Celebration of 40 years since the Politehnio Uprising in Lefkada

Your past is always your past and even if you forget it, it remembers you ( Sarah Dessen). 40 years ago the students in Athens were on the street trying to build a better future. They are now the past that we should always remember and cherish. Student’s protest in 1973 was celebrated on Friday,[…]

This is How We Do It : Social Action and Environmentalism in the Balkans

By Cosmina Bajan In a world in full process of globalization, when economy and politics are disputing the first position in the complex category of criteria upon which we can compare a country, cultural and traditional patterns seem to be obsolete  Yet, if we really want to understand what lies behind the acting in a certain way or[…]

Let’s clean the beautiful beaches of Lefkada!Ας καθαρίσουμε τις όμορφες παραλίες της Λευκάδας!

 Saturday, 10t of August, an environmental event named Clean Beaches took place in Kathisma, Lefkada. The main purpose of the event was to sesnsibilize people on the problem of the throwing out of garbage and more specifically cigarette ends in the sand, on the beach, or in the sea. The event organized by Equal Society[…]

Lefkada NGO is one of the winners of the Euro-Med Youth Awards 2013Τα Μονοπάτια Αλληλεγγύης είναι ένας από τους νικητές του Euro-Med Youth Awards 2013

Jordan hosted this year during June 11-13 the second edition of the Euro-Med Youth Awards. The Euro-Med Program is a program promoting youth mobility within the European and Mediterranean area. The aim of the event was to increase the visibility of the Euro-Med Cooperation with key partners from the youth field, to enhance the achievements of the[…]

EVS Volunteers build an Eco-House in Nidri Οι EVS εθελοντές χτίζουν ένα οικολογικό σπίτι στο Νυδρί

Friday 7th of June 2013, Nidri, Lefkada. The EVS volunteers in the Eco-House Project started at the beginning of May in Nidri presented their work to the public by organizing a series of workshops with the children in schools and also with the young people in Nidri and Lefkada City.             The initiator of the[…]

European Youth Week Officially Started in Lefkada Η Ευρωπαϊκή Εβδομάδα Νεολαίας ξεκίνησε επίσημα στη Λευκάδα

This weekend was an energetic and full of live one for the normally quiet Ionian island of Lefkada. To celebrate the debut of the  European Youth Week (26th of May – 2nd of June) the Youth NGO’s in Lefkada together with representatives of the National Agency organized on Saturday an European event in Paralia Park[…]

Lefkada City Celebrates World Book Day with a Book Exchange between the Members of the Community

Article by Cosmina Bajan Since 1995, under the patronage of UNESCO, we celebrate World’s Book Day on the 23rd of April. The tradition of this day is anyways older than 1995, the first connection between the 23rd of April and books was made in 1923 by a bookseller in Spain who celebrated the day in[…]

Let’s Do It Lefkada – one step towards transforming the beautiful island into a model of green behavior and sustainable development

Interview by Cosmina Bajan Greek translation Athanasios Petousis On the 14th of April 13 municipalities in Greece saved the date for Let’s Do It, an event taking place each year in most of the countries of the world. Let’s Do It is about making the citizens more aware of the importance of living in a[…]