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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[…]
KEEP CALM & CLEAN THE BEACHES!
Nowadays, as mostly everyone understands the importance of keeping clean environment, in this case we can see that it is not usually implemented. That is why so often we see dirty places full of rubbish on the streets (or beaches – Do you know how long does it take a plastic or glass bottle,[…]
How Greece can cope with refugee’s crisis?
Months ago Greece was on the newspapers for different reasons, images of huge queues in front of the ATMs with pensioners, workers and young people who were waiting for their money. It was an individual pain caused by country’s debt crisis. Now, the image is different because we can see pensioners,[…]
New goals of sustainable development
We usually use the noun “progress” for describing various types of development. However, if this is not an equally distributed development we cannot, and should not, perceive it as a true progress. But how can we make real the ethical goals, such as no poverty, global equality, good health, access to[…]
Remarks on the first Sustainable Development Weekend
A post-Nidri script The previous article published on Green O’Clock is asking for an “after-comment” itself. Even though, the text put more emphasis on the trash management problems of Lefkada and spoke about the issue of human attitude toward nature in the context of the island it also contained an invitation[…]
Hear our voice and learn to care: sustainable development weekend in Nidri
Promoting the idea and teaching about sustainable development have always been among the priority of the volunteers of Solidarity Tracks Organization. Recycling workshops, garden maintenance and eco-house building series have already had a history. During the last couple of years these initiatives and activities managed to enter, more or less, into the[…]
Eco-garden week: a stream of thoughts
We have a wonderful garden, you know? Volunteers of Solidarity Tracks have arrived to the end of the eco-garden workcamp in Nidri. Yesterday the last seedbeds received their new residents, the concluding brush strokes on the veggie indicators were made and, finally, all the rocks found a comfortable place in the spiral of aromatic herbs.[…]
Eco-garden kick off
The office of Solidarity Tracks has been one of the green spots of Lefkada since the launch of its sustainable development project. As a reward and, mainly, as the result of Andrea’s (our volunteer gardener chief) efforts spring came little earlier to the bureau than to the town. Roughly ten days ago the first baby[…]
Protect our seeds for a better future!
Hi everybody, My name is Marilyne, I am 30 years old, I come from France and I am a European volunteer in Lefkada at Solidarity Tracks organization for one year. From now I will work on the redaction of Green O’clock online magazine. The first topic with what I will start it’s the exchange and[…]
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[…]