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  • Interview: Fivos Tsaravopoulos, Founder & Manager of Paths of Greece

    "Paths of Greece is a Social Cooperative Entreprise because all its members share a common goal, which is to add value to a place for the benefit of the local economy, the local society and the environment" Fivos Tsaravopoulos is the Founder and...

  • Interview: Natali Dologlou, MIRC, Greece

    "Ecotourism can open the door to a genuine contact with locals and their culture, which is practically impossible in a more conventional touristic package" Natali (Anastasia) Dologlou is a Greek Ecotourism Expert who works as a Researcher at the...

  • Ecoclub | About us, Highlights & Testimonials

    team | highlights | testimonials | our philosophy About Ecoclub.com Ecoclub.com, the world's first ecotourism portal established in 1999, stands for ecology and progress in and through tourism, supporting and promoting pioneering examples and...

  • Book Review: "Lost in the Wilds of Greece: A Love Story"

    "Lost in the Wilds of Greece: A Love Story" Author: Penny Turner Lycabettus Press ISBN 978-960-7269-56-0 2017. Paperback, 247 pages. A rider and a writer! This is adventure travel literature at its best - as far from glossy travel advertorials and the...

  • Eumelia Organic Farm & Guesthouse, Greece - ECOCLUB.com Rating

    ECOCLUB.com Rating Explained: The first 5 sections of this application each correspond to the 5 ECOCLUB.com Criteria for Ecological & Socially Just Tourism The maximum rating score we can award in each section is 5, and the minimum 1. When a criterion...

  • Eco Luminaries™: Stefanos Stamellos, Eco Activist, Author & Runner

    Productive land and mountain tops cannot be wasted so that some can sell renewable energy to Germany and Austria... As for Mt. Oiti, it will be a huge crime if plans to install wind turbines on this mountain of flowers go ahead! Speaking in the...

  • Paths of Greece launches new ecolabel for hiker-friendly hotels

    Athens, Greece - 22 February 2017: Paths of Greece, a Social Cooperative Entreprise, in cooperation with Green Evolution, an environmental consultancy, is launching a new ecolabel titled “Hikers’ Friendly” (Web: www.hikersfriendly.com). The ecolabel is...

  • Ecoclub Destinations: Kythera, Greece

    The Ecoclub Destination series: Live online events are one of the few positive side effects of the pandemic, beyond helping us maintain our sanity, they can help us plan ahead for the great return of tourism, to give real meaning to the catchphrase...

  • Paths of Greece celebrates 8 Years

    Last October, Paths of Greece became 8 years old. When it all started, it seemed an impossible attempt. During the crisis years, the birth of a financially sustainable enterprise that would work on the development of hiking trails seemed irrational to...

  • Pandemic Adaptation Strategies for Ecotourism

    On Thursday 7 May we held a Virtual Ecoclub Member Meeting on "Pandemic Adaptation Strategies for Ecotourism". Our aim was to brief each other on local conditions and compare notes on what can be done during and in the aftermath of the pandemic so as...

  • Ecoclub Destinations: Crete, Greece

    This was the second live event of the Ecoclub Destinations series, where we showcase eco-friendly destinations without glorifying them. We ask accomplished local sustainable tourism practitioners to present their own work and projects at this...

  • Ecoclub | Eco Luminaries - The Ecoclub Interview Series

    Meaningful dialogues with inspiring eco practitioners & academics! NB. Most recent interviews appear first. Would you like to be interviewed or nominate someone? Contact us! Jelka Tepšić, Deputy Mayor of Dubrovnik, Croatia “When we talk about green...

  • Any birders interested in finding out about the best birding spots in Greece?

    Ecologist Dragan Simic tries to offer a complete answer to the question "Where to watch birds in Greece", in his post (see link below). Have you ever gone to Greece for birdwatching or are you planning to go? At Natural Greece we are interested to find...

  • Skinos Ilivatos Eco Farm, Kefalonia, Greece - ECOCLUB.com Rating

    ECOCLUB.com Rating Explained: The first 5 sections of this application each correspond to the 5 ECOCLUB.com Criteria for Ecological & Socially Just Tourism The maximum rating score we can award in each section is 5, and the minimum 1. When a criterion...

