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Genoa today, the climate strike... 🌎

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Palazzo Rosso (Red Palace) Municipality of Genoa 

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Palazzo Rosso (Red Palace) Municipality of Genoa 

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The promotion and dissemination of our Erasmus Plus project!

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The article on our Erasmus Plus project on the national press!!! 👏👏👏

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The delegations are welcomed by the Genoese Municipality

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" European Schools Go Green " Erasmus+ 1st Magazine 2018

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EARTH is smouldering. From Seattle to Siberia this summer, flames have consumed swathes of the northern hemisphere. One of 18 wildfires sweeping through California, among the worst in the state's history, is generating such heat that it created its own weather. Fires that raged through a coastal area near Athens last week killed 91 (see article). Elsewhere people are suffocating in the heat. Roughly 125 have died in Japan as the result of a heatwave that pushed temperatures in Tokyo above 40°C for the first time.

Such calamities, once considered freakish, are now commonplace. Scientists have long cautioned that, as the planet warms-it is roughly 1°C hotter today than before the industrial age's first furnaces were lit-weather patterns will go berserk. An early analysis has found that this sweltering European summer would have been less than half as likely were it not for human-induced global warming.
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Yet as the impact of climate change becomes more evident, so too does the scale of the challenge ahead. Three years after countries vowed in Paris to keep warming "well below" 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels, greenhouse-gas emissions are up again. So are investments in oil and gas. In 2017, for the first time in four years, demand for coal rose. Subsidies for renewables, such as wind and solar power, are dwindling in many places and investment has stalled; climate-friendly nuclear power is expensive and unpopular. It is tempting to think these are temporary setbacks and that mankind, with its instinct for self-preservation, will muddle through to a victory over global warming. In fact, it is losing the war.

Living in a fuel's paradise

Insufficient progress is not to say no progress at all. As solar panels, wind turbines and other low-carbon technologies become cheaper and more efficient, their use has surged. Last year the number of electric cars sold around the world passed 1m. In some sunny and blustery places renewable power now costs less than coal.

Public concern is picking up. A poll last year of 38 countries found that 61% of people see climate change as a big threat; only the terrorists of Islamic State inspired more fear. In the West campaigning investors talk of divesting from companies that make their living from coal and oil. Despite President Donald Trump's decision to yank America out of the Paris deal, many American cities and states have reaffirmed their commitment to it. Even some of the sceptic-in-chief's fellow Republicans appear less averse to tackling the problem (see article). In smog-shrouded China and India, citizens choking on fumes are prompting governments to rethink plans to rely heavily on coal to electrify their countries.

Optimists say that decarbonisation is within reach. Yet, even allowing for the familiar complexities of agreeing on and enforcing global targets, it is proving extraordinarily difficult.

One reason is soaring energy demand, especially in developing Asia. In 2006-16, as Asia's emerging economies forged ahead, their energy consumption rose by 40%. The use of coal, easily the dirtiest fossil fuel, grew at an annual rate of 3.1%. Use of cleaner natural gas grew by 5.2% and of oil by 2.9%. Fossil fuels are easier to hook up to today's grids than renewables that depend on the sun shining and the wind blowing. Even as green fund managers threaten to pull back from oil companies, state-owned behemoths in the Middle East and Russia see Asian demand as a compelling reason to invest.

The second reason is economic and political inertia. The more fossil fuels a country consumes, the harder it is to wean itself off them. Powerful lobbies, and the voters who back them, entrench coal in the energy mix. Reshaping existing ways of doing things can take years. In 2017 Britain enjoyed its first coal-free day since igniting the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. Coal generates not merely 80% of India's electricity, but also underpins the economies of some of its poorest states (see Briefing). Panjandrums in Delhi are not keen to countenance the end of coal, lest that cripple the banking system, which lent it too much money, and the railways, which depend on it.

Last is the technical challenge of stripping carbon out of industries beyond power generation. Steel, cement, farming, transport and other forms of economic activity account for over half of global carbon emissions. They are technically harder to clean up than power generation and are protected by vested industrial interests. Successes can turn out to be illusory. Because China's 1m-plus electric cars draw their oomph from an electricity grid that draws two-thirds of its power from coal, they produce more carbon dioxide than some fuel-efficient petrol-driven models. Meanwhile, scrubbing CO{-2} from the atmosphere, which climate models imply is needed on a vast scale to meet the Paris target, attracts even less attention.

The world is not short of ideas to realise the Paris goal. Around 70 countries or regions, responsible for one-fifth of all emissions, now price carbon. Technologists beaver away on sturdier grids, zero-carbon steel, even carbon-negative cement, whose production absorbs more CO{-2} than it releases. All these efforts and more-including research into "solar geoengineering" to reflect sunlight back into space-should be redoubled.

Blood, sweat and geoengineers

Yet none of these fixes will come to much unless climate listlessness is tackled head on. Western countries grew wealthy on a carbon-heavy diet of industrial development. They must honour their commitment in the Paris agreement to help poorer places both adapt to a warmer Earth and also abate future emissions without sacrificing the growth needed to leave poverty behind.

Averting climate change will come at a short-term financial cost-although the shift from carbon may eventually enrich the economy, as the move to carbon-burning cars, lorries and electricity did in the 20th century. Politicians have an essential role to play in making the case for reform and in ensuring that the most vulnerable do not bear the brunt of the change. Perhaps global warming will help them fire up the collective will. Sadly, the world looks poised to get a lot hotter first.

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The world is losing the war against climate change

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EARTH is smouldering. From Seattle to Siberia this summer, flames have consumed swathes of the northern hemisphere. One of 18 wildfires sweeping through California, among the worst in the state's history, is generating such heat that it created its own weather.

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WWF Greece : Statement on the wildfire crisis

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WWF Greece : Statement on the wildfire crisis

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Thursday, 26 July 2018

WWF is shocked by the tragic loss of life and nature in Greece. Extraordinary weather conditions (high temperatures and wind gusts reaching 100km/hr), badly managed forests and deficiencies in the civil protection systems all contributed to this tragic event. As climate change renders forests more valuable, but also more vulnerable to fire, it is now becoming dramatically clear that housing agglomerations in forests and woodlands run increasing risk from fire.

Sadly, we have not learned from other catastrophic wildfires. Forests need to be well managed, in order to become less prone to wildfires. It is now more urgent than ever to manage the flammable Mediterranean forests with emphasis on fire prevention, rather than suppression, which is much more costly and significantly riskier for human lives. This deadly wildfire crisis reveals a new reality: civil protection, urban planning and nature conservation systems must adapt to exceptional climatic conditions, in order to avoid loss of life and nature.

Our thoughts are with the families of those lost in the fire. We are grateful to all those volunteers and professional firefighters, who put their own lives on the line to save people and nature.

