As the old adage goes tourism is like fire, it can cook your food, or it can burn your house down.
But it was not tourism, but probably pro-mining interests, that burned down the house of eco activist Stefanos Kollias in the village of Kaloskopi in the Mt Giona area of Central Greece, on Sunday night (March 30). Kollias, originally from Athens, has been campaigning against the further expansion of bauxite mining in this largely pristine area. A few days ago he had tried to legally block an environmental impact assessment study conducted for a large mining company. This is the second time in recent months his house is set on fire. A campaign is underway to rebuild his house see here for details (in Greek)
while protests are also planned.

Next time you think of consuming a multinational soft drink or beer packaged in an aluminium can, remember that it is created and transported through a process which probably involved a lot of human and environmental misery. Not to mention that it (aluminium, not beer of course) may have various adverse health effects.