Month: March 2019

On Sunday, 24 March, the beach cleaning of Paraporti at Chora took place, following the call of the Andrion Club, the Andros Port Authority, the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Andros – SEDA, the Andros Yacht Club and the team of the LIFE Andros Park project. With good spirit and enthusiasm, despite the cold and windy weather, 50 volunteers cleaned the entire beach at Paraporti. In total, more than 400 kg of marine litter was collected. Those who participated had the opportunity to be informed on the wetland of Paraporti, marine litter and volunteerism, while the children tried the use of water hoses of the SEDA fire brigade.     Part of the marine litter collected will be separated to categories by the team of the Municipality of Andros participating…

The Andrion Club, the Port Authority of Andros, the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Andros - SEDA, the Andros Yacht Club and the team of the LIFE Andros Park project organize and invite you to the cleaning of Paraporti Beach in Chora. The beach cleaning will take place on Sunday 24 March at 11.00. Meeting point will be the "The Rock" canteen. The participants will be informed about the value of the wetland in Paraporti, by the LIFE project team, followed by the beach cleaning and the parallel information on marine litter and the ways we can help to tackle this problem, by the Andros Port Authority and the LIFE project team. After the cleaning, SEDA will present to the participants its fire brigade and inform them on volunteering. It…

One of the project’s actions is the regular cleaning of the beaches of our island. On 22 February, the local project team visited Achla beach and on March 1 Ateni beach for this purpose. The beaches were cleaned of plastics and other wastes in the context of project actions aiming to improve the Mediterranean Monk Seal, Mediterranean Shag and Audouin’s Gull habitats, as well as to systematically record plastic and microplastic in the sea and the coasts of Andros. In this effort we want you with us. If you are interested in participating or co-organizing in your region a beach cleaning please express your interest through sending an email here: lifeandrospark@gmail.com The cleaning of selected beaches and recording of plastic and microplastic will continue throughout the project.

On the weekend of March 2-3, masks were made in collaboration with the Andrion Club in Chora and the Parent and guardian club of the primary school of Gavrio. In total, 60 children participated, learned about the marine species for which the project implements actions on Andros Island. They masked into Audouin’s Gulls, Mediterranean Shags and Mediterranean Monk Seals, imitated their voices and painted their islets, as they would like them to be. Apart from nests, trees, caves and beaches, on their islets there was plenty of food, fish and octopuses, but also sea horses, sea urchins and mermaids. For the needs of the workshops, educational material for the Mediterranean Monk Seal of MOm, for seabirds of the Hellenic Ornithological Society and of the LIFE SIMARINE-NATURA project was utilized. Workshop…