{"id":8662,"date":"2022-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2023eleusis.eu\/mystery_50-ecoculture-festival-a-new-festival-about-the-environment-and-the-sustainable-development-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:34:21","slug":"mystery_50-ecoculture-festival-a-new-festival-about-the-environment-and-the-sustainable-development-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2023eleusis.eu\/en\/mystery_50-ecoculture-festival-a-new-festival-about-the-environment-and-the-sustainable-development-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery_50\u00a0 Ecoculture Festival^: A new festival about the environment and the sustainable development"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

A new festival on the Environment and sustainable development breathed life into the verdant OASIS former camping site of Elefsina.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The First Ecoculture Festival ever held in Elefsina and the wider <\/strong>region<\/strong> delighted visitors of all ages last weekend, with <\/strong>discussions, gastronomic meetings, bicycle routes, walks<\/strong>, picnics, music and many other parallel activities that lasted from <\/strong>morning until late at night.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Mystery _50\u00a0Ecoculture Festival^<\/strong>, the First Ecoculture Festival <\/strong>ever held in Elefsina and the wider region, was completed with great success on the Weekend of September 24 & 25, <\/strong>at the forming camping site, OASIS<\/strong>, an area of rare natural beauty on the outskirts of the city. More than 1000 residents and visitors of Elefsina, of all ages, attended this great celebration of the environment, marking the beginning of an important action for both the city and the organization. The aim of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture <\/strong>is for the Ecoculture Festival^ <\/strong>to be a trigger for the establishment of a model festival on the environment, ecology and sustainability, in the city of Elefsina.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The following honored the Festival with their presence: The Mayor of Elefsina, <\/strong>Argyris Economou, the Deputy Mayor of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture<\/strong>, Fotis Tatakis, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Sanitation, Recycling and Green Spaces, <\/strong>Leonidas Pappas, the Deputy Mayor of Technical Services and Urban Planning<\/strong>,\u00a0 Athanasios Mavrogiannis, the General Secretary of the Municipality of Elefsina<\/strong>, Giannis Panagiotoulias, the Director of the TITAN factory<\/strong>, Andreas Samothrakis, the President of the Municipal Cultural Center of Aspropyrgos<\/strong>, Georgia Pilichou, Municipal Councilors, environmental scientists such as the Professor<\/strong> Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography at the University of Athens, Michalis Skoullos<\/strong>, journalists, representatives of environmental and local cultural associations, members of the Chess Cultural Association and the Greek Mountaineering Association of Elefsina, residents and visitors of the city.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Festival\u2019s programme<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The festival featured the Ecoculture Dialogues<\/strong>, a series of interesting talks and discussions on sustainable innovation and the agrifood sector, environmental awareness, education and creative planning, with the participation of researchers, academics, environmental associations and other actors. For more information on the speakers and their remarks, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Artistic events, as well as various parallel activities complemented the Festival’s programme, such as cycling routes on the train tracks<\/strong> (railbiking) in collaboration with Rail Biking in Greece, cycling routes through the city<\/strong> in collaboration with the Be bike shop, terminating at Kostis Velonis\u2019 visual arts installation \u201cstraw falling on concrete floors\u201d at the Old Olive Mill, with screenings of excerpts from films and documentaries on the environment, such as Filippos Koutsaftis\u2019 Mourning Rock <\/em>and Shipwrecked <\/em>by Marianna Economou.<\/p>\r\n