For a future where people live in harmony with nature

WWF Greece

21 Lempesi street, 117 43 Athens - Tel.: 210 3314893 - Fax: 210 3247578 - Email: support@wwf.gr

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FIRES IN GREECE. CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND MEASURES FOR THE ECOSYSTEMS PROTECTION

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MANAGEMENT SCIENCES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 7 - FIRES IN GREECE. CAUSES CONSEQUENCES AND MEASURES FOR ECOSYSTEMS PROTECTION - Economou

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Plastic pollution in Mediterranean Sea threatens the health of our ocean

Brussels, Belgium - 8 June 2018

A new report from the WWF finds record levels of pollution from microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea are now higher than those in the oceanic 'garbage patches' and are threatening marine species, fisheries activities and human health in the region.

Launched to coincide with World Oceans Day, the report titled Out of the Plastic Trap: Saving the Mediterranean from plastic pollution presents a detailed roadmap of the urgent action needed to stop plastic waste from reaching the sea.

The report brings together the most recent data on plastic use in Europe and scientific evidence on the many ways in which it negatively impacts marine life. Plastic represents 95% of the waste in Mediterranean waters and on its beaches today, with over 130 different marine species known to have ingested plastic. Not only are the consequences of marine litter severe for wildlife, but there are significant economic consequences. The EU fishing fleet currently suffers an estimated annual economic loss of € 61.7 million due to reduced catch and damage to vessels.

Samantha Burgess, Head of Marine Policy at WWF European Policy Office said: "It is urgent to address plastic waste and marine litter in European seas and the Mediterranean presents an especially critical example. As we've seen with the Commission's recently released proposal on restricting single-use plastic, authorities are now taking action on plastic waste; but if this action fails to be ambitious enough or occur quickly enough, the harmful impacts to wildlife and European fisheries will continue to escalate. Ultimately, global challenges such as marine litter require a global solution. We encourage the EU and its Member States to support the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) process to eliminate plastic leakage into our marine environments and adopt a "Paris Agreement" for Our Ocean."

Europe (EU-28, Norway and Switzerland) is the world's second largest plastic producer after China. In 2016, it produced 60 million tonnes of plastic, generating 27 million tonnes of plastic waste. WWF is urging governments to adopt of a legally-binding international agreement to eliminate plastic discharge into the oceans, supported by strong national targets to achieve 100 per cent plastic waste recycled and reusable by 2030 and national bans on single-use plastic items such as bags.

Click here to read the full report.

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Plastic pollution in Mediterranean Sea threatens the health of our ocean

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Brussels, Belgium - 8 June 2018 A new report from the WWF finds record levels of pollution from microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea are now higher than those in the oceanic 'garbage patches' and are threatening marine species, fisheries activities and human health in the region.

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Scientists identify most pressing issues posed by chemicals in the environment

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Scientists identify most pressing issues posed by chemicals in the environment

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Chemicals released into the environment by human activity are resulting in biodiversity loss; increased natural hazards; threats to food, water and energy security; negative impacts on human health and degradation of environmental quality. Now, an international study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry involving scientists from the University of York has identified the 22 most important research questions that need to be answered to fill the most pressing knowledge gaps over the next decade.
Read more from Science Daily:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180720092503.htm

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Shocking moment FOUR-MILE-long iceberg breaks off melting Greenland glacier amid fears over global warming sparking devastating sea level rise

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Monstrous iceberg seen breaking off Greenland glacier - Daily Mail

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Plastic? NO!

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Detailed article about our first year's work posted on PDEDE official site (Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education in Western Greece) 

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Detailed article about our first year's work posted on PDEDE official site (Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education in Western Greece) 

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Οι μαθητές δημιούργησαν λογότυπα, εικαστικά έργα, κόμικς, blog με αναρτήσεις σχετικές με το πρόγραμμα, τις δραστηριότητς και τις εργασίες μας. Μυήθηκαν στον κόσμο του eTwinning και τις διαδικτυακές πλατφόρμες επικοινωνίας και συνεργασίας των ευρωπαικών σχολικών κοινοτήτων. Συνεργαστήκαμε με διαδικτυακά διαδραστικά συνεργατικά ψηφιακά εργαλεία, συνθέσαμε ψηφιακές παρουσιάσεις, δημιουργήσαμε εικονική γκαλερί ζωγραφικών έργων (virtual online art gallery) με τα πρώτα έργα των μαθητών.

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Another article in greek press  about our transnational meeting, work, culture and activities week in Amaliada, plus information all our  first  year's project progress! 

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Another article in greek press  about our transnational meeting, work, culture and activities week in Amaliada, plus information all our  first  year's project progress! 

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada payed a visit and offered as a thank you present ( for all the support to our Erasmus project ) a painting from the "earth 2050" erasmus art exhibition to the Mayor of Amaliada mr. Christodoulopoulos.
Painting about climate change is an artwork by our student Thanassis Tserionis. The painting will hang on the Mayor s office wall from now on!!

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Happy summer holidays everybody, but not on islands or even new... continents like this one... 

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Happy summer holidays everybody, but not on islands or even new... continents like this one... 

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A New Continent Is Discovered on Earth In the Pacific Ocean

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" earth 2050" Art Exhibition in Goethegymnasium Kassel

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" earth 2050" Art Exhibition in Goethegymnasium Kassel

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Erasmus+ Goethegymnasium Kassel: 1st Art Exhibition

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"earth 2050" exhibition in 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada 

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"earth 2050" exhibition in 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada 

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada Erasmus+ Art Project and Exhibition " Earth 2050"  June 2018

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By Galileo Galilei Technical High School of Genova

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World Atlas of Desertification

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Our Erasmus "earth 2050" exhibition in greek press and digital media

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Our Erasmus "earth 2050" exhibition in greek press and digital media

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http://www.patrisnews.com/2o-gymnasio-amaliadas-i-mathites-dichnoun-to-dromo/

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PatrisNews - Εφημερίδα Πατρίς Ηλείας

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ΕΙΚΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ - "Γη 2050- Αυτό είναι
το μέλλον που θέλουμε;"
Μαθήματα περιβαλλοντικής συνείδησης δίνουν οι μαθητές του 2ου Γυμνασίου Αμαλιάδας, οι οποίοι μέσω των δράσεων που έχουν υλοποιήσει κατά την διάρκεια του σχολικού έτους καταδεικνύουν το σοβαρό πρόβλημα που υπάρχει με τη μόλυνση του περιβάλλοντος και αποδεικνύουν ταυτόχρονα ότι τίποτα δεν έχει τελειώσει αρκεί να ευαισθητοποιηθούν όλοι πριν να είναι πολύ αργά...
Το 2 ο Γυμνάσιο Αμαλιάδας συμμετέχει στο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME KA 2, με θέμα: "European Schools Go Green", μαζί με το Goethe Gymnasium του Κάσελ της Γερμανίας και το Galileo Galilei Technical High School της Γένοβα της Ιταλίας.

