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Green Enough project celebrates Global Recycling Day with 4 top tips for improving recycling management.
To celebrate Global Recycling Day on 18th March the Green Enough Project is sharing its 4 top tips to help you recycle your waste better.
Have you ever wondered how your plastic water bottle is made? Or maybe thought about what happens to your rubbish after you have thrown it in the bin. Each year humans use billion of tons of the earth’s natural resources to support our current lifestyles. We use water to grow crops, cut down trees to make cardboard and paper, and mine coal and oil to make plastic and fuel cars. The earth’s natural resources are limited however, and we are currently using these resources more quickly than the earth can regenerate them. The unsustainable use of natural resources is a key contributor to climate change, driving water shortages, pollution, and rising global temperatures.
As part of our individual responsibility to minimise climate change, we should each be considering how we can use fewer natural resources and make better use of resources that we have already consumed. Recycling is a key action that we can all be doing to achieve this.
Recycling is a process of converting waste into new materials and objects. For the public, this is a simpler process which involves sorting your waste. Yet, in Europe, less than a third of the plastic waste is recycled. To raise awareness for the opportunities and importance of recycling the Green Enough project is joining others in celebrating Global Recycling Day on 18th March. Each year this day encourages all of us to look at our waste in a new light. To mark Global Recycling Day, the partners of the Green Enough project are sharing their top tips for recycling better:
1. Aim to reduce and reuse rather than recycle.
Recycling is a great initiative that we should all be doing. But it is better to reduce the amount of waste that we make in the first place. Try to buy only what you need, choose products with less packaging and look for items that you can re-use.
2. Check which recycling waste your local authority collects.
Not every authority recycles the same materials in the same way. Adding things that might not be recycled or accepted by your local authority might lead to contamination and more waste production. You can find out which items your local authority helps to recycle by periodically checking online or contacting them directly.
3. Make sure it’s clean, dry and empty.
Recyclables must be empty, clean and dry to prevent contamination with other recyclables during collection and processing.
4. Consider starting your own compost bin.
Composting is an effective way to recycle your food scraps and garden waste and also provide you with high quality soil nutrients for your plants. Find out how to get started at
These are just a few tips to get you started. We wish you luck on your recycling adventure. To find out more about the Green Enough project, click here.
The Educational program to raise ecological behaviour through an inclusive methodology using Augmented Reality Technology (Green Enough) is an Erasmus+ project supported via the Greek National Agency (Project No: KA220-ADU-FD4DE223). The project partnership includes the project coordinator Astiki Etaireia Psichokoinonik on Meleton (Ploes) (Greece) and the following partners Associacao Para a Recuperacao de Cidadaos Inadaptados da Lousa (ARCIL)(Portugal); Fundacja Eudajmonia (Poland); Kypriaki Etaireia Pistopoiisis Limited (Cyprus); Anaptyxi Kainotomikon Olokliromenon Proionton Asyrmaton Diktyon Aisthitiron Etaireia Periorismenis Euthynis (Sensworks) (Greece); AKTI Project and Research Centre (AKTI) (Cyprus); European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (Belgium).
Ολοκληρώθηκε με επιτυχία το δεύτερο εργαστήρι του προγράμματος «Active Minds»
Ολοκληρώθηκε με επιτυχία το δεύτερο εργαστήρι του προγράμματος «Active Minds», στις 11 και 12 Μαρτίου 2023 στο ξενοδοχείο Forest Park στις Πλάτρες, για άτομα από 18 έως 40 ετών.
Το δεύτερο εργαστήρι είχε ως στόχο να παρέχει στους συμμετέχοντες τις γνώσεις και τις δεξιότητες που χρειάζονται για να έχουν θετικό αντίκτυπο στις κοινότητές τους. Μέσω ενός συνδυασμού διαδραστικών παρουσιάσεων, συζητήσεων και πρακτικών δραστηριοτήτων, οι συμμετέχοντες είχαν την ευκαιρία να καταπιαστούν και να ενημερωθούν σχετικά με τη σημασία της εμπλοκής των πολιτών, το ρόλο της ενεργού πολιτότητας στην προώθηση της κοινωνικής αλλαγής και πώς να εμπλακούν σε ζητήματα που τους ενδιαφέρουν.