  • Green Accommodation™ in Greece

    Skinos Ilivatos Eco Farm - ECOCLUB® Rating™ Report A new solar and wind-powered eco farm and villa for rent, constructed under the principles of bioclimatic architecture and overlooking the blue Ionian Sea in Kefalonia island close to Lixouri....

  • Greek island of Kythera hosts Green Flag Trails Auditor Training Course

    Kythera, Greece (2 October 2019) - Kythera island, Greece will become the first hiking destination in Europe to apply the international Green Flag Trails system of trail auditing, a sustainability mark being implemented by the World Trails Network, to...

  • Older Book Reviews

    Volcano and Geothermal Tourism. Sustainable Geo-resources for Leisure and Recreation Edited by Patricia Erfurt-Cooper and Malcolm Cooper (Hardback, 320 pages, 2010, Earthscan) Edited by Patricia Erfurt-Cooper, Lecturer in Tourism Resource Management at...

  • Ecoclub | Project Advisory Services

    Rural Andean Recycling Centre in Chugchilan, EcuadorOur Team, in Athens, Greece, supported by our global professional members network, can provide specialist advice for tourism & hospitality projects and policies that are compatible with our...

  • ECOCLUB.com Highlights - August 2011

    ECOCLUB.com Highlights August 2011 news Laos exhibition celebrates variety of wedding customs ECOCLUB.com Official Sponsor of the Madeira Film Festival, May 2012 ECOCLUB.com Awards 2011 Grant offered to Doctors of the World (Greece) Survival...

  • Interview: Vasilis Tsipidis, TRAFFIC - International

    Tourism planning cannot be left to the industry to decide, it is sad even to consider such a move. Vasilis Tsipidis is from Athens, Greece and has been involved in the ecotourism movement since 1999 while he has also been an active Member of...

  • Protecting Trichonida, Greece's largest natural lake

    Last weekend I visited Lake Trichonida, in Western Greece along with other Board Members of the Greek Ecotourism Society. The lake is relatively unknown as a destination, even for domestic tourism, although it is Greece's largest natural lake and a...

  • Eumelia Organic Farm, new ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Member in Greece

    Athens, Greece (17 October 2012) - Eumelia Organic Agrotourism Farm & Guesthouse has been accepted as an ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Member following an online rating procedure. Eumelia thus became the second ECOCLUB.com Rated Ecolodge in Greece and one of 21...

  • Taleton, Greece - ECOCLUB.com Rating

    ECOCLUB.com Rating Explained: The first 5 sections of this application each correspond to the 5 ECOCLUB.com Criteria for Ecological & Socially Just Tourism The maximum rating score we can award in each section is 5, and the minimum 1. When a criterion...

  • WWF Greece calls on the European Commission to pressure government on protected area conservation

    In December 2022, WWF Greece sent a report to the European Commission to protest about Greece's systematic failure "to protect significant and vulnerable ecosystems" including Natura 2000 network sites and to implement a relevant 2020 ruling of the EU...

  • CCS-University of Missouri Study Tour in Crete, Greece

    The Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Join fellow dietitians, students and University of Missouri Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Department faculty member, Candy Gabel in Greece! When: May 14 – May 26, 2012 What: The Greece location of the...

  • GSTC Regional Meeting in Athens reveals progress in sustainable tourism certification

    Athens, Greece - 1 December 2016 (ECOCLUB.com): The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) European Regional Meeting took place on 23-24 November in Athens. The historic Zappeion Conference & Exhibition Centre (built in 1888 for the first modern...

  • Greece: 'Too many tourists' in Zakynthos

    Athens, Greece - 24 February 2009 Interviewed by ECOCLUB.com, Yannis Vardakastanis, Proprietor of Ionian Eco Villagers & head of Earth Sea & Sky, an NGO working in sea turtle protection in the Ionian island of Zakynthos, Greece, argued that there is no...