Η συνεργασία είναι τριετής και με αφορμή το κλείσιμο της πρώτης χρονιάς το 2 ο Γυμνάσιο προχώρησε στην διοργάνωση εικαστικής έκθεσης με τίτλο: "Γη 2050-Αυτό είναι το μέλλον που θέλουμε;", η οποία φιλοξενείται στο χώρο του σχολείου και θα διαρκέσει έως τις 29 Ιουνίου.
Ευαισθητοποίηση
Οι μαθητές στο πλαίσιο του εκπαιδευτικού προγράμματος έχουν ασχοληθεί ιδιαίτερα με τις ανανεώσιμες πηγές ενέργειας και την κλιματική αλλαγή και επικεντρώθηκαν στα προβλήματα με τη ρύπανση και τους κέντρισε ιδιαίτερα το ενδιαφέρον για το πώς θα είναι ο κόσμος μας τα επόμενα χρόνια, εάν οι άνθρωποι συνεχίσουν να υιοθετούν τις ίδιες συνήθειες.

Όσο πιο πολύ μελετούσαν το θέμα τα παιδιά, τόσο πιο πολύ προβληματίζονταν, ευαισθητοποιούνταν, διαφοροποιούσαν την ματιά και την στάση τους απέναντι στα πράγματα.

Έτσι προέκυψε και η εικαστική παρέμβαση. Οι μαθητές που συμμετέχουν στο πρόγραμμα, από Β' και Γ' Γυμνασίου, έψαξαν, διάβασαν, ζωγράφισαν μόνοι τους αλλά έφτιαξαν και ομαδικά έργα και το αποτέλεσμα παρουσιάζεται σε έκθεση στο χώρο του σχολείου.

Το αποκορύφωμα σε αυτή την έκθεση είναι η εικαστική παρέμβαση που έκαναν τα παιδιά με τα σκουπίδια. Πρόκειται για μία εικαστική αφηρημένη δημιουργία με τον σχηματισμό σκιάς με οικολογικό μήνυμα από μάζα σκουπιδιών (Garbage shadow installation by students: "What are you feeding your children? ").

Ένας σωρός από σκουπίδια, τα δικά μας σκουπίδια, αποτυπώνει ακριβώς πίσω σε οθόνη αυτό που ταΐζει μία μητέρα το παιδί της: Δηλαδή... σκουπίδια! Και αυτό θα συνεχίσει να συμβαίνει εάν δεν αλλάξουν οι συνήθειες και οι πρακτικές του σύγχρονου ανθρώπου. Τα παιδιά βέβαια, δεν αναδεικνύουν μόνο τις ασχήμιες, αλλά επεχείρησαν μέσα από τις παρεμβάσεις τους να προτείνουν και λύσεις, έτσι ώστε να μην είναι τόσο ζοφερό το μέλλον το έτος... 2050.
Δημιούργησαν
Καθοδηγητής των παιδιών είναι η καθηγήτριά τους, η καθηγήτρια εικαστικών Αικατερίνη Ανδρέου, η οποία έχει και το συντονισμό του προγράμματος, η οποία ανέφερε μεταξύ άλλων:

"Στη διάρκεια της φετινής εποικοδομητικής και γεμάτης χρονιάς γνωριστήκαμε, επικοινωνήσαμε, μελετήσαμε το θέμα μας, δηλαδή τις ανανεώσιμες πηγές ενέργειας και τις ολέθριες επιπτώσεις της ανθρώπινης ασυδοσίας στη Φύση, την κλιματική αλλαγή, την πιθανότητα ενός ζοφερού μέλλοντος, την αειφόρο ανάπτυξη και την οικολογική ισορροπία, ενώ εστιάσαμε στην ανάγκη ευρύτερης συνεργασίας, επιμόρφωσης και δημιουργικότητας. Ανταλλάξαμε ιδέες και εργασίες, επεξεργαστήκαμε τα δεδομένα και συνεργαζόμενοι δημιουργήσαμε πολυποίκιλο αναλογικό και ψηφιακό υλικό".

Από την πλευρά του ο διευθυντής του 2 ου Γυμνασίου Αντώνης Γούναρης, ο οποίος υπογράμμισε την απύθμενη διάθεση δημιουργίας της κας Ανδρέου, επεσήμανε: "Με την ολοκλήρωση της σχολικής χρονιάς το σχολείο μας αισθάνεται πιο πλούσιο σε εμπειρίες, γιατί φέτος είχαμε και την υλοποίηση του Ευρωπαϊκού προγράμματος ERASMUS. Στο τέλος Απριλίου φιλοξενήσαμε για μία εβδομάδα δύο σχολεία από την Γερμανία και την Ιταλία και η αλληλογνωριμία των μαθητών, η ανταλλαγή απόψεων, η επίσκεψη σε διάφορους ιστορικούς και αρχαιολογικούς χώρους, αποτέλεσαν ένα σημαντικό ανοιχτό παράθυρο στο σύγχρονο κόσμο για τους μαθητές μας. Όλη αυτή η εμπειρία μετατράπηκε και σε καλλιτεχνική δημιουργία, που είναι η έκθεση που φιλοξενείται στο χώρο του σχολείου"

Η δουλειά των παιδιών θα παρουσιαστεί ολοκληρωμένα στο πρώτο ψηφιακό περιοδικό "European Schools Go Green #1" που θα κυκλοφορήσουν στα μέσα Ιουλίου, το οποίο θα περιλαμβάνει και το υλικό από τις δραστηριότητες του Γερμανικού και Ιταλικού σχολείου.

Κατερίνα Δημητρακοπούλου

"Ήταν μία φοβερή εμπειρία για εμάς το συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα. Δεν είχαμε κάνει κάτι ανάλογο στο παρελθόν και καταλάβαμε ότι πρέπει να ευαισθητοποιηθούν όλοι για να προστατεύσουμε το περιβάλλον. Γιατί το περιβάλλον είναι η ζωή μας".

Θανάσης Τσεριώνης

"Κέρδισα πολλά πράγματα από την συμμετοχή μου στο πρόγραμμα, δεθήκαμε με τα παιδιά, συνεργαστήκαμε, δεθήκαμε και όταν τελειώσουμε θα μας μείνει η συνεργασία και η αξία της φιλίας. Είναι ένα πρωτόγνωρο πρόγραμμα, παίρνουμε καινούργια πράγματα και εάν συνεχίσουμε έτσι θα περάσουμε το μήνυμά μας".

