Program:
Friday 6 October 2023
1st session – Human rights and the environment. From theory to practice.
Presenting project’s main points and introducing key concepts of environmental defenders.
Dr. Asterios Tsiumanis (ΤIESS)
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2nd session – Skouries (Giorgos Kalyvas)
Facilitator: Dr. Elsa Tsiumani
Screening documentary “Golden Forest” on Giorgos Kalyvas (22’)
Director: Stratis Viyatzis (The caravan project)
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Dr. Giorgos Velegrakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Social, economic and environmental dimensions and impacts of mining in NE Halkidiki
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Alexandra Karina, Nestor Nestoros (Megali Panagia Struggle Committee)
Struggle for land and freedom. Who are we?
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Stavroula Poulimeni (Alterthess)
SLAPP, environmental movements and the case of Alterthess.
20.00-21.00
Discussion
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Saturday 7 October (09.30-14.00)
3rd session – Volos (Vassilios Maggos)
Facilitator: Dr. Asterios Tsiumanis
Dr. Markos Vaxevanopoulos (Geologist)
The case of garbage burning in Volos.
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Coordination of Volos Associations Against Garbage Burning
The movement against garbage burning.
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Yiannis Maggos
Repression and police violence. The case of Vassilis Maggos
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4th session – Agrafa | Western Macedonia
Facilitator: Dr. Maria Alebaki
Sophia Zygogianni (Athens Initiative for the protection of Agrafa, Struggle Committee of the People of Agrafa)
The struggle for the protection of Agrafa (2018-2023)
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Dr. Nikos Giannakis (biologist)
Environmental movements in Western Macedonia
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5th session – The right to the environment
Dr. Nikos Giannakis, Dr. Maria Alebaki, Dr. Asterios Tsiumanis
Round table – closing remarks and the project’s final results and conclusions.
