US embassy to cooperate with local environmental protection organization

Greek environmental organization Ecogenia announced on Wednesday its upcoming collaboration with the US Embassy in Greece within the framework of the "From California to Olympus" project, focusing on mobilizing young people to build it climate resilience at local level in the country, in a period when the climate crisis and natural disasters are a matter of the highest priority for Greece

The program has as its central pillar the two-month educational mission of a group of volunteers from the California environmental protection agency (California Conservation Corps), the largest and oldest environmental protection corps worldwide, in order to exchange knowhow and obtain training on preparedness in the field, such as creating fire protection zones, cleaning flammable biomass and education of the local community regarding prevention in the areas around the Olympus National...