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On July 8-9, 2024, a working meeting took place between officials of the Green Department of the Municipality of Kalymnos and Dr. Konstantinia Tsagari. The purpose of the meeting was to present the results of the LIFE GrIn project and discuss their application in the Municipality of Kalymnos. Subsequently, an on-site visit to the green spaces of the Municipality was conducted. Officials from both organizations had the opportunity to exchange views and discuss proposals for future collaboration.

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The activities commenced in the “Theotokopoulos” hall of the Vikelaia Municipal Library of Heraklion. Following the welcome addresses by the Mayor of Heraklion, Mr. Kalokairinos, and the Deputy Mayor, Mr. Gialitakis, the deliverables, works, and results of the project were presented. In the afternoon of the same day, a visit was made to the urban green areas of Heraklion, where urban greening projects were implemented to enhance the city’s adaptation to climate change. More than 52,500 predominantly native endemic plants of Crete were planted at the intervention sites.

The monitoring was completed the following day in the Municipality of Maroussi, where the LIFE GrIn team, accompanied by the respective team of the Municipality of Maroussi, visited the sites of the pilot interventions. Subsequently, the results were presented at the Maroussi Town Hall.

At this point, the LIFE GrIn project team would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to Mr. Krzysztof Wójcik, Project Advisor from CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency) and Ms. Sophia Papageorgiou from the LIFE Programme External Monitoring Team (ELMEN EEIG), for their support throughout the program and their valuable advice for its successful closure.

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Dissemination material of the LIFE GrIn project was then distributed to students and teachers.

The post Presentation of the LIFE GrIn project and environmental education actions to the students and teachers of the Primary School of Agia Paraskevi, Attica first appeared on LifeGrin.

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In the context of the first speech of the new series “Protection of Nature Lab” on the topic of “Promoting Urban Integration of Green Infrastructure to Improve Climate Governance in Cities “, Dr. Georgios Karetsos,  former Research Director at the Institute of Mediterranean & Forest Ecosystems (ELGO -DIMITRA), spoke about the conditions for the development of urban greenery and proposed good practices.
As it states: “The project tries to contribute to the information, the integration of European and international ideas and practices to deal with climate change and the improvement of the institutional framework for the management of Urban Green Spaces. COPs act as tools to reduce temperatures (-5.5 °C in bushes and -3.8 °C in grass, with an air temperature of 42 °C), reduce air pollution and noise intensity, enrich groundwater, corrosion control and have a positive effect on people’s mental health.”
 You can watch the whole speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdnerH2JuL4

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