Acropolis News

On Earth Day, New Acropolis Liberec carried out a campaign to promote its activities and the upcoming ecological clean up that is part of its program.

Volunteers of New Acropolis in Toronto continue the annual tradition of planting trees at Downsview Park. Since 1999, New Acropolis volunteers have joined other Toronto citizens to transform an old military base into a vital community space, continuing to create Canada’s first Urban National Park.

Each tree we have planted over the years is a symbol of the dreams that we plant and nourish every day for a new and better world!

Lecture by researcher and New Acropolis volunteer Tania Peña, on the negative effects that our bad habits are having on the ecosystem, and the need to develop more environmentally friendly practices and courtesy with nature.

For the sixth consecutive year volunteers from New Acropolis Athens, Thessaloniki, Larisa, Ioannina, Patras and Heraklion, were present in the clean-up campaign Greece 2017.

The ‘Acromarket’ initiative organized once again a bartering of products to promote an alternative form of  bartering economy, at the local market of Kypseli.

New Acropolis Boston celebrated Earth Day with “The Nature Experience”, an outdoor activity at the Mary B. Wakefield Estate in Milton. Participants learned about the compelling research of Suzanne Simard and Peter Wohlleben showing the ways trees communicate and cooperate with each other in an inter-active presentation highlighting the importance of connecting with Nature and paying attention to our natural surroundings. Thanks to the Wakefield Arboretum, we had the opportunity to enjoy nature while receiving a guided tour of its many beautiful trees, plants and flowers.

New Acropolis volunteers participated in the campaign for the reforestation of the area of Solea, organized by the Department of Forestry. The clear aim was the recovery of the forest badly damaged by the fires of the summer.