Πελαγία- Ζωή Λιβανά

"Υπήρχαν πράγματα που μισοξέραμε, αλλά μέσα από το πρόγραμμα μάθαμε πολλά και κάποια από αυτά μπορεί και να μας σόκαραν. Γίναμε καλύτεροι άνθρωποι, πιο ευαισθητοποιημένοι, αγγίξαμε το πρόβλημα και καταλάβαμε ότι πρέπει όλοι να προσέχουμε το περιβάλλον, γιατί εμείς ζούμε σε αυτό και θα ζήσουν και οι επόμενες γενιές".

Έφη Τάραμα

"Συνεργαστήκαμε με παιδιά από ξένες χώρες, μάθαμε πολλά πράγματα, ευαισθητοποιηθήκαμε και αλλάξαμε τον τρόπο που αντιμετωπίζουμε την καθημερινότητά μας και το περιβάλλον. Καλούμε λοιπόν και τους ενήλικες να προσέχουν περισσότερο το περιβάλλον, να ευαισθητοποιηθούν και να ενδιαφερθούν για το μέλλον".

Αλεξάνδρα Θεοδωροπούλου

"Θεωρώ ότι όλα τα παιδιά φέτος αξιοποιήσαμε τις επισκέψεις από το εξωτερικό, κάναμε φιλίες, μάθαμε πράγματα που δεν ξέραμε, ευαισθητοποιηθήκαμε και προσπαθούμε να ευαισθητοποιήσουμε και τους γύρω μας. Άλλαξε ο τρόπος που βλέπουμε τα πράγματα και έχουμε αποκτήσει οικολογική συνείδηση".

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Μαρία Καραμπάτση

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ΕΙΚΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ - "Γη 2050- Αυτό είναι το μέλλον που θέλουμε;" Μαθήματα περιβαλλοντικής συνείδησης δίνουν οι μαθητές του 2ου Γυμνασίου Αμαλιάδας, οι οποίοι μέσω των δράσεων που έχουν υλοποιήσει κατά την διάρκεια του σχολικού έτους καταδεικνύουν το σοβαρό πρόβλημα που υπάρχει με τη μόλυνση του περιβάλλοντος και αποδεικνύουν ταυτόχρονα ότι ...

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A few days ago we were interviewed by Mrs Karabatsi a reporter of "Patris" Newspaper about the Erasmus art exhibition that takes place at our school. The interview is published today in Patris' Sunday edition

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Patris Newspaper reporter mrs Maria Karabatsi wrote an article about our Erasmus art exhibition. It is published in todays center Patris newspaper  Sunday edition

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Our school art exchibition in our daily newspaper

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Our school art exchibition in our daily newspaper

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Thanasis tserionis

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada

Erasmus+ “European Schools Go Green ”

2017 – 2020

2nd Junior High School of Amaliada Erasmus+ Art Project and Exibition 2017 - 2018

Our school's art project this year is described briefly in this video

.It includes artworks by students 13 to 15 years old, as well as one group artwork created by all our partner schools students during our meeting week in Amaliada, April 23 - 27 2018.

It includes artworks by our students like installation, drawings, comics, logos, posters, pendulum painting, light stencil, stop motion animation, collages, cut paper decorations, acrylics on canvas paintings, acrylics on cardboard paintings, land art exhibition visit, , garbage collecting from beach activity, photos from our school's Art Exhibition "Earth 2050 - is this the future we want?" June 2018 in our multi - purpose classroom especially arranged for Erasmus activities and exhibitions  etc.

Our full project's work is not included in this video, this is made only about our school's art projects and is uploaded only for educational purposes.

Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport.

Within the framework of Erasmus plus programme, we are happy for the cooperation of our school, 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, with two European schools for three consecutive years. The three-year cooperation has the corresponding funding by the European Union. The subject of the programme is the renewable sources of energy, sustainability, the “green schools” and mainly the communication, acquaintance and cooperation of the students and teachers of our schools with the aim to a better future and environment than that we have bequeathed to them. The schools we are in cooperation with, are the leading Goethe Gymnasium of Cassel in Germany, which is the organizing school of the programme and not only does it have a great history and tradition but also a high level of facilities and contemporary equipment, and Istituto Einaudi Casaregis Galilei of Genova in Italy, which provides us with technological knowledge and support as it is a technological educational institute of a higher level with high school students.

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada Erasmus+ Art Project and Exibition 2017   2018

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Antarctica’s ice is melting three times faster than we thought

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Antarctica’s ice is melting three times faster than we thought

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Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting far faster than previously thought, with more than 200 billion tonnes of ice flooding into oceans annually, according to new research published in Nature this week.
About three trillion tonnes of ice has disappeared since 1992. The rate of melting has accelerated threefold in the last five years, and may – a separate study suggests – lead to sea rises of 25cm by the year 2070, which would have a disastrous impact around the world.
"We can see where the ice melting is happening, and it's in West Antarctica – and that tells us why it's happening, because we know that the ocean in West Antarctica is too warm," says professor Andrew Shepherd from Leeds University, who led the latest research. "This is too much for the ice to resist, and the ice is melting away and causing this sea level rise... It tells us that the ice sheet isn't impervious to the effects of climate change as we once thought it might be, and that's a wake-up call."
Previous research suggested antarctic ice was melting faster over the last twenty years than the last 10,000 – we now know the prognosis is worse still. If melting continues at this pace, we could expect an extra 15cm of sea level rise by 2100 on top of present projections.
Read more: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/climate-change-news-antarctica-ice-melting-faster-global-warming

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figurative shadow art by students: "What are you feeding your children? " 

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figurative shadow art by students: "What are you feeding your children? " 

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Garbage shadow installation by students:
"What are you feeding your children? "
Art exhibition "Earth 2050"
Erasmus+ programme KA2 "European Schools Go Green"

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Earth 2050: A glimpse into the future | Kaspersky

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Earth 2050 it's an interactive project that provides a fascinating glimpse at a future based on predictions from futurologists, scientists, and Internet users from all corners of the globe.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Earth

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Our Erasmus+ work and activities calendar is already really full this year!

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Our Erasmus+ work and activities calendar is already really full this year!

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Feedback worksheet chart D - answered by 19 students from all partner schools during our Erasmus week in Amaliada

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Feedback worksheet chart D - answered by 19 students from all partner schools during our Erasmus week in Amaliada

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Feedback worksheet answers chart C - answers by 19 students from all partner schools during our Erasmus week in Amaliada

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Feedback worksheet answers chart B by 19 students from all partner schools during our Erasmus week in Amaliada 

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Feedback worksheet answers chart B by 19 students from all partner schools during our Erasmus week in Amaliada 

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Feedback worksheet answers chart A - answered by 19 students from all partner schools during our Erasmus week in Amaliada

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada first Erasmus+ Art Exhibition poster

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada first Erasmus+ Art Exhibition poster

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Utilization of renewable energy in architectural design

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Renewable energy does not simply equal to using a photovoltaic (PV) board. In addition to heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) engineering considerations, the design approaches of...

