Events
Summary of events run at ESA
The International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES)
5 October 2023
ESA was delighted to welcome some of the IEES members from one of the technical tours of the ‘Closed Cycles and the Circular Society' conference at Platanias, Chania, organised by Prof. Alexandros Stefanakis from The Technical University of Crete. The guests enjoyed a visit to the circular economy Tzompanakis hand blown glass workshop before enjoying ESA’s locally sourced, exquisitely tasty Cretan vegetarian feasts. ESA Architect Zeta Chrysafaki and ESA Caterer Stella Diomandaraki delivered consummate professionalism and their attention to detail as always.
TranFIRe Research Hub Cranfield: Sustainable Materials Research Workshop at ESA Crete
24 - 27 April 2023
TransFIRe is a UKRI funded Research Hub at Cranfield University, with 12 research organisations based in the UK and more than 70 project partners from across the foundation industries, trade associations, professional membership bodies, civic sector and government organisations.
Foundation industries cover: Chemicals, Metals, Glass, Cement, Paper, Ceramics.
Professors and Post Doctoral Researchers spent a week at ESA for a customised agenda of skills development workshops, visits to emerging sustainable businesses in Crete, waste management facilities (DEDISA) and academic exchanges with the Technical University of Crete. The week was enhanced by the enjoyment of the usual ESA Cretan hospitality and nighttime starwatching. An academic output of this programme was the LCA analysis of ESA as a sustainable event venue.
ESA and TransFIRe co-designed a 1 week programme.
The agenda consisted of learning and research skills development sessions.
Unique learning environments
Offsite technical visits and sharing research with academics at local Universities.
Informational and fun recreational activities
Unforgettable evening experiences including starwatching with ESA astronomer Christos Sotiropoulou or olive oil tasting and wine pairing with ESA Sommelier Stella Diomandaraki.
Always accompanied by delicious, locally sourced, low packaging, Cretan catering with local, organic fine wines from award winning Dourakis ‘green winery’.
For more information about TransFIRe
Be Brave for a Greener Greece
22 - 26 September 2021
ESA welcomes: YOUNG GREENS of Greece
"Be Brave for a Greener Greece" Summer Camp hosted by The Federation of Young European Greens at ESA. Organised by Andreas Karadakis. A wonderful agenda for young people who want to be part of a unique international project and help build a better Europe.
Training topics include, social rights, collective decision making and green economy.
How to use online and offline tools for engaging active participation of young people in civil society.
Developing organisational and leadership skills for engaging community action.
Understanding wider issues of diversity and inclusion and the reality of feminism.
SummerCamp DAY 4. Learning a lot and having fun too at European Sustainability Academy - Crete.
Thank you Eleni and Στης Ελεωνόρας / Stis Eleonoras for the fantastic catering.
And, of course, the beautiful visit from K. Marika Bolaraki (91 years young), bringing flowers from her garden, was treasured by all of us.
4 trailers of garbage collected from the beautiful Koutalas spot Kokino Chorio, Apokoronas
WELL DONE to the participants NeoiPrasinoi SummerCamp for taking action. NOW. We need to change behaviour and STOP people from dumping in and destroying the beautiful Natural Environment of Crete. BeBraveGreenGreece.
SummerCamp Day 5. A WONDERFUL FINAL DAY: Learning about the natural environment IN the natural environment. From the morning energizer, the training sessions, to the end of programme closing party with delicious Dourakis Winery Cassiopeia Cretan Sparkling wine, AMAZING fully vegetarian dinner at To steki tou Leonida in Drapanos, and the final surprise for everyone, watching the planets in a perfectly clear night sky with our 'always fantastic' ESA_Crete resident astronomer Christos Sotiropoulos.
THANK YOU to everyone in Drapanos who helped us to create the perfect setting for Neoi Prasinoi Summer Camp 2021 and THANK YOU Andreas Karadakis for choosing European Sustainability Academy - Crete. It's been a pleasure.
Joint Animal Welfare Society
Sunday, 12th September 2021
ESA hosts Tea Party with Joint Animal Welfare Society - JAWS for PAWS.
A HUGE shout out to the Joint Animal Welfare Society - JAWS for PAWS organisers and the helpers who pulled off a FANTASTIC event at ESA. Everything was wonderful... the sandwiches, the cakes, the wine, the service, the presentation, the singing from Prue and an all round fabulous feeling of being part of humanity again! An EXCELLENT fundraising achievement of €2000 for The Souda Shelter Project and Cretan Animal Protection. Both very hardworking and deserving organisations.
THANK YOU to all of the guests who reached deep into their pockets to donate so generously.
SEC Showcase of Toolkit for Young Entrepreneurs
Saturday, 21 November 2020 11:00
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:00
How to make young people aware of entrepreneurial opportunities.
Have you considered educating young people about entrepreneurship? To help you, we have designed a ready-to-use toolbox!
This event is a demonstration of new tools for raising awareness of young people about the potential of youth entrepreneurship. Presentation of new youth entrepreneurship awareness tools developed by a European team from the Erasmus + project (France, Slovenia, Greece, Ireland).
Here is a video of the event:
Making Sense of Climate Change on Crete - Taking Action
Saturday, 17th October 2020
See The TEDx Countdown videos:
TEDxEuropeanSustainabilityAcademy – a LIVE online event.
Saturday, 17th October, 1300 – 1730, one of 500 events in 19 countries to launch TED Countdown, to share ideas and showcase solutions, technologies and actions for addressing the global climate change emergency.
The event aim is to share the voices of the people of Crete, with knowledge and experience from other islands to create a blue- print for climate change action and engage all leading stakeholders on Crete.
FREE TO ATTEND
Language will be Greek and English
Event hosted from the off-grid, PV powered, natural materials, biophilia designed building, European Sustainability Academy (ESA)in Drapanos, Apokoronas, Crete.
TEDxEuropeanSustainabilityAcademy - μια ζωντανή διαδικτυακή εκδήλωση.
Σάββατο, 17 Οκτωβρίου 13.00 - 17.30, μία από τις 500 εκδηλώσεις σε 19 χώρες για την έναρξη του TED Countdown, για την ανταλλαγή ιδεών και την παρουσίαση λύσεων, τεχνολογιών και δράσεων για την αντιμετώπιση του παγκόσμιου κινδύνου της κλιματικής αλλαγής.
Στόχος της εκδήλωσης είναι να μοιραστούν οι φωνές του λαού της Κρήτης, με γνώση και εμπειρία από άλλα νησιά για να δημιουργήσουν ένα αποτύπωμα για την αλλαγή του κλίματος και να προσελκύσουν όλους τους κορυφαίους ενδιαφερόμενους στην Κρήτη.
ΔΩΡΕΑΝ ΠΑΡΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΗ
Η γλώσσα θα είναι ελληνική και αγγλική
Εκδήλωση που διοργανώθηκε από εκτός δικτύου, φωτοβολταϊκο με φυσικά υλικά, κτίριο σχεδιασμένο με βιοφιλία, Ευρωπαϊκή Ακαδημία Αειφορίας (ESA) στον Δράπανο, στον Αποκόρωνα, Κρήτης.
Schedule · Saturday, 17 October 2020