  • Greece: Greek Tourism should move from central admin models to local ones"- Expert

    Athens, Greece - 24 June 2008 Interviewed by ECOCLUB.com, destination management Manolis Psarros, former Tourism Development Director at the Athens tourism board, reviews the tourism legacy of the Athens Olympics, the impact of the December 2008 unrest...

  • Study Abroad in Greece: The Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle, May 2013

    University of Missouri and Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries Study Abroad in Greece: The Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle 10-Day Accredited Program May 20 – June 1, 2013 A comprehensive experiential learning program designed to provide an overview of the...

  • Magic Anavra (catabra)

    Anavra (Ανάβρα - 780 m asl, pop 1,000) is a mountain village and municipality on the slopes of mount Othrys, in the middle of peninsular Greece, in Magnesia prefecture near Almyros. (Map). What is so special about it? Occupied by the descendants of...

  • New ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Members in the Gambia and Greece

    Athens, Greece (7 August 2013) - Two new eco-friendly hotels have been accepted as ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Members following a transparent online rating procedure. Farakunku Lodges are four secluded, solar-powered lodges in a natural, rural area 2 km from...

  • Nature Guardians in Action!

    On July the 18th I was at the famous Louros beach in Western Greece, along with 50 volunteers from 10 NGOs for the purposes of collecting rubbish, 10,000 litres to be exact, mostly left by day trippers. Louros beach is part of the Messolonghi-Aitoliko...

  • Heritage Protectors from Crete, Greece: Documentary Trailer by Nikki Rose

    Greetings from Crete, Greece! We are very excited to share the trailer of our upcoming documentary, Heritage Protectors! Stories from people in Crete, Greece, striving to protect their cultural, natural and agricultural heritage, which is all at risk....

  • Greece: Responsible Tourism Implementation Workshop in Crete

    13 April 2009 - New York A culinary, responsible & community tourism workshop will take place in Crete, Greece between October 11-18, 2009. It will be presented on-site by the Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries (CCS) network of residents practicing...

  • Greece: Responsible Travel Workshop in Crete

    Crete, Greece, August 27, 2009 Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries, the award-winning educational travel program noted for best practices in Responsible Travel, will offer a blueprint for implementing similar programs from October 11-18, 2009, for...

  • Eco Farm in Kefalonia, Greece successfully completes ECOCLUB.com Rating process

    Athens, Greece - 26 March 2010 Skinos Ilivatos Eco Farm, near Lixouri in Kefalonia island, has successfully completed the ECOCLUB.com Rating process, becoming the 11th ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Member. The Rating process is a free & transparent evaluation...

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Fall Seminar in Crete, Greece

    The Magnificent West: September 27 - October 2, 2010. A 6-day experiential learning program for researchers of sustainable community-based tourism, organic agriculture, traditional cuisine and healthy cooking techniques. On-site visits with organic...

  • Agroecology Europe Forum, Crete, Greece September 2019 Proceedings

    Greetings, Video highlighting the Agroecology Europe Forum, Agroecology Europe Youth Network, Agroecology Greece. It was a great pleasure to participate in this forum and to meet so many people dedicated to cultivating our safe food sources, protecting...

  • Workshop in Crete, Greece May 12-20, 2014 for Professional Researchers

    Workshop in Crete, Greece May 12 - 20, 2014 Lessons from the Mediterranean: Applying Yesterday's Wisdom to Tomorrow's Table Continuing Education for Food, Nutrition & Health Professionals. A 7-day workshop-experiential learning program. Organized by...

  • The New Hypatia Tragedy

    Hypatia, March 415 AD, famous Greek mathematician in Alexandria, Egypt, torn to pieces by an intolerant Christian mob. Hypatia 2011 AD, a refurbished 19th c neoclassical-style mansion temporary home to 267 north African hunger strikers in Athens,...

  • Between Sisyphus and Epicurus

    Deceitful King Sisyphus was condemned by Zeus to eternally carry a boulder to a top of the hill with the boulder rolling down again. Sisyphus has been interpreted as representing vain politicians, aspiring for eternal glory and eternally failing....

