Anavyssos 22.06.2023
“Water Matters – Increasing knowledge on the importance of Good status of Water Bodies” campaign, funded by “Water Management” Program of the EEA Grants (European Economic Area of the Financial Mechanism 2014-2021) with the Ministry of Environment and Energy acting as Program Operator, have carried out the fourth awareness-raising actions in Kalymnos Municipality (Kalymnos, Telendos and Pserimos), from the 15 to 20 of May.
Experiential actions, learning activities in the field and activities in school environment were carried out with the participation of students from the 1st,2nd and 6th Primary School of Kalymnos, Telendos Primary School, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd junior high of Kalymnos, as well as the 1st and 2nd high school of Kalymnos. Throughout the learning activities, students had the opportunity to attend the installation of an automatic water monitoring station in the coastal village of Vathi, discuss water saving in everyday life, study freshwater macroinvertebrates using a stereoscope and measure physicochemical parameters in water samples. In total, more than 200 people participated in all awareness and information actions.
We would like to thank the Municipality of Kalymnos for its cooperation and assistance in organizing the “science café” in the hall “Culture and History of the Municipality of Kalymnos”.