Ecology

Directing & Edit: Ilir Tsouko

Interview: Anja Troelenberg

Sound Mix: Apostolis Giotopoulos

In this video you can see Giorgos Karafyllidis from Evros.

In 2023, Greece was hit by a series of devastating natural disasters. Wildfires and floods claimed many lives and left behind destroyed homes, devastated landscapes and entire communities plunged into loss and uncertainty.

Photographer Ilir Tsouko and writer Anja Troelenberg travelled to the affected areas a few months after the disasters and encountered a profound paradox: in the darkest moments a ray of light often illuminates who we truly are. Disasters nοt only destroy, they also reveal - forcing us to confront the reality of our society: how we fall apart or come together when faced with the unthinkable.

The multimedia project “Beyond Destruction – Rhodes, Thessaly, Evros” (videos, photographs, interviews-texts) tells a story of survival, the meaning of community, and the indomitable human spirit.

Directing & Edit: Ilir Tsouko

Interview: Anja Troelenberg

Sound Mix: Apostolis Giotopoulos

In this video you can see Giorgos Pistolas from Alexandroupoli, Evros.

In 2023, Greece was hit by a series of devastating natural disasters. Wildfires and floods claimed many lives and left behind destroyed homes, devastated landscapes and entire communities plunged into loss and uncertainty.

Photographer Ilir Tsouko and writer Anja Troelenberg travelled to the affected areas a few months after the disasters and encountered a profound paradox: in the darkest moments a ray of light often illuminates who we truly are. Disasters nοt only destroy, they also reveal - forcing us to confront the reality of our society: how we fall apart or come together when faced with the unthinkable.

The multimedia project “Beyond Destruction – Rhodes, Thessaly, Evros” (videos, photographs, interviews-texts) tells a story of survival, the meaning of community, and the indomitable human spirit.

Directing & Edit: Ilir Tsouko

Interview: Anja Troelenberg

DOP/Sound Mix: Apostolis Giotopoulos

In this video you can see Sotiris Giotas and Ioulia Baklava from Vlochos, Thessaly.

In 2023, Greece was hit by a series of devastating natural disasters. Wildfires and floods claimed many lives and left behind destroyed homes, devastated landscapes and entire communities plunged into loss and uncertainty.

Photographer Ilir Tsouko and writer Anja Troelenberg travelled to the affected areas a few months after the disasters and encountered a profound paradox: in the darkest moments a ray of light often illuminates who we truly are. Disasters nοt only destroy, they also reveal - forcing us to confront the reality of our society: how we fall apart or come together when faced with the unthinkable.

The multimedia project “Beyond Destruction – Rhodes, Thessaly, Evros” (videos, photographs, interviews-texts) tells a story of survival, the meaning of community, and the indomitable human spirit.

In the winter of 2023-2024, there were large demonstrations by thousands of farmers in various European countries. After weeks of protests, many citizens still had questions: Where does this anger come from? What are the demands of the farmers? Are they the same in France, Greece, or Germany? What solutions can be brought at the local and European levels?

Although farmers and agricultural workers have grievances regarding bureaucracy, free trade agreements, and environmental regulations, the current crisis seems to have deeper roots. What are they, and what is the future for farmers and agricultural workers in Europe? How can we overcome this crisis to ensure that everyone can earn a fair living from their work?

For a better understanding of the European aspect of this agricultural crisis, we invite you to follow the discussion co-organised by Heinrich Boell Foundation, Thessaloniki Office in collaboration with the Heinrich Boell Foundation Office in Paris, on Monday the 12^th of February 2024, to discuss this topic among French, German, and Greek farmers and researchers.

Thank you again to the following speakers:

Aurélie Catallo - Director of Agriculture France at IDDRI
Gesine Langlotz - Spokesperson of AbL - German Association for Small Farmers
Mathieu Courgeau - Farmer, President of Collectif Nourrir
Panayiotis Kalfountzos - President of the Farmers' Cooperative of Thessaly – ThesGi

Read a relevant article summarising the key-points of the discussion here: https://gr.boell.org/en/2024/02/16/agricultural-crisis-causes-and-possi…

For a large part of Europe, 2022 was the warmest year on record since 1950, according to the European State of the Climate report. Not only were there more days with ‘very strong heat stress’ but also seasonal anomalies in temperatures were noted that resulted in hazardous conditions for peoples’ health. Mediterranean cities are confronted with a number of challenges when it comes to ensuring conditions for sustainable living to their citizens as the impact of the climate crisis is becoming more and more apparent and extreme.

On 29 June 2023, the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices in Thessaloniki and Paris organised a very interesting online discussion titled ‘Decoding urban resilience in the Med’. Τhe invited experts discussed critical data on the status of climate in the Europe and foreseen trends and presented examples from Mediterranean cities on local adaptation and climate resilience strategies from Greece, France and Italy.

Speakers: Claudia di Napoli from Forecast Department of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Elisavet Bargianni, Chief Heat Officer in the City of Athens, Marco Falconi from the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, and Félix Blanc, Project Manager at the Ecological Transition Department in the City of Marseille. Moderation: Kira Taylor, Energy and Environment reporter, EURACTIV

Language: English

Agapi Tsampazi, Coordinator of the Ecology Programme

Just a few days before the parliamentary elections of 21 May 2023 in Greece, the staff of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Thessaloniki Office, maps the urgent issues of concern to Greek society and highlights some key points of what is at stake in these polls.

The video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Kyriaki Metaxa, coordinator of the Ecology Programme

Just a few days before the parliamentary elections of 21 May 2023 in Greece, the staff of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Thessaloniki Office, maps the urgent issues of concern to Greek society and highlights some key points of what is at stake in these polls.

The video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/