  • The scary but cute Ghosts of Amfissa

    Amfissa, a town going back three millennia, 20 km from the famous Oracle of Delphi, has had a complicated history, occupied by and/or fiercely resisting Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Knights of St. John, Catalans, Ottomans and Nazis. New empires and...

  • Natura 2000 Areas in Greece

    Throughout Europe the 'Natura 2000' network of protected areas, created with the aim of conserving natural habitats, flora and fauna and in particular wild birds, is considered a blessing: Natura 2000 areas constitute an institutional, legal and...

  • Crete, Greece: Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network, 5-Day Seminars on Biodiversity and Gastronomy

    Crete, Greece: Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network, 5-Day Seminars on Biodiversity and Gastronomy. Dates: May 2-7, 2022 or September 12-17, 2022 An experiential learning program with expert presentations at historic sites, nature reserves,...

  • Review of Social Media in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

    Social Media in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality, Theory, Practice and Cases Edited by Marianna Sigala, University of the Aegean, Greece, Evangelos Christou, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece and Ulrike Gretzel, University of Wollongong, Australia...

  • EuroVelo National Coordination Center to be set up in Greece to boost Cycling Tourism

    The National EuroVelo Coordination Center Greece will operate on the basis of a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Tourism, the Central Union of Greek Municipalities and the NGO "Poleis gia...

  • biodiversity vs. the invisible hand of the market

    Last week I was invited to participate in a UNEP-sponsored ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ conference held in Athens, organized by MedSOS, a leading Greek environmental NGO, a genuine one, focusing on marine and coastal pollution. The conference...

  • Hikers' Friendly ecolabel to cooperate with leading Greek Adventure Tour Operator, Trekking Hellas

    Athens, Greece - 21 November 2017: “Hikers’ Friendly”, an ecolabel for hiker-friendly hotels, and Trekking Hellas, Greece's largest and oldest adventure tour operator, have signed a cooperation agreement. Their joint mission is to 'enhance the hiking...

  • Greece: Ionian Eco Villagers among Finalists for 2009 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards

    London, UK - 3 February 2009 The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced the 12 finalists for the 2009 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards which recognise best practices in sustainable tourism in four different categories - Destination...

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  • Karditsa, Greece turns coffee residue into pellets for heating

    Under a project implemented by the Karditsa Energy Community in collaboration with the local Municipality, the coffee residues are collected from the city's cafes, mixed with wood residues (from urban pruning, forest residues) and converted into high...

  • Mediterranean Immersion Workshop in Crete, Greece, June 15-21, 2015

    Mediterranean Immersion Workshop in Crete, GreeceJune 15 – 21, 2015Continuing Education for Food, Nutrition & Health ProfessionalsFocus: Mediterranean Lifestyle for Optimal Health A 7-Day focused immersion into the Mediterranean Diet and lifestyle...

  • Turtles in Trouble

    Uncontrolled and ever-expanding packaged tourism and coastal development, along with overfishing in the Mediterranean is taking its toll on resources and what still survives of the marine wildlife. [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_Uf0vNh84...

  • Leaving no footprints is no longer enough

    In an era of climate crisis and mass migration, leaving no footprints is no longer enough - Responsible tourists should leave solidarity footprints behind, we need a positive, progressive, green impact tourism! Two inspiring examples from Greece: 1....

  • New partnership will expand sustainable tourism training opportunities in southeastern Europe

    Athens, Greece - November 15, 2016: The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has announced a new partnership with Green Evolution SA, supporting the regional development of the GSTC’s Sustainable Tourism Training Program (STTP) in Southeastern...

  • Alevromoutzouroma, the literally colourful feast of Galaxidi

    Literally translating to flour-smudging, Alevromoutzouroma is a traditional flour throwing festival taking place every Clean Monday (the Monday marking the beginning of Lent) in the historic port of Galaxidi (Map) Central Greece. Galaxidi was an...

  • Austrian-Greek Sustainable Tourism Cooperation Project Concludes, Disseminates Recommendations

    An ambitious 14-month European Union-funded grant project under the rather long title “Technical Assistance action to support tourism planning and policy for the promotion of sustainable tourism development in Greece Reference No.: SRSS/S2016/013” was...

