On Sunday, 10 October, a group of 32 volunteers gathered to clean the forest and beach of Schinias . Despite the overcast weather, we were able to clean over 50 garbage bags of litter from the area of the Glaros restaurant, which is one of the most heavily-visited areas of the National Park during the summer.
Although the litter remains omni-present, the impact of five cleanings are starting to be seen: the litter volume and density in the area is decreasing. A smaller group of volunteers can now clear a larger area.
We believe that together with more intensive cleanings over a wider area, a campaign to install litter bins and “no litter” signs will be decisive.
A special thanks goes to all the volunteers, old and new, who came out on cloudy weather this Sunday to help clean the forest and beach. A special thanks to:
· Nadine Ioannou and the CAS Programme students of the I.M. Panayiotopoulos School , who came out at short notice amidst a busy exam season;
· Henske and Lieke Defize, “veterans” of the cleaning who have attended every single event since our start in October 2008, for running the registration desk;
· Alexander Ammerman, who once again helped with the thankless but vital task of logistics;
· Sky Radio, Xpat Athens.com, Athinorama, and others for publicising the event;
· Mr. Nikos Anastasopoulos, President of the National Park of Marathon-Schinias , and the members of the Vrilissos NGO, with whom we will organise future events.
The volunteers included the following (if I have forgotten or misspelled any names, please email me!)
Alexandris, Despina & Yiannis Papadakis
Ammerman, Philip & Alexander
Anastasopoulos, Nikos
Balland, Christophe & Gaelle
Defize, Lieke & Henske
Hondros, Dimitris
Ioannou, Nadine
Khnouf, Hilde
Minas, Viviane & Children
Mitic, Sophie & Children
Panagiotou, Ritsa & Ariadne
Prassinos, Costas
Prassinos, Costas
Vasileia, Katrini
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