Το Πρόγραμμα «Active Minds» υλοποιείται από το Γραφείο Επιτρόπου του Πολίτη και την Εθνική Αρχή Στοιχημάτων. Την οργάνωση και υλοποίηση των εκπαιδεύσεων του δεύτερου εργαστηρίου ανέλαβε το Κέντρο Μελετών και Έρευνας ΑΚΤΗ για το έργο “AdvocaCY” το οπoίο πραγματοποιείται μέσα στα πλαίσια του Προγράμματος “Active Citizens Fund Cyprus’” με χορηγία του Χρηματοδοτικού Μηχανισμού European Economic Area (EEA & Norway Grants) 2014-2021.
Δεντροφύτευση στη Γεροσκήπου από την ΑΚΤΗ και τον ΠΑΣΥΚΑΦ
Το Σάββατο, 4 Μαρτίου και ώρα 10:00 -11:00 π.μ., πραγματοποιήθηκε δενδροφύτευση από τον Παγκύπριο Σύνδεσμο Καρκινοπαθών και Φίλων, ΠΑΣΥΚΑΦ και το Κέντρο Μελετών και Έρευνας ΑΚΤΗ, σε συνεργασία με τον Δήμο Γεροσκήπου, στο χώρο πρασίνου παρά των οδών Διδυμότειχου και Αττικής. Η όλη εκδήλωση εντάσσεται στην προσπάθεια του Δήμου για καλλιέργεια περιβαλλοντικής συνείδησης.
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Green Enough project partners meet for the first time in Piraeus, Greece
According to the World Meteorological Organisation changes to global and local climate have negatively affected millions of people and cost billions in 2022 alone. Many of those people impacted have a disability.
Despite not only being more vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, persons with disabilities are also more likely to be excluded from conversations and actions to protect and promote rights to a clean and healthy environment.
In this context, the new Erasmus+ project, Green Enough, aims to promote the inclusion of people with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in climate change conversations. It will also empower them to make their own decisions to implement sustainable practices.
On 1st – 2nd February 2023 ΑΚΤΙ met the Green Enough project partners for the first time in Piraeus, Greece. Here they discussed the development of the project’s Augmented Reality app, that will help to educate adults with disabilities on the basic principles of recycling as well as the foundations for the Green Enough training course for professionals.
Find out more αbout the project and its first meeting here.
Green Enough – New Erasmus+ Project
With the new year comes the chance for new adventures, including the start of a new project!
The Green Enough project aims to promote social inclusion and provide persons with disabilities with the knowledge and understanding to adopt more environmentally friendly practices in their daily life.
AKTİ will work together with 6 partners from Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Poland and Portugal to implement the project over the next 2 years. The partners will meet in Athens in February to plan the project’s first steps. We look forward to sharing more information with you soon!
Tiganokinisi Caravan on Alpha TV
In preparation for the launch of the Tiganokinisi Caravan, the inside of the Caravan and some information about the educational tools and experiments were shown during the Enimerosi program, on Alpha TV!
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Συνεργασία ΑΚΤΗς με τον Όμιλο εταιρειών Digital Tree!
Τo Κέντρο Μελετών και ‘Ερευνας ΑΚΤΗ ανακοινώνει τη συνεργασία του με τον Όμιλο εταιρειών Digital Tree, στο πλαίσιο της στρατηγικής του ομίλου για βιωσιμότητα. Με τη συνεργασία αυτή, η Digital Tree στοχεύει στην στήριξη και προβολή του έργου της ΑΚΤΗς και στην ενεργή συμμετοχή της στις εκδηλώσεις του οργανισμού που αφορούν την ευαισθητοποίηση.