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The zero carbon building, developed by University of Cambridge architects as a prototype for future living, is based on a 600-year-old Medieval design that retains heat from the sun while cooling naturally in the summer.

Any extra energy needs are provided by solar panels on the roof and a woodchip boiler.

The unusual dome-like design is based on a Medieval technique, originating in Spain, known as "timbrel vaulting".

The four-bedroom "Eco-house", which will feature on the Channel 4 programme Grand Designs tonight (Wed), cost £445,000 to build. However, with the price of renewable technologies set to plummet it could be the most affordable and practical option for the future.

The building materials used were environmentally friendly, such as locally-sourced timber and recycled newspaper for insulation. The house was also easy to build. The arched building is essentially one large vault spanning 65 feet (20 metres), covered on the outside with earth and plants to camouflage it and help it blend in with the rural surroundings. The natural materials mean the house can absorb fluctuations in temperature while triple-glazed windows use as much light as possible.

Michael Ramage, who is based at the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture, predicted future developments will look more and more like the eco-house.

"The design is cost-effective in that the home is relatively simple to build and, once you know what you're doing, it's quick," he said. "Many of the costs come from the new technology it uses for energy storage and generation. If those become more widely available, making a similar house cheaply in much larger quantities may be possible."

At the moment the Government is under pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. With more than a quarter of carbon emissions coming from households, improving the efficiency of homes is a major part of ongoing policy with all new homes to be zero-carbon by 2016.

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By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent  

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'Eco-house' based on Medieval architecture could be home of the future

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The zero carbon building, developed by University of Cambridge architects as a prototype for future living, is based on a 600-year-old Medieval design that retains heat from the sun while cooling naturally in the summer. Any extra energy needs are provided by solar panels on the roof and a woodchip boiler.

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Chlemoutsi (Greek: Χλεμούτσι or Χλουμούτσι) is a medieval castle in the northwest of the Elis regional unit in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece, in the Kastro-Kyllini municipality. It was built in the early 1220s

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Chlemoutsi (Greek: Χλεμούτσι or Χλουμούτσι) is a medieval castle in the northwest of the Elis regional unit in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece, in the Kastro-Kyllini municipality. It was built in the early 1220s

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Chlemoutsi castle

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What is an optimum house shape that stays warm in winter and cool in summer without reliance on outside energy sources? Designers have grappled with this question since ancient times. Socrates, the Greek philosopher, studied this problem about 2,500 years ago. His solution - Socrates House as it's now referred to - is a trapezoid shaped house with the long side facing the sun. The roof overhang on the south blocks the hot summer sun, yet allows the winter sun to penetrate into the home. The roof slopes down in the back to avoid winter winds.

From the article referenced below: In Book III, Chapter VIII, of Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates, written a few decades after Aeschylus, and in the midst of a Greek wood fuel shortage, the Greek philosopher, Socrates, observed:

"Now in houses with a south aspect, the sun's rays penetrate into the porticos in winter, but in the summer, the path of the sun is right over our heads and above the roof, so that there is shade. If then this is the best arrangement, we should build the south side loftier to get the winter sun and the north side lower to keep out the winter winds. To put it shortly, the house in which the owner can find a pleasant retreat at all seasons and can store his belongings safely is presumably at once the pleasantest and the most beautiful."

While the Greek house that Socrates described probably lost heat as fast as it was collected, due to convective and radiation losses through the wall openings, the later Romans discovered that if the south-facing portico and windows of buildings were covered with sheets of mica or glass supported on wooden frames, the solar energy passing into the building would be trapped inside causing the internal temperature to stay more or less constant into the night."

Read the full article at the source: Dennis Holloway Architect
(excellent summary of solar design principles)
Also recommended:The Passive Solar Energy Book (Expanded Professional Edition), by Edward Mazria, published by Rodale Press.

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Sun Tempered Architecture - Socrates House | Natural Building Blog

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What is an optimum house shape that stays warm in winter and cool in summer without reliance on outside energy sources? Designers have grappled with this question since ancient times. Socrates, the Greek philosopher, studied this problem about 2,500 years ago.

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Ministry of Culture and Sports | Olympia

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In western Peloponnese, in the beautiful valley of the Alpheios river, lies the most celebrated sanctuary of ancient Greece. Dedicated to Zeus, the father of the gods, it sprawls over the southwest foot of Mount Kronios, at the confluence of the Alpheios and the Kladeos rivers, in a lush, green landscape.

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Olympia ( Greek: Ὀλυμπία; Ancient Greek: ; Modern Greek: Olymbía), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times.

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You could buy the books of the museum of the Ancient Greek Technology and of the museum of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments and Toys & Games at Amazon.com

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Μαϊλίντα Χότζα

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Μαϊλίντα Χότζα

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Μαϊλίντα Χότζα

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Μαϊλίντα Χότζα

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Stella Dralia ( Greece 2nd junior high school) Olympia 

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Stella Dralia ( Greece 2nd junior high school) Olympia 

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This little cat watch the conducted tour that was so awesome ❤

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The ancient olympia the most well known attraction as the mother of olympic games.

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A micrography of the ancient olympia.situated into the museum

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The gate of the ancient stadium of the ancient town

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The Open-Air Water Power Museum, in Dimitsana (Peloponnese), highlights the importance of water-power in traditional society. Focusing on the main pre-industrial techniques that take advantage of water to produce a variety of goods, it links them to the history and daily life of the local society over the ages.
What is on display?
The Open-Air Water Power Museum has restored traditional installations and water-powered mechanisms. The workshops are surrounded by thick vegetation and abundant running water, where you can go for a walk. Their permanent equipment has been repaired so that it is now in working order.

The first building houses a fulling mill and a flourmill with a horizontal paddle-wheel. The adjoining small room with a fireplace was the miller's home, where he lived with his - usually large - family.

Outside the mill, you will see the still, which was set up out of doors after the grape harvest for the production of tsipouro (a kind of schnapps or eau-de-vie) made from the skins of the pressed grapes.

Exactly opposite, a two-storey building housed the tanner's home (upstairs) and the tannery (ground floor). The workshop's interior is divided into "zones" corresponding to the different stages of processing animal hides.

The stone-paved path leads to a flat area, where a natural reservoir is formed, and ends at the gunpowder mill. Gunpowder, a vibrant element of the region's cultural identity, remains alive in the memory and tales of Dimitsana's inhabitants. During the 1821 Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule, their forefathers supplied the insurgents with this necessary ammunition material. In his memoirs, Kolokotronis, chief of the irregular troops in the Peloponnese, wrote: "Gunpowder we had, Dimitzana made it". Here, you can see the moving mechanism of a gunpowder mill with pestles (or pounders), extinct in Europe since the 18th century, while in Dimitsana it was used during the 1821 Revolution and up to the early 20th century.

