Sustainable Cultural Management summer course SUMMER COURSE What is the role of cultural industry in tackling climate change and promoting environmental sustainability? International intensive summer course exploring what actions can be taken to become more ecological in the way we govern cultural organisations, manage buildings, create and tour productions, collaborate with partners, and engage with audiences, on 6-10.6.2016 in Thessaloniki. Open call deadline: 15 March 2016.
SEYN Academies Sustainable Energy Youth Network (SEYN), an initiative which started two years ago with the support of Heinrich-Böll-Foundation Greece in cooperation with representatives from European energy and environment organizations completed its two summer academies in Croatia and Greece. Aim of the academies was to empower young people to actively contribute to the energy transition movement towards a fossil-fuel-free era through community-based sustainable energy projects and to educate its participants on energy and environment matters by stimulating their cooperation around Europe.
5th Greenwave Festival Bright and dark moments of the history of Thessaloniki will be presented through a rich and diverse program devoted to the city's struggles and movements and also to the modern solidarity initiatives triggered by the crisis. The festival is organised for the 5th year, by the ecological Movement Thessaloniki on 17-20 of September, at the municipal park beside the Garden Theater, with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Greece.
Planning Transition to Energy Efficient Cities SEMINAR Two day seminar is organised in Athens on 11 and 12 June, with the aim to bringe the gap between the needs of municipalities and the skills of political and administrative staff in energy saving, provide information to citizens and civil society for the benefits and ways to save energy as well as disseminate good practices and models from Greece and abroad.
Alternativer Tourismus in Griechenland: Chancen, Herausforderungen und Kooperationen Welche Erfahrungen gibt es mit dem alternativen Tourismus in Griechenland? Wie kann er sich entwickeln und welche europäischen Partner kann er dazu finden? Dies sind einige der Themen, die auf der Konferenz über Αlternativen Tourismus in Griechenland - Chancen, Herausforderungen und die Partnerschaften diskutiert, in Thessaloniki Anfang Mai stattfinden wird.
Green Regional Development In the context of greening regional development “Anemos Ananeosis” social enterprise and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Greece organize a series of activities with the aim to strengthen the capacities of social, professional and regional stakeholders, as well as of local authorities for the implementation of plans of ecological and social innovation and the full utilization of national and European funding opportunities.
Renewable Energy Cooperatives CONFERENCE In what ways can an energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources be achieved? What is the role of energy cooperatives in this transition and how they can strengthen their structures and modes of operation? These are some of the topics of the conference held on September 6 in Sifnos.
Sustainability & Culture - Sustainable Cultural Management The international conference "Sustainability and Culture: Sustainable Cultural Management" took place on 19 and 20 April 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece and was organised by the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Greece and the European theatre network Mitos21. The term “sustainability” is primarily associated with the theories and the approaches of ecology. The international conference “Sustainability and Culture: Sustainable Cultural Management” was intended to shed light on yet another aspect of this very fertile perception of contemporary reality.