Write your text Kythera Green held its first face-to-face meeting of the year on 13 June in Potamos. It was a warm and inspiring gathering, attended by many members from across the island.
The Steering Committee presented the significant developments and achievements of the past winter, including our partnership with NECCA to support beach clean-up initiatives and our new collaboration with Project Mania to help protect our oceans. We also celebrated the launch of the Kythera Green website at kytheragreen.org and highlighted that recordings of the Winter Talks series are available on our YouTube channel: @KytheraGreen.
Detailed minutes from the meeting will be posted in the KG WhatsApp Announcements group.
SAVE THE DATE!
The Inaugural Kythera Green Summer Party will be held on Tuesday, 14 July 2026.
Alex and Sophie Martin have generously offered their beautiful home in Paliopoli as the venue, and musicians Nuna Shoesmith and Roberto Fiorucci have kindly volunteered to provide live music.
The event will be a relaxed and informal gathering in a very special setting. Members are invited to bring a plate of food to share, along with whatever they would like to drink. Further details and the address will be shared via WhatsApp closer to the date.
A donation box will be available for those who wish to support Kythera Green's activities. We would also welcome volunteers to assist with party logistics. If you would like to help, please contact Sonya via WhatsApp.
We look forward to seeing you there!here...
First in-person meeting this year was held in Potamós on 13.06.
World Environmental Day: Voluntary cleanup at “Kaki Lagada” with free transportation.
We, Kythera Green, have been invited by Dimitris Barelos, on behalf of the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (NECCA) (https://necca.gov.gr/en/n-e-c-c-a/n-e-c-c-as-objectives-and-tasks/ ) to join them in an educational and environmental beach clean. NECCA is the national organization responsible for the management and protection of Greece’s protected areas, including Natura 2000 sites. Its mission includes biodiversity conservation, environmental awareness and the sustainable management of natural resources.
From Alex Bourne: Through its regional Management Units, NECCA works closely with local communities, aiming to bridge environmental protection with local engagement and participation. For the Kythera area, responsibility lies with the Management Unit of Protected Areas of the Southern Peloponnese (https://necca.gov.gr/en/mdpp/management-unit-of-the-southern-peloponnese-protected-areas/ ), which is actively involved in implementing conservation measures, supporting environmental education activities, and fostering cooperation with local stakeholders.
Dimitris contacted me as NECCA, in view of the upcoming World Environment Day, wants to organise a beach clean up with ourselves and local school children. Obviously we are extremely supportive of such an activity and, after some discussion and practical logistics assessment, we have settled on Kaki Lagada close to Agia Pelagia at 17.30 on Monday June 8th. I hope we get a great turnout of everybody so that together with NECCA and the school students we do a great job and help to inspire a new generation of environmentally aware Kytherians.
For the convenience and maximum participation of residents, the Municipality of Kythera and OFYPEKA have ensured free transportation by buses, which will start simultaneously at 16:30 following two major routes :
Route 1 (Yellow Line) – Starting Point Avlemonas (16:30): Departure from the Avlemonas basketball court with intermediate stops at: Mitata, Friligianika, Kastrinianika, Aroniadika, Logothetianika, Potamos, Karavas and Agia Pelagia .
Route 2 (Red Line) – Starting Point Mylopotamos (16:30): Departure from the Mylopotamos parking lot with intermediate stops at: Pitsinianika, Drymonas, Kalisperianika, Chora, Livadi, Fatsadika, Tsikalaria, Kontolianika, Karvounades, Fratsia and Dokana .
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