Following your visit to the Museum, continue your perambulation in the Loussios Gorge.
Of interest to children
Young visitors have the opportunity to throw corn kernels into the hopper of the flourmill and watch how the grains are ground by the millstones and fall into the flour bin. They can also watch the rhythmic movement of the gunpowder mill. Also, thanks to the interesting audiovisual productions, they learn how hundreds of workshops functioned using the force of water along the valley of the Loussios River.

The Museum organizes educational programmes with games and activities, for schools and group visits, such as the programme "With the force of water".

The Open-Air Water Power Museum was co-funded by the Regional Operational Program of the Peloponnese (II and III Community Support Framework) 1994-2006.

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Where there is reservoir storage of water, hydropower can be generated when needed to meet rapid or unexpected fluctuations in demand. However, there are limited possibilities for sites and potentially high environmental impacts through land use and conversion.

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A typical hydroelectric plant is a system with three parts: a power plant where the electricity is produced, a dam that can be opened or closed to control water flow, and a reservoir where water is stored. The water behind the dam flows through an intake and pushes against blades in a turbine, causing them to turn. The turbine spins a generator to produce electricity.

The amount of electricity that can be generated depends on how far the water drops and how much water moves through the system. The electricity can be transported through long-distance electric lines to homes, factories, and businesses. Other types of hydropower plants make use of the flow through a waterway without a dam.

The largest hydropower plants

The biggest hydropower plant in the United States is at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington, a state that gets about two-thirds of its electricity from hydropower.

Hydropower pros and cons

Hydropower has several advantages. Once a dam has been built and the equipment installed, the energy source-flowing water-is free. It's a clean fuel source renewed by snow and rainfall. Hydropower plants can supply large amounts of electricity, and they are relatively easy to adjust for demand by controlling the flow of water through the turbines.

Climate change and the increased risk of drought are also having an impact on the world's hydropower plants. In the western U.S., carbon dioxide emissions over a 15-year period were 100 megatons higher than they normally would have been, according to a 2018 study, as utilities turned to coal and gas to replace hydropower lost to drought.

Even the promise of carbon-free electricity from hydropower has been undermined by revelations that decaying organic material in reservoirs releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

However, some argue that the environmental impacts of hydroelectric power can be mitigated and remain low compared with burning fossil fuels. In some places, small hydro projects can take advantage of existing water flows or infrastructure. Special water intakes and turbines can help make sure water released from a dam is better aerated to address the problem of low dissolved oxygen. Dams can be planned more strategically to allow fish passages, for example, while water flows at existing dams can be calibrated to give ecosystems more recovery time from flooding cycles. And research continues on ways to make hydropower projects more friendly to the ecosystems around them.

A growing movement is also working to tear down dams that are no longer functioning or needed around the world, with the aim at restoring more natural rivers and the many benefits they provide to wildlife and people, including recreation.

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A typical hydroelectric plant is a system with three parts: a power plant where the electricity is produced, a dam that can be opened or closed to control water flow, and a reservoir where water is stored. The water behind the dam flows through an intake and pushes against blades in a turbine, causing them to turn.

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That day was perfect.We had a great time and learned new things

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Dimitsana ( Greek: Δημητσάνα) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 110.759 km 2.

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We had a really good time! I really enjoyed it because I had the chance to get to know some of the students better and make new friends! I also learned a lot of useful things that day!

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Efi Tarama & Fotini Kostopoulou - Dimitsana

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Efi Tarama & Fotini Kostopoulou - Dimitsana

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Οur trip to the Water Power Museum was amazing and very impressive. We have seen and learned many interesting things..! We worked together and that was excellent!!!!

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Fotini Kostopoulou & Efi Tarama - Dimitsana

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Fotini Kostopoulou & Efi Tarama - Dimitsana

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This week has left us great memories and experiences that we have gained in our excursion to Dimitsana that will keep unforgettable!!!!

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Katerina Dimitrakopoulou , 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, Greece

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Katerina Dimitrakopoulou , 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, Greece

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That day in Dimitsana we all worked together and we saw and learned great things!

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Fotini Kostopoulou, 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, Greece

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Fotini Kostopoulou, 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, Greece

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Our excursion to Dimitsana left me wonderful moments and memories with my new friends!

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Last adjustments...

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Almost finished...

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Students at Galileo Galilei Technical High School at work! 🌞

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Dimitra Despoina Michala🙈,2nd Junior High School of Amaliada,GR

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Dimitra Despoina Michala🙈,2nd Junior High School of Amaliada,GR

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The amazing trip to paras science center who was a fantastic experience!

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There is hope. If we continue to try and wor

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There is hope. If we continue to try and wor

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Thanasis tserionis

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Thank you for the wonderful week in Amaliada!

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By Samuele

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By Mauro

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Environmental destruction requires concerted action

By Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly | Daily Cal

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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How is earth a greenhouse?Dionysia Makarouni

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How is earth a greenhouse?Dionysia Makarouni

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Earth's atmosphere does the same thing as the greenhouse. Gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide do what the roof of a greenhouse does. During the day, the Sun shines through the atmosphere. Earth's surface warms up in the sunlight. At night, Earth's surface cools, releasing the heat back into the air. But some of the heat is trapped by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. That's what keeps our Earth a warm and cozy 59 degrees Fahrenheit, on average.For more: :https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/

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Understanding Noise Pollution Dionysia Makarouni

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Understanding Noise Pollution Dionysia Makarouni

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Most of us are very used to the sounds we hear in everyday life. Loud music, the television, people talking on their phone, the traffic and even pets barking in the middle of the night. All of these have become a part of the urban culture and rarely disturb us. However, when the sound of the television keeps you from sleeping all night or the traffic starts to give you a headache, it stops becoming just noise and start turning into noise pollution. For many of us, the concept of pollution is limited to nature and resources. However, noise that tends to disrupt the natural rhythm of life makes for one solid pollutant.

By definition, noise pollution takes place when there is either excessive amount of noise or an unpleasant sound that causes temporary disruption in the natural balance. This definition is usually applicable to sounds or noises that are unnatural in either their volume or their production. Our environment is such that it has become difficult to escape noise. Even electrical appliances at home have a constant hum or beeping sound. By and large, lack of urban planning increases the exposure to unwanted sounds. This is why understanding noise pollution is necessary to curb it in time.
For more:https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-and-effects-of-noise-pollution.php

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Hurricanes Are Slowing Down and Leaving More Damage When They Hit Land

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Hurricanes Are Slowing Down and Leaving More Damage When They Hit Land

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Hurricanes are slowing down – and leaving behind a lot more damage when they make landfall, according to a new study.
The study, published in the journal Nature, found that since 1949, tropical cyclones have decreased their speed by an average of 10% worldwide. The change is even more dramatic in storms that have made landfall from the North Atlantic – they’re moving 20 percent slower.
The result is more rainfall and more damage to buildings as hurricanes hover over population centers for longer periods of time.