«Η ΑΚΤΗ γίνεται φέτος 22 χρόνων! Σε αυτά τα 22 χρόνια η ΑΚΤΗ αναπτύσσει πολλαπλές δράσεις ενημέρωσης, εφαρμοσμένης έρευνας και εκπαίδευσης, που καλύπτουν τους τρεις βασικούς άξονες της αειφορίας, δηλαδή την κοινωνία, την οικονομία και το περιβάλλον. Η ΑΚΤΗ έχει αναπτύξει διεθνή δράση με επέκταση των συνεργασιών της και των εκστρατειών σε πέραν των 50 χωρών. Πιστεύουμε στη δύναμη της συνεργασίας, είναι άλλωστε ο 17ος Στόχος Αειφορίας των Ηνωμένων Εθνών. Ευχαριστούμε τη Digital Tree και χαιρόμαστε που ενώνουμε δυνάμεις για να δυναμώσει η φωνή μας. Η αειφόρος ανάπτυξη είναι η μόνη διαδρομή που εξασφαλίζει το μέλλον αυτού του πλανήτη και καλύτερη ποιότητα ζωής!» δήλωσε η πρόεδρος του ΔΣ του Κέντρου Μελετών και Έρευνας ΑΚΤΗ, Ξένια Λοϊζίδου.
“Είμαστε περήφανοι ως οργανισμός για τη συνεργασία αυτή, η οποία αποτελεί την έμπρακτη εφαρμογή της κουλτούρας και των αξιών της εταιρείας μας” δήλωσε η Ξένια Ξενοφώντος , διευθύντρια Εταιρικών Σχέσεων και Βιωσιμότητας της Digital Tree. “Η ενημέρωση των πολιτών για θέματα προστασίας του περιβάλλοντος και βιωσιμότητας, αλλά και η συμμετοχή μας σε σχετικές δράσεις, έχει μεγάλη σημασία για εμάς καθώς πιστεύουμε πως η βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη αποτελεί τη μόνη οδό για συνέχιση της ζωής στον πλανήτη μας και εξασφάλιση της συνέχισης των γενιών που ακολουθούν. Ευχαριστούμε την ΑΚΤΗ που μας εμπιστεύτηκε για την επερχόμενη συνέργεια μας”.
AdvocaCY: A Questionnaire for Civil Society in Cyprus
AKTI is currently conducting a survey aiming to capture the needs and barriers of CSOs on the island and receive their recommendations as to what needs to change for them to be better able to achieve their goals.
Are you part of a Cyprus-based CSO? We would truly appreciate your support in our efforts by sharing your responses with us, but also by disseminating the survey within your network. The Questionnaire can be found below, in English, Greek and Turkish, and takes less than 10 mins to complete.
EN: https://forms.gle/ohHVdEW49AdV39R36
TR: https://forms.gle/w3bmXSqUPWRvB5ty6
GR: https://forms.gle/1Jn5NrPWhK3p2NZE8
The responses to this questionnaire will form the basis for developing a solution-oriented Policy Tool with solutions to inherent problems of Cypriot Civil Society. With “Knowledge leads to awareness; Awareness leads to change” as its motto, this project aims to create synergies and join forces among CSOs and informal groups and to build networks of active citizens across the divide. Through its solution-oriented approach, AdvocaCY aims to build skills and capacity and, encourage citizens to advocate for their right to a sustainable environment. The project also aims to boost bi-communal cooperation on promoting sustainability and transforming this collaboration into a peace building tool.
The ‘’AdvocaCY: Participate, learn, decide, challenge: Stronger Cypriot Civil Society for sustainability, advocacy, and change! ‘’project benefits from a grant under the Active Citizens Fund Cyprus programme, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, through the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021.
The project is implemented by AKTI Project and Research Centre in collaboration with the organizations of MASDER and Norsensus Mediaforum.T
The AdvocaCY project has been launched!
The launch event for the project «AdvocaCY: Participate, learn, decide, challenge: Civil Society for sustainability, advocacy and change!» took place on 4th August 2022, at Sandy Beach, Paphos, Cyprus.
Having the UN Sustainable Development Goals at its core, this project aims to engage Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot civil society organizations and informal groups, with a focus on the younger generation and in ensuring gender balance, in understanding their human right to a sustainable and healthy environment. With “Knowledge leads to awareness; Awareness leads to change” as its motto, the project aims to create synergies and join forces among CSOs and informal groups and to build networks of active citizens across the divide. Learn more here.
The project «AdvocaCY: Participate, learn, decide, challenge: Civil Society for sustainability, advocacy and change!» is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA and Norway Grants. The project is implemented by AKTI‐ Project and Research Centre in collaboration with the organizations of MASDER and Norsensus Mediaforum.