AQUA 2008
Wednesday, July 23 2008 @ 07:14 AM PDT

3rd International Conference Water Science and Technology
with emphasis on water & climate
16-19 October 2008 # Athens, GREECE
HELEXPO PALACE Exhibition Center

BACKGROUND OF THE CONFERENCE
Water is the dominant element of life and a commodity of primary need for the survival of man and ecosystems. Its shortage is one of the most worrying problems of the new millennium whereas in many countries, it has reached scarcity limits, as pollution reduces even more the suitability of water for use.
Moreover, climate change is a very important emerging issue. Its more visible impacts concern water availability and extreme events including flood and droughts. The Mediterranean region is, according to all available models, one of the most vulnerable to climate change and the disturbances to the water cycle.

Training Seminar in Greece on "Environmental Education in Protected Areas"
Tuesday, July 01 2008 @ 07:54 AM PDT

Alonnisos Isl., 21-23 June 2008
MIO-ECSDE /MEdIES Secretariat and the Management Body of the National Marine Park of Alonnisos Northern Sporaders (Greece) co-organized the training seminar: “Environmental Education in Protected Areas” on 21-23 June, in Alonnisos Island.
The seminar was organized within the wider project that MIO-ECSDE is implementing for the development of a training material on “EE/ESD in Protected Areas” (EPEAEK II Programme, supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Education). The participants of the seminar were EE officers of the Ministry of Education (staff of EE divisions and of EE centres of the 4 prefectures of the Thessaly area) , as well as staff of Environmental Information Centres and of Management Bodies of Protected Areas, from all over Greece, working in the field of public awareness raising. In total ~60 people attended the seminar.

1001 Action for Intercultural Dialogue
Tuesday, July 01 2008 @ 01:48 AM PDT

“Discovering & discussing about our Mediterranean food culture”
MIO-ECSDE coordinated the project “Discovering & discussing about our Mediterranean food culture” which belonged to the “1001 Actions for Intercultural Dialogue” Campaign* of the Anna Lindh Foundation. The project was actually a pilot implementation of selected parts of the material: “Mediterranean food: Historical, Environmental, Health & Cultural dimensions” by four schools from Greece, Egypt, Jordan and Italy. The students have initiated a dialogue on the links between traditional food -cooking practices, meals and products- and major socio-cultural events -feasts, religious holidays, births, funerals, etc. and they discovered various similarities and differences. The students’ groups compiled their findings in posters and presented them in various events.

MEdIES participation in youth ecocamp, 30-31 May 2008
Wednesday, June 25 2008 @ 02:51 AM PDT

On the occasion of the Celebration of the Sava Day 2008, (30/05/08 – 06/06/08), organised by the ‘International Sava River Basin Commission’, that included a series of events, MIO-ECSDE (through MEdIES) participated in the organisation of an eco-camp on the Nature Park “Lonjsko polje” in Krapje, Croatia.
The eco-camp lasted two days (30-31 May) and was attended by ~40 youth from countries of the Sava river basin, namely form secondary schools coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. It was an opportunity to bring youth together from the neighbouring countries to work on the critical issue of water.

MEdIES Activities on the issue of consumption
Tuesday, May 27 2008 @ 02:39 AM PDT

MIO-ECSDE through the MEdIES programme, in cooperation with the Municipality of Zografou in Attica participated in a series of events to educate and sensitize people and especially youth of the municipality on the issue of Sustainable Consumption.
More specifically MIO-ECSDE in the period of 1st - 18 May 2008 took part in the froricultural exhibition organised by the municipality of Zografou, with a stand with informative material and publications on the issue of consumption.