  • Recreational cyclists ready for 1750km Bike for Europe tour

    Drenthe, Netherlands/Thessaloniki, Greece, 31 August 2018: In the build-up to the fourth European Week of Sport this September, two teams of recreational, volunteer cyclists will ride their bikes from Drenthe, the Netherlands, and Thessaloniki, Greece,...

  • going astray

    Recently there was a report in the Guardian about Kanellos 'the (Athenian) Protest Dog' intrepid follower of the demonstrators, always taking their side:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/may/06/greece-protest?picture=362290874 The truth is...

  • Seminar in New York: Culinary Adventures in Crete

    Culinary Adventures in CreteKellari Taverna, 19 W 44th St, New York, NYMay 12, 7:00 PMJoin Nikki Rose of Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries, an internationally acclaimed educational program, in celebrating Greece's cultural and culinary heritage.Discover the...

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries 2016 Study Abroad Programs, Crete, Greece

    Join us in Crete, Greece, May 16-24, 2016 for Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network Study Abroad Program with Utah State University. A distinctive faculty-led experiential learning program designed to provide an overview of the culture,...

  • Crete, Greece: CCS 5-Day Seminars on Biodiversity and Gastronomy, Autumn 2021

    Crete, Greece: Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network 5-Day Seminars on Biodiversity and Gastronomy. Dates: September 20-25 and October 11-16, 2021. An experiential learning program with expert presentations at historic sites, nature...

  • Crete, Greece: CCS 5-Day Seminars on Biodiversity and Gastronomy

    Crete, Greece: Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network. 5-Day Seminars on Biodiversity and Gastronomy. Dates: June 5-10, 2023 or September 18-23, 2023. An experiential learning program with expert presentations at historic sites, nature...

  • ECOCLUB.com Awards 2011 Grant offered to Doctors of the World (Greece)

    Since 2004 ECOCLUB.com have been providing microgrants to eco-projects initiated & implemented by our Members, according to the ECOCLUB.com philosophy and aims. This year we decided to provide a Euros 3,000 grant to cover equipment costs in the Doctors...

  • WWF Greece calls for exclusion of unsustainable activities from National Recovery Plan - Η WWF Ελλάς ζητάει την εξαίρεση περιβαλλοκτόνων δραστηριοτήτων από το Εθνικό Σχέδιο Ανάκαμψης

    Greece, like all other EU member states, has until the end of April to submit a plan to the EU outlining how it will spend the €32 billion it will receive in recovery funds to overcome the effects of the pandemic. In a letter to MPs WWF Greece asked...

  • Greece as a black hole?

    You may be reading about the latest developments in the saga of whether IMF will 'rescue' Greece, the way they have 'rescued' so many countries in the past. The Euro is already under great strain from the weight of the Greek debt / deficit (real or...

  • Chef-Author Nikki Rose Presentation at the Embassy of Greece, Washington DC, October 20

    If you are in Washington DC on October 20, we'd be delighted if you would join us! Nikki Rose, a Greek American Professional Chef and Writer, and founder of the award-winning Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Eco-Agritourism Network will be speaking about...

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries 2012 Seminars in Crete, Greece

    Greetings from Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Eco-Agritourism Network. We are celebrating our 15th year of organizing award-winning sustainable tourism and study abroad programs in Greece. Check out our 2012 open programs:...

  • Nikki Rose Presentation on Heritage Preservation Projects in Crete, Greece

    San Francisco, California, April 5, 2012, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. Presentation on cultural-culinary heritage preservation projects in Crete, Greece by Chef Nikki Rose, Founder of the award-winning Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries Eco-Agritourism Network. Rose...

  • reviving the traditional, local economy of Kea Greece

    An excellent example of how ecological farm tourism can help revive the real, local economy in Greece. We want more of this, and not at all pharaonic mega-tourism & real estate projects or oil platforms in the Aegean or Ionian.