More from TIME
http://amp.timeinc.net/time/5303486/hurricanes-slowing-down-study

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Dionysia Makarouni, 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, GR

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Dionysia Makarouni, 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, GR

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An unforgettable trip to Patras Science Centre. We had so much fun and we had the opportunity to meet new people and make new friendships

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Amaliada, Greece

2nd Junior High School
By Ankita Mitra

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Environmental pollution refers to the introduction of harmful pollutants into the environment. These pollutants contaminates the environment. It has a hazardous effect on the natural world and on the activities of living beings.

Pollution comes from the Latin word 'polluere' which means to defile. Polutus is a Latin word which derives from lutum, which means mud. And from this we get the idea of pollution as something soiling. Pollution is something that contaminates a given substance. Pollution can be a gas (like CO2), a solid (such as plastic), a liquid (such as oil) or something organic like bacteria.

The major types of environmental pollution are air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution, soil pollution and light pollution. (Please read the article on different types of pollution to know more about it.)

Deforestation and hazardous gaseous emissions also leads to environmental pollution. During the last 10 years, the world has witnessed severe rise in environmental pollution.

We all live on planet earth, which is the only planet known to have an environment, where air and water are two basic things that sustain life. Without air and water the earth would be like the other planets - no man, no animals, no plants. The biosphere in which living beings have their sustenance has oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon and water vapor. All these are well-balanced to ensure and help a healthy growth of life in the animal world. This balance does not only help the life-cycles of animals and plants, but it also creates the perennial sources of minerals and energies without which the human civilization of to-day could not be built. It is for this balance that the human life and other forms of existence have flourished on earth for so many thousands of years.

Also read: Short paragraph on Pollution

With the dawn of the age of science and technology, there has been huge growth and development of human potentials. The surge in pollution is often attributed to the wide scale urbanization and large-scale industrialization, which is in turn a product of our advancement in science and technology. And, it is here that man first began losing control and became victim of his own creations.

Also read: Pollution: Different Types of Pollution

Sources and Causes

The sources and causes of environmental pollution includes the following:

Industrial activities: The industries all over the world that brought prosperity and affluence, made inroads in the biosphere and disturbed the ecological balances. The pall of smoke, the swirling gases, industrial effluents and the fall-out of scientific experiments became constant health hazards, polluting and contaminating both air and water. The improper disposal of industrial wastes are the sources of soil and water pollution. Chemical waste resulting from industry can pollute lakes, rivers and seas and soil too as well as releasing fumes.

Dumping solid waste: Household and commercial waste pollutes the environment when not disposed of properly.

Vehicles: The smoke emitted by vehicles using petrol and diesel and the cooking coal also pollutes the environment. The multiplication of vehicles, emitting black smoke that, being free and unfettered, spreads out and mixes with the air we breathe. The harmful smoke of these vehicles causes air pollution. Further, the sounds produced by these vehicles produces causes noise-pollution.

Rapid urbanization and industrialization: The urbanization and the rapid growth of industrialization are causing through environmental pollution the greatest harm to the plant life, which in turn causing harm to the animal kingdom and the human lives.

Population overgrowth: Due to the increase in population, particularly in developing countries, there has been surge in demand for basic food, occupation and shelter. The world has witnessed massive deforestation to expand absorb the growing population and their demands.

Combustion of fossil fuels: The combustion of fossil fuels pollutes the air, the soil and the water with noxious gases such as CO2 and CO.

Agricultural waste: Fertilizers and pesticides used in agriculture are key causes of environmental pollution.

Also read: Sources of Water, Air and Soil Pollution

Effect

Environmental Pollution can have devastating effects on sea life, on crops and on human health. It affects all plant, human and animal life in a negative way. Almost all of our gains in the fields of industrial progress, science and technology had so far been realized at the cost of our health. Even our flora and fauna were found to be threatened with extinction.

All this really leaves us wondering if all our achievements and industrial civilization really help us climb the peaks of prosperity or simply take us down the blind alleys of adversity. The question is being raised whether all is well with our industrial growth and progress in the field of science and technology.

Many crusaders against environmental pollution are vehemently protesting against the indiscriminate violations committed daily in the name of development.

The environmental pollution is not caused by the fall-out from nuclear tests or industries alone. The smoke left behind the automobiles and other vehicular traffic, the increasing use of synthetic detergents, nitrogen fertilizers and insecticides contaminate both air and water.

Contamination of water: The water we drink the vegetables are all contaminated to-day. As a result of this contamination our world is afflicted with a quite a number of incurable diseases.

Depletion of fresh water: Environmental pollution affects water sources which mean that there is less fresh water available for drinking, washing, cooking and irrigating crops.

Unsafe: Unless pollution levels are brought down, nothing in this world is immune, no life is safe, and the future of this world is bleak.

Brain and heart complications: The factories are mostly built in populated areas and the smoke-emitting vehicles ply through the congested areas. Besides causing immense disturbances, there are increasing case of pulmonary tuberculosis and thrombosis and various sorts of brain and heart complications.

Air-pollution related diseases: Air-pollution may cause severe lungs-diseases, asthma, brain-disorder diseases, etc.

Low Farm Output: Soil-pollution may have negative effect on farm output ratio. It can also contaminate the ground water.

Effect on auditory sense organs: Noise-pollution have negative effects on hearing or auditory sense organs. It can also cause deafness, tiredness, and mental losses.

Rise in environmental temperature: The heat generated by industries and vehicles causes thermal pollution by raising the environmental temperature of the nearby areas.

Extinction of species: There are many endangered species of both plants and animals. Many scientists believe that we are living in an era of mass extinction, due to human made environmental pollution.

The birth of mills and factories is the result of the growth of industry in this machine-predominated age. As long as they will be there, they must emit smoke, pollute the air and hasten our end by slow-poisoning.

The worst industrial environment tragedy occurred at Bhopal on December 3, 1984 as a result of toxic and poisonous leakage of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from a multi-national Union Carbide pesticides manufacturing plant. Over 2000 people including woman and children were killed, and hundreds were severely hurt.

Solution

What then is the remedy? A lot of pollution derives from human activity. As a result, it is we humans who will be able to stop pollution. But, there surely cannot be any radical solution, for the existing factories cannot be bodily lifted to a place far from the populated zone. However, the following attempts can be made to solve the problem of environmental pollution.

