Ελληνικά | Français We currently have 152 members in good standing.The average contribution is € 45. This average is on the rise. We can do better.Once again, it is worth emphasizing the importance of receiving the contributions at the beginning of the school year - the budget year of the FoP goes from 1 September to 31 August of the following year - allowing us to ... Continue reading
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8/8 / Annual Ceremony / Ετήσια Τελετή / Cérémonie Annuelle
Ελληνικά παρακάτω - Français plus bas On August 8, the annual ceremony of the Friends of Paros will be held at the Environmental & Cultural Park of Paros, near Naoussa, at 8 pm.This annual event of our association aims to honour voluntary actors who by their action contribute decisively to the sustainable development of Paros and to the improvement of the living ... Continue reading
Ημερολόγιο | Calendar | Calendrier 2019
Notez les Dates des Activités des Amis de Paros Samedi 21 septembre, 11h : visite à Despotiko à l'occasion de la reprise des travaux de restauration. Rendez-vous à Agios Georgios à 10h45. Frais de participation, 20 €, bateau d'Agios Georgios et retour inclus. Samedi 16 Novembre: séminaire au sujet de la valorisation et la protection des carrières de marbre antique de ... Continue reading
Friends of Paros, 18 years later
Our association was created in 2001 by 11 people, permanent and occasional inhabitants of our island. In view of the holding of our General Meeting in August of this year, how our achievements could be assessed and which are their limits ? The first action to bear to our credit is to have the permanent inhabitants of the island collaborate with those more casual, in a ... Continue reading
My Zero Waste Lifestyle – Before and After
A few years ago, I would have said my lifestyle was ecologically responsible. I was recycling, using what I thought were biodegradable bags for garbage, eating only organic food, using natural cosmetics, wearing second-hand clothes, upcycling furniture I found in the street and, in general, trying to only buy what seemed essential. Even so, Iwas still buying lots of things in ... Continue reading
Capetaneïka
COSTAS GOUZELIS Why this man? Because he was and still is today a source of inspiration. His great love was the sea and the handicrafted wooden boats. This is what we honour and celebrate every third weekend of September. The people who have believed in the project have paved the way, Spyros Mitrogiannis, Dimitris Kourtellis, Eleni Fokianou and Leferis Polos under the ... Continue reading
The Environmental & Cultural Park of Paros
Paros Park is based on volunteerism, and welcomes visitors year-round for a variety of environmental, cultural and sport activities or just for a walk or a swim in this natural place. The Environmental & Cultural Park of Paros was founded in 2009 aiming at the protection and enhancement of the 800 acres municipally owned peninsula of Aï Yannis Detis. It’s primary ambition ... Continue reading
Paros and Sustainable Development
The following text is an initiative of the "Friends of Paros» members and is being published to stimulate debate on the occasion of the forthcoming conferences on the sustainable development of Paros. There was a lot of publicity recently about the growing number of visitors arriving in Paros by air, as well as by boat. We were also pleased to read the Mayor’s comment ... Continue reading
Changing course towards sustainable tourism
Français | Ελληνικά So far, the majority of tourism stakeholders in Paros are accustomed to measuring tourism performance in terms of visitor numbers, ignoring other indicators. And yet tourism, due to its massification, is globally in a phase of unprecedented change and the motto is clear: "either we change or we sink"! The numbers themselves are revealing: according ... Continue reading
Alternative Tourism in Marathi
Français | Ελληνικά Two highly promising young architects graduates of the Vienna Technical University, Cristina Vlascici and Vadim Ghiorghiu, share with us their highly interesting thesis «Vision for Alternative Tourism in Paros, Antiparos and Despotiko» proposing the creation of the "marble route" and the promotion of Marathi ancient quarries. In the recent decade, ... Continue reading
Ημερολόγιο | Calendar | Calendrier
Notez les Dates des Activités des Amis de Paros cet hiver Vendredi 7 Décembre à 20h00: Les membres et les amis qui se trouvent sur l’île sont invités à se retrouver au restaurant Exesion (place Mando Mavrogenous à Parikia), pour faire le point sur les activités de notre association et les débats en cours sur l'île. Samedi 8 à 10h00 et Dimanche 9 Décembre à 10h00: ... Continue reading