Sustainable Development
What is happening with our waste?
In this article, we will explain why landfills are bad for environment and how can *you* contribute to reduce your waste. At the end of it, a short video will sum up the main information. You will find an “Landfill Guide”, to keep always next to you. Any waste that is not recycled or reused has[…]
How can you help saving the endangered oceans?
In this article, we will explain why oceans are more than ever threatened by overfishing and plastic pollution, and how can *you* contribute to save them. 📽 At the end of it, a short video will sum up the main information. 📖 You will find an “Ocean and Sea Guide”, to keep always next to[…]
AT CORFU, YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS DETERMINED TO SAVE ERIMITIS
On the Greek island of Corfu (community of Senies), young greeks are organizing a resistance against a project which they consider to be an ecological, social and economic disaster. Since 2016, the New York investment fund NCH Capital has held the title to “the Kassiopi property”. A 99-year concession, priced at 23 million euros. And[…]
Earths day
I think I am not the only one, who feels like the days are just passing by, indistinguishably since the beginning of the quarantine, and have no idea most of the time what day is it, or what the date is, but today, the 22nd of April is a special day and we all should[…]
Take responsibility!
“Do whatever you want, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone.” You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? Have you ever thought about the consequences of your decisions? People tend to forget that everything they do, is going to have an impact on the world, on the environment around them. It might seem to be unimportant[…]
Sterotypes and rumors
Stereotypes are part of our everyday life. People have to face imaginations of other people either they want or not. As a touristic place, also Lefkadian people have to face prejudices. Did you ever hear of Germans wearing socks in sandals, Austrians drinking loads of beers, English who are always sunburned, Norwegians who are easily[…]
The organic certification in Greece
Starting to work against the wrong imagination that “bio labels” are “all a lie, a fake cooperation company, not trust able etc”, the members of the W(e) DID workshop started to make a research in Lefkada´s supermarkets about biological products. We tried to find out, which ones are available and what signs are printed on[…]
Bio here, bio there, bio everywhere- but also INSIDE?
What does sustainable certification mean? Sustainable standards implement a voluntary use of norms and standards that are linked to environmental, social, ethical and food safety issues. This idea started in the 1980s with the first “Ecolabels”, as well as organic food standards. The most important issues are environmental quality, social equity and economic prosperity.[…]
Why Green shopping?
Sustainable shopping. This is a phrase that everybody might have heard before. But how to really put it into practice and why it should help the worlds environment is still not clear to the average consumer. There are several reasons why we should all try to reduce our demands of goods and to improve[…]