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries September 2016 Seminar in Crete, Greece in partnership with Center for Responsible Travel

    Crete, Greece, September 19-25, 2016: Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network in partnership with The Center for Responsible Travel is hosting a unique program in Crete: Discovering the Culture, Nature and Cuisine of Crete. During this program...

  • Petition to Save Kavo Sidero archaeological and natural landscape in Crete, Greece

    Petition to the Prime Minister of Greece: "We support the court appeal launched in May 2016 by citizens of Crete and environmental, archaeological, and other organisations, to save the unique archaeological and natural landscape of Kavo Sidero in East...

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries/Center for Responsible Travel Seminar in Crete, Greece July 10-16, 2017

    Crete, Greece, July 10 - 16, 2017 Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network in partnership with The Center for Responsible Travel is hosting a unique program in Crete: Discovering Crete's Cultural, Culinary and Natural Wonders. During this...

  • Agroecology Europe Forum, Crete, Greece 26-28 September 2019

    News from our fields: Join us in Crete, Greece 26-28 September for the Agroecology Europe Forum. I'll be there - participating in a Workshop on "Scaling Up" to discuss my work in connecting sustainable organic farmers with sustainable tourism...

  • Geopolitics at play as Greece and Cyprus get criticized for Russian and Chinese vaccines acceptance

    According to reports Germany's Merkel and France's Macron have criticised the governments of Greece and Cyprus for granting entry to travellers vaccinated with "unauthorized vaccines" (i.e. not approved by the European Medicines Agency) such as...

  • Europe's largest bifacial solar farm opens near Kozan

    The 204-megawatt solar park features two-sided solar modules and covers a total area of 1,821 hectares near the northern Greek town of Kozani. It will supply enough power for 75,000 households and save around 300 mt of CO2. It was 75% funded by the...

  • Nikki Rose in Archaeological Institute of America Magazine

    Nikki Rose in Archaeological Institute of America Magazine Interview: The Joy of Cretan Cooking November 9, 2010| by Eti Bonn-Muller Chef-instructor Nikki Rose talks about the importance of protecting Crete’s natural and cultural resources—and how...

  • Petition to Protect Cretan Cuisine by Sustainable Organic Farmers

    Petition created by Yiorgos Dimitriadis, Sustainable Organic Farmer in Crete, Greece: To: Mr. S. Arnaoutakis, Elected head of the Prefecture of Crete Island Cc. Mr. K. Skandalidis, Minister of Rural Development and Food, Greece We, the undersigned,...

  • A thought-provoking city can only preserve 'provoking' signs

    Most Athens' visitors rarely have time (or interest) to understand the very long and tortured history of this very old city, which jointly with Beirut, are the world's oldest continuously inhabited capitals. They will read or hear something about the...

  • ECOCLUB.com Highlights - November 2011

    | | Like Tweet Forward ECOCLUB.com Highlights - November 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS • From the editor • Interview: Lidija Mavra • Interview: Agha Iqrar Haroon • Headlines • Travelogues • Blogs • Member Polls From the editor Patience seems to be running out...

  • Interview: Rika Jean-François, CSR Commissioner, ITB Berlin

    "Tourism can be a door opener and can help to break down prejudices. The boycotting of certain destinations will harm the affected people living in the destinations. We believe in dialogue instead" Rika Jean-François holds a Master Degree in Social...

  • Guardians of Diversity in the Mediterranean 2009

    From Biodiversity International - 2009 AwardsPanagiotis Sainatoudis is the coordinator of Peliti, one of the most important non governmental organizations in Greece whose aim is to rescue and distribute local crop varieties to growers. Peliti (‘oak...

  • Intercultural Misunderstanding

    When one reads Wikipedia's list of ethnic slurs, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slursor the various ways people refer to foreigners around the world, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words...ot_one_of_us' one wonders if the current...

  • Games without tears, or additives

    The Ancient Nemean Games (NEMEIA), one of the four major athletic events of ancient Greece (others were Olympeia, Isthmeia & Delpheia) were revived once more in the ancient stadium of Nemea, in the Peloponnese, Greece, on Solstice Day. 600 athletes...

