Ecology

Greece is taking steps to reduce plastics, but it needs to speed up! What has been done so far, what will change in our everyday life in the coming years. The measures expected for plastic bags, cigarette butts, plastic bottles. Philippos Kirkitsos, Dr. Environmentalist, President of Ecological Recycling Society

The video of the online event that took place on 14 April 2022. Experts describe how the energy market works, explain why electricity bills are so expensive in Greece and make suggestions.

On 29 June 2023, the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices in Thessaloniki and Paris organised this event, where the invited experts discussed critical data on the status of climate in the Europe and foreseen trends and presented examples on local adaptation and climate resilience strategies from Mediterranean cities in Greece, France and Italy.

What is the role of renewables in the attainment of climate targets? What are the challenges and what are the impacts of their deployment? Why are local reactions often negative? The Green Tank in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Greece records 6 different opinions regarding the deployment of renewables, aiming to approach in a holistic way this critical issue of the development of renewables in Greece and the related challenges.

Reducing plastics is a responsibility of both industry and state. This does not mean that citizen-consumers are negligent. Let's look at their share of responsibility, according to the so-called "plastics strategy" adopted by EU. Christina Kontaxi, Marine Scientist

Giorgos Pistolas from Alexandroupoli talks about the forest that was burned in the summer of 2023 and the efforts to restore it. A video by Ilir Tsouko and Anja Trolenberg from the project "Beyond Destruction - Rhodes, Thessaly, Evros".