The Government can at least see that future factories are set up at a distant place, an industrial complex far away from the township.

Researcher may find out how to avoid harmful smoke from running vehicles. Countries, around the world, are promoting the use of on environment friendly electronic vehicles.

Deforestation should be stopped and Forestry should be developed. Forests help us combat pollution in many ways. The trees bind the soil and prevents soil pollution. They also help in preserving the biodiversity that is important for ecosystem balance. Trees takes in COs and releases oxygen and contributes in purifying he air.

Factory wastes should be disposed in environment friendly manner. Discharge of Factory wastes in rivers should be banned so as to make the river-water free from pollution.

Recycle the sewage or in all events it can be disposed of in such a way as to prevent it from polluting the environment.

Reducing the amount that we buy, reusing and repairing items wherever possible, and recycling as much as we can will all help to reduce the amount of waste dumped in the environment. When we do need to throw away waste we should do so responsibly.

Organic farming could be one solution for reducing environmental pollution levels.

Using fewer plastics would help in controlling plastic pollution.

Disposing of litter and chemicals responsibly.

Burning fewer fossil fuels.

Initiatives

1. The UN Conference on Human Environment was convened to study the profound changes in the relationship between man and his environment in the wake of modern scientific and technological developments.

2. The World Health Organization also set up an international network for the monitoring and study of air pollution on a global scale and for devising possible remedies.

Conclusion

We can very well notice the abnormal behaviour of the seasons - the cycle developing clogs in its wheels; and the worried experts fear that the disturbed balance in the biosphere has assumed such serious proportion that very soon our world would be uninhabitable like Hiroshima of 1945. But it is heartening to find the entire world aware of the menace. Some of the advanced countries have already taken some measures to meet it. If we fail to restore the ecological balance right now, it would be too late tomorrow.

Updated with input from various contributors.

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Essay on Environmental Pollution: Causes, Effects and Solution - ImportantIndia.com

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Environmental pollution refers to the introduction of harmful pollutants into the environment. These pollutants contaminates the environment. It has a hazardous effect on the natural world and on the activities of living beings. Pollution comes from the Latin word 'polluere' which means to defile. Polutus is a Latin word which derives from lutum, which means mud.

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Scientists shocked by mysterious deaths of ancient trees

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Scientists shocked by mysterious deaths of ancient trees

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International scientists have discovered that most of the oldest and largest African baobab trees have died over the past 12 years.

They suspect the demise may be linked to climate change, although they have no direct evidence of this.

The tree can grow to an enormous size, and may live hundreds if not thousands of years.

The researchers, from universities in South Africa, Romania and the US, say the loss of the trees is "an event of an unprecedented magnitude".

Revealing the findings in the journal Nature Plants, they say the deaths were not caused by an epidemic.

"We suspect that the demise of monumental baobabs may be associated at least in part with significant modifications of climate conditions that affect southern Africa in particular," said the team, led by Dr Adrian Patrut of Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. "However, further research is necessary to support or refute this supposition."

'Shocking and very sad'

The researchers have been visiting ancient trees across southern Africa since 2005, using radio carbon dating to investigate their structure and age.

Unexpectedly, they found that eight of the 13 oldest and five of the six largest baobabs had either completely died or had their oldest parts collapse.

Baobab trees have many stems and trunks, often of different ages. In some cases all the stems died suddenly.

"We suspect this is associated with increased temperature and drought," Dr Patrut told BBC News. "It's shocking and very sad to see them dying."

The trees that have died or are dying are found in Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia. They are all between 1,000 and more than 2,500 years old.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44418849

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how the environment  will be if we still continue to destroy it

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how the environment  will be if we still continue to destroy it

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Dionysia Makarouni, 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada,Greece

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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The logo of Erasmus + painted by students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada , Galilei Technical High School , Genova and Goethe Gymnasium , Kassel

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The logo of Erasmus + painted by students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada , Galilei Technical High School , Genova and Goethe Gymnasium , Kassel

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We had so much fun while painting these!

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada, Greece
An amazing trip to Patras Science Center.

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada are collecting their artworks for the Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada are collecting their artworks for the Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project Art Exhibition 

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada preparing their first Erasmus project  Art exhibition

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No plastic. A small gesture in our hands.

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No plastic. A small gesture in our hands.

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The Biosphere Reserve of the Island of Príncipe and UNESCO have launched an awareness and mobilization campaign entitled ‘No plastic. A small gesture in our hands’.

The campaign follows one of the resolutions of the International Meeting of the East Atlantic Biosphere Reserve Network, which took place on the Island of Principe in May 2013 and aims to reduce plastic waste and promote access to drinking water in the biosphere reserve.

The campaign intends to involve the whole population in collecting plastic bottles. Fifty plastic bottles can be exchanged for a ‘Principe Biosphere Bottle’, a reusable stainless steel bottle made from safe, plastic-free materials. These bottles can be replenished at various treated water points installed across the island of Principe.

The campaign represents a partnership between the Regional Government of Principe through the Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme, the Spanish Ministry for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, and the HBD group.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/africa/sao-tome-and-principe/the-island-of-principe/no-plastic-a-small-gesture-in-our-hands

Katerina Dimitrakopoulou
2nd Junior High School of Amaliada , Greece

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada study the worst case scenario of 2050 for their art exhibition project !

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Students of 2nd Junior High School of Amaliada study the worst case scenario of 2050 for their art exhibition project !

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A scenario that assumes current demographic and per capita waste production trends will continue (blue line) projects waste to peak sometime after 2100, as does a scenario with even greater population growth (red line). Only a scenario with a smaller, wealthier world population and more environmentally-friendly consumption behaviors (grey line) enables peak garbage to occur this century. Image via Nature/Hoornweg et. al.
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-will-we-hit-peak-garbage-7074398/#hxVVk028RoVgCaEr.99

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Sophia Kondylopoulou
2nd Junior High School of Amaliada,Gr

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Our trip to Patra's Science Centre was amazing and I am sure that we all had a good experience there! The whole week was really awesome and unforgettable for all of us and we are really glad that we participate in this amazing programme because we met new people from other countries and made new friends!

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Our trip to Patra's Science Centre was amazing and I am sure that we all had a good experience there! The whole week was really awesome and unforgettable for all of us and we are really glad that we participate in this amazing programme because we met new people from other countries and made new friends!

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Sophia Kondylopoulou
2nd Junior High School of Amaliada,Greece

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Sophia Kondylopoulou
2nd Junior High School of Amaliada,Greece

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2nd Junior High School of Amaliada
Patras Science Center

Our trip to patras science center was amazing and I am sure we all had a great time !!The best thing about the  whole week was that we got to know other students,cooperate all together and learn new things !!!