  • CCS Accredited Seminar with University of Missouri

    University of Missouri and Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries 10-Day Seminar Study Abroad in Greece: The Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle May 17 - 27, 2011 Students will study aspects of the Mediterranean diet through activities: visits to organic farms,...

  • CCS Seminar in Washington DC, March 14: Historic Food Routes

    Washington DC, March 14, 6:30 - 10:30 pm: Historic Food Routes of Crete, Greece Lecture at the Embassy of Greece by Donald Haggis, Professor of Classical Archaeology, “Farming, Feasting and the Foundations of the Early Greek City.” Lecture followed by...

  • BBS News: Thessaloniki pulls in the crowds

    The angle for this BBC reportage is unclear to me -- How do fish markets, Greek coffee, cruise ship tourists and low budget carriers work together to manifest, “Many stories, one heart?” What makes their initiatives different from the same destructive...

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries 2016 Study Tours

    Our Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Network is excited to welcome faculty and students from Utah State University on their May 2016 Study Tour to Crete! Utah State University Study Abroad to Crete, Greece Program And our fantastic annual Study Abroad...

  • Εισαγωγή-Introduction

    Εγκαινιάζουμε ένα νέο τομέα του Ecoclub ο οποίος θα εστιάζει στην Ελλάδα, συγκεκριμένα στον Τουρισμό, το Περιβάλλον και άλλους Τομείς από πράσινη σκοπιά. We are introducing a new section focusing on Greece, particularly on Tourism, the Environment and...

  • "Tourism for All" subsidized holiday programme now open

    Greek citizens and permanent residents may apply for subsidised holidays in Greece, including accommodation, transport and tours, at www.tourism4all.gov.gr from 5 July 2021. This year's budget is EUR 100 m. which will be allocated to around 600,000...

  • Culinary Tourism in Santorini: An Exploration of Food and Culture

    By Lindsay Milich Culinary tourism represents a rapidly growing field that is increasingly being incorporated into tourism strategies worldwide (ICTA, 2011). New global trends in tourism also indicate a desire for personalized experiences and...

  • Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries featured in Agroecology Europe

    Greetings from Crete,Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries featured in Agroecology Europe Spring Newsletter. It's great to see so many innovative projects by colleagues....

  • Ecoclub | Live Events

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  • Σύγκρουση συμφερόντων οδηγεί σε παραίτηση στο ΔΣ του WWF - Conflict of interest leads to resignation from WWF Greece Board

    Ο εφοπλιστής Φίλιππος Λαιμός παραιτήθηκε από μέλος του ΔΣ του WWF στις 29 Ιουλίου 2022, εξαιτίας της δικαστικής διαμάχης μεταξύ περιβαλλοντικών οργανώσεων και του αδελφού του και του ιδίου, σχετικά με την κατασκευή δύο βιλλών στο Πάπιγκο, εντός-σύμφωνα...

  • Crete: Responsible Tourism Implementation Workshop

    Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries WorkshopImplementation of Responsible Tourism by Rural CommunitiesOn-site presentations by project directors in Crete, GreeceOctober 11-18, 2009Designed for current and future Responsible Travel practitioners, the media and...

  • Ecoclub | Professional Membership

    Ecoclub.com, the world's first ecotourism portal established in 1999, stands for ecology and progress in and through tourism, supporting and promoting pioneering examples and initiatives for a greener tourism and a better world. We stand for a Tourism...

  • Ecoclub | Our Philosophy

    unfortunately (?) there is no such button! "It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly." - Epikouros 1. Introduction...

  • greek fire

    Greek fire usually refers to the inflammatory concoction with which our Byzantine forefathers used to set alight enemy ships. True to our byzantine tradition, here in Greece we are avid conspiracy theorists, especially at election time, with anyone...

  • The Distortion of Hospitality - From Philoxenia to Philochrematia and back

    The Distortion of Hospitality - From Philoxenia to Philochrematia and back In Ancient Greece, strangers / visitors (the “xenoi”) were considered sacred (possibly gods undercover) and Philoxenia or ‘loving care towards strangers’ was a duty. This took...


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