2009_________greece & israel

In 2009 ECOWEEK held its first full-format conference with workshops in Athens, Greece in March 31-April 4, organized by Elias and former ECOWEEK Associate Faidra Matziaraki. The event included site visits to waste recycling plants, wind farms, smart buildings and the Acropolis Museum, lectures, documentary screenings and other environmental-awareness-raising events in 23 locations in Greece. The ECOWEEK events were grealy promoted throught Greece, including with large posters in bus stops in the center of Athens. In March 13-14, ECOWEEK held a tree planting initiative in the Zacharo Municipality, at the fire stricken Prefecture of Hleias in the Peloponnese. On February 23, ECOWEEK held its first conference on ‘water - earth - green architecture’ at Sami Shamoon College in Beersheva, and on June 4-6 ECOWEEK held its first documentary screening at the ECOCINEMA festival in Sde Boker, in Israel.

The ECOWEEK 2009 workshops in Athens addressed the site of the former international airport of Athens in the Hellinikon area, addressing a variety of issues, ranging from water, to energy, to urban farms, to education. The workshop proposals addressed a complex project, with a very complex program in only three workshop days.

The ECOWEEK 2009 keynote speaker was Pritzker-Architecture-Prize-winner architect Shigeru Ban.

The ECOWEEK events in Greece and Israel, which were open and free admission to the general public, were made possible thanks to the enthusiasm and hard work of numerous volunteers, professionals and businesses, who enthusiastically led activities, supported and assisted in making the events possible and successful. ECOWEEK events in Greece, and in Israel, made a significant impact in raising environmental awareness in each location.

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