efforts to challenge stereotypes and prejudices against ageism in Greece.

"Paths of Life" will be held on Sat 15 & Sun 16 October 2022 at Technopolis City of Athens with free entrance. Find the full 2-day program here.