October 26th 2013, The European Sustainability Academy (ESA) in Drapanos hosted the debut performance in Crete, of famous Brooklyn hip-hop DJ, producer and composer GRAMATIK.
The FIRST..... OFF-GRID..... ECO-MUSIC event in Crete with Solar- Beatz - music power from the sun!
450 people came from across Crete and from Athens for this seminal event.
2 local Greek bands Spiral Maze from Chania and Blue Square supported Gramatik. This event launched the ESA Creative Entrepreneurs project to help aspiring Greek musicians and artists to promote their talent and to set up and run sustainable enterprise.
Powered only by Cretan sunshine, ESA is a beautiful building rooted in the earth amongst ancient rocks and olive trees, surrounded by nature. Its construction is a leading example of sustainability in practice. ESA is an experiential and creative place where people feel enlivened, uplifted and creative. Great living and great learning happen at ESA. A perfect setting for:
Our passion is contributing towards co-created sustainable enterprise for positive impact on communities and the natural environment on a global scale. Leadership and entrepreneur issues of adaptation, resilience, authenticity, sustainable-self, values connected sense-making and the continued emancipation of women (WISE) to take up more leadership roles in the world are at the core of the ESA sustainability experience.
ESA has been a consortium partner and Project Leader in Lifelong learning and Erasmus+ projects since 2013. We have collaborated with partners from Austria, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland. We always participate in EU Co-Funded Projects which focus on new approaches for skills.
