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PROJECTS

Seagrass Meadows

Sustainable Fishing

Conscious Sailing

Hiking Trails

Fresh Water

Independent Initiatives

  • Completed

Pick the Alien 1

A marine awareness initiative addressing invasive alien species in the Argolic Gulf through informed and responsible consumption.
  • Completed

Fishermen’s tales

Veteran fishers oral histories of the Argolic Gulf
  • Completed

Sustainable Greek School – Teachers’ Summer University in Spetses

A three-day intensive seminar that brought together teachers from across Greece, giving them access to cutting-edge scientific knowledge, experiential workshops, and practical tools to transform their schools into sustainability hubs.
  • Completed

Seasonal Fisheries Stewardship Pilot – Spetses

Launching an incentive-based seasonal abstention model linking marine recovery with fisher stewardship in Spetses.
  • Completed

Mother Sea II

A major open-air concert that brought culture, environmental awareness and collective participation together to keep the protection of Poros and its marine environment in the public spotlight.
  • Ongoing

Grove Guardians

Creating a long-term guardianship framework for Aegina’s Ancient Olive Grove by combining ecological research, legal tools and community stewardship.
  • Completed

Watching Boat Pressure from Space

Using satellite imagery and GIS analysis to identify where recreational boating pressure is concentrated across selected coastal sites in the Argosaronic Gulf.
  • Ongoing

Methana Paths Certification: Phase 2

Supporting the certification of Methana’s historic walking paths through international quality standards, protecting the peninsula’s natural and cultural landscape while promoting year-round, low-impact tourism.
  • Completed

Alien marine species: Invading the Mediterranean waters

A student-led research and awareness project helping the Poros community better understand the alien marine species appearing in its surrounding waters.
  • Ongoing

WATERSCAPES – Reflections of a threatened equilibrium

By combining research, community engagement, and policy dialogue to strengthen long-term water resilience on the island, this project addresses the freshwater scarcity challenge on Aegina.

OUR APPROACH

We take a place-based approach, strengthening our regional network through collaboration, knowledge exchange and practical support to address environmental challenges on the ground.

STRATEGIC PROGRAMMES

We co-design targeted programmes with trusted local, national, and international partners to respond to priority environmental challenges and deliver measurable, long-term impact.

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COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

We identify and fund high-potential grassroots initiatives, offering catalytic support to translate strong local ideas into tangible and lasting benefits for ecosystems and communities.

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GR.O.W.TH. SUPPORT

We strengthen local organisations through mentoring, practical training and networking through our Grassroots Organisations for Wider Thriving (GR.O.W.TH.) initiative.

Let's Grow Together

OUR STRATEGY

Our strategy combines local knowledge, scientific data, and resource mobilisation to maximise impact on the ground.

Mapping Challenges

We start by listening. Through scientific research, thematic studies, field visits and dialogue with local residents, we identify environmental pressures and opportunities for meaningful action across the region.

Raising Funds
& Resources

We mobilise support from individuals, foundations, and aligned businesses committed to preserving the region’s natural and cultural wealth. These resources are channeled into locally grounded initiatives that generate lasting value for communities and nature.

Direct
Local Impact

We work alongside local actors to turn ideas into action. Through grants, partnerships and tailored support, we scale practical solutions that protect nature and strengthen community resilience, engaging institutions, public bodies, NGOs and businesses to amplify impact.

OUR PARTNERS

At every level, our partners are central to our impact. Together, we work to deliver meaningful environmental change across the region.

LEFTERIS ARAPAKIS

ENALEIA

Through our partnership with AEF, we are sparking real change in how discarded fishing gear is handled in the Argosaronic Gulf, shifting local behariour and contributing to marine protection.

FAY ORFANIDOU

KATHETI

Together with AEF, we’ve successfully expanded research, raised awareness and mobilised the local community in Poros, Troizinia and Methana, to safeguard the Argosaronic marine ecosystems.

IOANNIS GIOVOS

ISEA

With AEF’s support, we have expanded our research in the Argosaronic Gulf, gaining invaluable insights into the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows.

Everywhere you look there are brilliant, passionate people working to create positive environmental change.

Small amounts of funding, strategically directed, can supercharge this work – as we are seeing across the places in which we have created these funds.

Ben Goldsmith

Conservation Collective Founder

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