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Anafiotika, a cycladic island in the center of Athens, under the Acropolis
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Anafiotika, a cycladic island in the heart of Athens

Anafiotika is a hidden oasis under the Acropolis, on the northeast side. If you find yourself in Plaka, look for a way to climb up to Anafiotika, leave the bustle of the voices, colors, smells and follow the stairs and the quietness that, step…

25/02/2019
Plastikourgeio Plastic Free Shop in Athens
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Recycling as creativity at Plastikourgeio

Recycling, reuse, reduce… How many times have we heard about these three words recently? I have been thinking quite a lot about the issue with plastic waste and, inspired by people like Théla and 3QUARTERS, I started my personal research on how to commit…

24/02/2019
The area of Psirri in central Athens
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Psirri a hip and creative area in Athens

Psirri is one of the eldest neighborhood of Athens. It’s definitely one of my favorite and the one which I always visit when in town. It seats in the North/West area of Monastiraki. Till the Nineties, it was not a very recommended area but recently, like…

21/02/2019
Diti Kotecha aka Thela with her Plastic Upcycling project
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Upcycling plastic bags into charming objects, Théla

Upcycling means creative reuse, is the process of transforming waste materials or unwanted useless products into new materials or goods that have a better quality or for better environmental value. Greece has quite poor waste management and single-use plastic is very popular, only to…

18/02/2019
Mona Spachi Language Teacher in Paros
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Dare to speak Greek, and not only, with Mona!

Mona is one of my new friends met thanks to social media and thanks to my project One Quarter Greek. I don’t remember if we reached each other through Facebook or Instagram, but it does not really matter. As lots of Greek people I…

20/03/2018