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  • News Archive
  • Project Partners

The Project

Challenge Europe was a three year project aiming to accelerate change to a low carbon future. It was active in these 18 countries
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
EstoniaEstonia		 France
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary		 LatviaLatvia
Lithuania
Nth. Ireland/Ireland
Norway		 Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden		 Turkey
UkraineUkraine

Climate Advocates

600 young people aged 18-35 worked on climate challenges and local projects to reduce carbon use.

Project highlights

Want to see some advocates' ideas to help fight climate change?

 

News Archive

Read through the archive of news about the project activities between 2008 and 2011

 

Project Partners

Several hundred international and national experts and partners helped the Advocates to develop their ideas. You can find the list of partner organisations below.

 


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Partners News Climate Advocate Team Contact

Our partners in the Greece are:

News

The Greek climate advocate team:

 Beatrice Yannakopoulou, 32
Environmental consultant , Athens
 Irini Hassapi, 30
Environmental scientist, Athens
 Sotiris Skouloudis, 28
Editor-in-chief of an environmental magazine, Athens
 Vassilis Nikolopoulos, 34
Valedictorian Electrical Engineer , PhD student, and Founder, CEO & Chief Innovation Officer of Intelen
 Victor Dimoulis, 28
working at a recycling company, Athens
 Jennifer Hinton, 28
Has a master’s degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Sciences.
 Katerina Aggelou, 28
Did a dissertation on “Environmental management in shipping”
 George Chakiris, 38
A graduate in Electronic Engineering from Warwick University
 John Consolas, 31
An architect. His main interest is urban sustainability
 Katerina Lygkoni, 36
MA in Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development. Currently working for a local environmental NGO
 Garyfallia Makri, 33
Garyfallia holds an MEng in Civil and Structural Engineering from U.M.I.S.T. and an MSc in Sustainable Architecture from Huddersfield University.
 Antigone Mixafenti, 32
Antigone is a biologist and is passionate about environmental issues. At present she is studying for postgraduate degree in Environmental Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
 Ilias Vazaios, 29
Ilias is a political scientist with a special interest in climate change and environmental policy. He is currently working as an advisor for the Bellona Foundation in Greece.
 Alexia Vlami, 34
Communication Director of the environmental magazine Perivallon 21
 

Contact

For further information about the project in Greece, please contact: Katy Yakoumaki, Projects Co-ordinator, British Council Greece, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;  Tel: +30 210 36 92 342
 
 
 
Lithuanian Climate Advocates decided to run an awareness campaign focusing on art and garbage. They wanted people to realise that turning one’s trash into treasure can help prevent climate change.