SOCIETY for ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION of KORINTHIA

Association for Environmental Education of Korinthia profile.

The Society for Environmental Education Korinthia is active since 1992.
The activities are developed are as follows:
• 1992 - 1997 Establishment of Stymfalia Environmental Education Center, which hosted students and adults from Corinth and other parts of Greece and developed environmental education activities.
• Study of natural, historical and social characteristics of Stymfalia and Feneos and proposals for the protection and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage combined with the sustainable development of mountain regions. Some of these proposals used to establish the Northern Development Company Peloponnese under the LEADER 2, and the drafting of the Operational Program for the Environment of the EU.
• Study the natural environment of Port Lechaiou in Ancient Corinth and proposals for the Establishment of archaeological and ecological park, which is already underway by the Municipallity of Corinth.
• 1996 Participation in the program «European environmental policy-environmental organizations-local government» organized at the national level by the Greek Biotope-Wetland Center - Goulandris Museum of Natural History and implemented in Stymfalia Feneou and with the cooperation of the Prefecture of Corinth, the Development Associations and Stymfalia and Feneos Corinth and E.P.E.K.
• Publication of posters and brochures to Stymfalia the Feneou and the Ancient Harbor Lechaiou.
• 1995 to 2001, «Festival of birds in Stymfalia» event of Birdlife International, which coordinates a national level, the Hellenic Ornithological Society.
• Monitor the status of wetlands, birds and all important areas for birds of the county in cooperation with the Hellenic Ornithological Society.
• Receipt and dispatch injured wild birds to the Hellenic Wildlife Hospital of Aegina.
• 1994-2004 Proceedings of expression cleaning coastlines CLEAN-UP DAY in cooperation with the Youth Council Korinthia Prefecture, coordinated across the Mediterranean Legambiente.
1994-5 Conduct a walk cycle from Corinth as the Ancient Port Lechaiou
• 2001-02 Implementation of the European project «Youth-2-VOLUNTARY ACTION WORK» in which foreigners already hosted by the new EU and worked on the study and enhancement of the natural history area Acrocorinth-Ancient Harbor Lechaiou-Diolkos-Ancient Harbor Kenchreon. The program is coordinated by the Information Center Hosting and financially supported by the Municipality of Korinthos.
• 2003 Implementation of the project «AKROKORINTHOS 2003» of the Ministry ETERPS «Protecting the environment and sustainable development» of the natural heritage of antiquities of Corinth (flora-fauna)
• 2003 Corinth Mountaineering Association, 5th National Meeting of mountaineers and environmentalists on 29-30-31 August 2003 in Feneos
• 2006 Participation in the training of unemployed people in «Protection and management environment - recycling program managers organization-public awareness» AMACON of teachers for the practice of trainees 2004.
• 2004-5 Adoption of our proposal to the Ministry for funding from the programs of our project ETERPS «The Stymfalia fishes ».
• 2005-06 Action networking schools under the project «Recovery, recycling, alternative waste management, new business social economy for Roma», coordinates all of the Municipality of Corinth.
• 2006 «Cultural Journeys water» Collection, registration, registration of cultural elements, referred to water (visual arts, literature, poetry, fiction, architecture, history, music, ecology, landscape). Support in gathering all the recent data on the management of water (studies, maps, management suggestions, etc.)
• 2008 «Public awareness Society for archaeological-historical-environmental significance of the Ancient Port / State Lechaiou Corinth». Project of the Ministry of Employment
• 2011-12 Community service in Loutraki in cooperation with the Municipality of Loutraki. Funding from the European Social Fund.
• 2013 Community service in the Argolid, Corinthia, Arcadia in collaboration with the 25th Byzantine Antiquities. Funding from the European Social Fund.
• 2013 Partner of Heraclea Development Partnership to promote 60 unemployed to labour market from vulnerable social groups in the topic “management of organic waste to produce compost” by creating Social Cooperative Enterprise. Funding from the European Social Fund.
• 2014 Partner of AKOISDA Development Partnership to promote 95 unemployed to labor market by creating Social Cooperative Enterprise. Funding from the European Social Fund.