U.Grow

Engage for Change: U.Grow in an Erasmus+ Participation Hackathon​

U.Grow proudly took part as an official partner in the Erasmus+ seminar “Engaging for Change”, held in Nitra, Slovakia from April 7 to 13, 2025. The project brought together 32 youth workers from various European countries, focusing on European Youth Goal #9: Space and Participation for All, while also touching on themes like inclusive societies, […]

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Training seminar in the framework of the project “Know-Participate-Protect the Environment”

iSea* and Green Tank** organised a seminar on 4 November at 11:00am in the multimedia room of the Natural History Museum of Crete, as part of the project “Know-Participate-Protect the Environment“, which is being implemented under the Active citizens fund programme: “Citizen participation in environmental policy making – New developments in addressing biodiversity loss”. Ioli […]

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5th Urban Ecology Festival

For the fifth year, the volunteer group Heraklion Eco Voice, which is active in Heraklion Crete, held the 5th Heraklion Urban Ecology Festival with the support of the Region of Crete and the public benefit enterprise of the Municipality of Heraklion, DIKEI, in the park of the Heraklion coastal road, at the theatre towards the […]

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GreenTeam: cleaning up the campus with a touch of education

Συλλογή σκουπιδιών από εθελοντή

Heraklion, Crete: GreenTeam University of Crete carried out a clean-up action of the outdoor areas of the University of Crete, in the afternoon of April 12, which comes to represent the dynamic return of the team to active action after the pandemic. The day chosen was not a coincidence, as the swearing-in ceremonies that took […]

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Cycling for the environment and NATURA sites

A cycling tour for the environment, the protection of nature and the abolition of the anti-environmental law, will be organized on Thursday in Heraklion. The action is organized by the “Citizens’ Movement of Crete for the abolition of the anti-environmental law and the protection of nature: ‘FYSITIRES’, and will take place in Eleftherias Square, at […]

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World Volunteer Day

On the occasion of the International Volunteer Day (December 5), the Municipality of Heraklion invites the volunteer groups active in the city and in the region to inform citizens about their activities. The event will start on Thursday morning, December 5, 2019, at 10:00 and will end at 14:00, at the atrium of the Town […]

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Tree planting

An environmental corporate action (tree planting) was organized in the courtyard of the Church of All Saints in the industrial area of Heraklion. The contribution of Manolis and Maria Lebidakis, who provided the tires for the saplings and Father Nikola, who helped in our collective effort, was remarkable. Organizers/Participators: Cretan Holidays , ΖωΔρω , GreenTeam , […]

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