A two-day first aid training workshop organized by KOINSEP Apano Meria in collaboration with Rescue Training International. Places will be limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. We will be trained in Basic Adult Life Support as well as First Aid (Common Diseases & Injuries). The options of simple attendance with […]
Ota Akouein live in Pomonia Ecofarm
Concert of the music group Ota Akouein on Saturday, August 27 at 19:30 in Pomonia Ecofarm. Entrance: 10€ The music group “ota akouein”, active in Syros/Cyclades aims at the research of music & poetry, both being the lessons the Muses bring. Music is an art addressed to the unconscious, it transforms the world into […]
Syros’ flora
Problems with Beekeeping in the Cyclades and their Treatment
TRACES – The Stone Chronicle of the Island of Syros
Step-by-step for the development of geo-tourism
Greek and foreign scholars in Syros in October to talk about the geological value of Apano Meria. At a systematic pace, actions and efforts are being promoted to help achieve the great goal of creating a Geopark in Syros with the aim of integrating it into the Geoparks of UNESCO, with human resources rallying around […]
The Singing Walls
Documentary – A wander through the housing culture of Ano Syros Greece The Fortress – settlement of Upper Syros, build in the Middle Ages up on a hill, is unique in the Greek state. The fascinating medieval atmosphere keeps till our days, with the small houses build side by side, the convents of the Jesuits […]
Insect pests in crops
Syros: A trip to space-time
by Dimitris Kostopoulos, Professor of Petrology, University of Athens The beginning Approximately 170 years ago, in 1845, the German geologist Hausman discovered in Syros a mineral with a striking blue color that he called glaucophanis (from the glauca + phanis: it looks like blue). Since then, the cracked stones of the island, containing glaucophanis, have […]
The geopark of Syros – the vision as it is realized
Two years ago, we gathered for the first time in an open assembly a few dozen citizens, inhabitants of Syros, to discuss the problems of our island. Through this first meeting, the idea sprang up that, in order not to destroy the island from an endless development that has no limits, a way of mild […]