Keep Aegean Blue is the biggest mission of underwater, beach cleanups and educational programs about ocean conservation ever taken place in Greece. All For Blue, in cooperation with the South Aegean Region and with the participation of thousands of volunteers, has combined eco friendly actions with the adventure for the protection of the oceans. The mission began in October 2018, continued in March and April 2019.
The numbers for our mission 2019:
- 73 days at sea
- 1,700 nautical miles with a motor boat
- 33 islands in the Cyclades and the Dodecanese
- 37 Ocean Conservation seminars in schools with diploma of participation
- 37 beach & underwater cleanups with official report in international data base
- 16,000 students
- thousands of volunteers
- 32 tons of trash (66.200lbs) removed during Keep Aegean Blue amongst them 2 motorbikes, a couch, a Christmas tree, washing machines, and numerous plastics.
THE CAMPAIGN
Keep Aegean Blue 2019:
Paros 7/3, Leros 12/3, Kalimnos 13/3, Kos 14/3, Rhodes 26 & 27/3, Simi 28/3, Tilos 29/3, Santorini 1/4, Milos 3/4, Naxos 4/4, Siros 5/4, Andros 16/4, Tinos 17/4, Mikonos 18/4, Karpathos 8/5
NOTICE
Seminars and actions
The seminars and actions of All For Blue are fully in line with the actions of Lifelong Learning and the objectives of the Environmental Education Centers of the organization and this action is under the auspices of Ι.ΝΕ.ΔΙ.ΒΙ.Μ.
Keep Aegean Blue
Actions 2019
Karpathos – Kostas Somer participated at the cleanup
The second phase of the environmental action, "Keep Aegean Blue" for beach & underwater cleanups in Cyclades and Dodecanese, was completed with great success! It is the largest mission for...
Mission to Kimolos island by All For Blue and Syros Team OFSE
OFSE Syros Team made its 5th Mission in Kimolos, a small island of Cyclades, the weekend from 12 to 14 April 2019. As always, we started with a beach &...
Tinos island – 412kgs/908lbs of trash removed
More than 412 kilos of garbage was removed from the beach of Agios Fokas Agali in Tinos on Wednesday, April 17th 2019 during our beach & underwater cleanup. Students from...
Louis Vuitton bags were removed during the cleanup in Mykonos!
Ακόμη μεγαλύτερη ήταν η «σοδειά» στο νησί της Μυκόνου, όπου 400 μαθητές του Γενικού και Επαγγελματικού Λυκείου, τέσσερις επαγγελματίες πιστοποιημένοι δύτες από το Mykonos Diving Center Paradise , ανεξάρτητοι...
Milos island – half a ton of trash was removed from the beach
Milos also participated in the environmental awareness campaign Keep Aegean Blue, a collaboration of Region of South Aegean with "All For Blue”, which is the biggest mission for educational...
Naxos – 500kgs/1.200lbs of trash was removed in Agia Anna
With the great participation of students and citizens, the Keep Aegean Blue environmental action continues in the southern Aegean islands, in collaboration with the Organisation All For Blue, by Katerina...
Syros – Two tons of garbage brought pupils and divers
Approximately 2 tonnes of trash (including a motorbike, a Christmas tree, a/c's, pots, a children's trolley, etc.) were removed from Ladopoulos beach in Syros island, where beach and underwater...
Santorini – Alexandrou, Manikas and students took 483 kilos of garbage
Greek models and TV presenters Dimitris Alexandrou and Giorgos Manikas rocked Santorini, 483 kilos of trash was removed with the valuable help of 400 students from EPAL Thira and...
Symi – 960lbs of trash were removed during our cleanup
960 lbs of trash removed from the water and the beach Symi island, Greece 125 students from the local high school "Residences of Symi were knowned as sailors and captains. With their...
Keep Aegean Blue
Actions 2018
Kos – Keep Aegean Blue
#KeepAegeanBlue in progress, today Thursday in Kos island, after the seminar about Ocean Conservation and Shark Awareness at the 2nd High School, students took part in the beach and...
Kalymnos – Keep Aegean Blue
After the ocean conservation seminar held at the High School of Kalymnos, beach and underwater clean up took place at the beach of Gefyra in Therma, in the framework...
Rhodes – Keep Aegean Blue – biggest campaign in Greece
The first seminar of the biggest campaign in Greece about clean ups and education, ocean & shark awareness, took place in the 1st technical school of Rhodes island and...
Rhodes – Keep Aegean Blue
H μεγαλύτερη αποστολή παράκτιων και υποβρύχιων καθαρισμών στην Ελλάδα, ξεκινά σε λίγες μέρες από τον οργανισμό AllForBlue by Katerina Topouzoglou (www.AllForBlue.org) H μεγάλη αυτή περιβαλλοντική καμπάνια, που ονομάστηκε “Keep Aegean...
Rhodes – “Keep Aegean Blue”: an immense environmental campaign of the South Aegean Region with All For Blue for the protection of the ecosystem of its islands.
The Regional Governor of South Aegean, Mr George Chatzimarkos, announced the initiation of the Keep Aegean Blue Campaign and thus his collaboration with Katerina Topouzoglou, founder of AllForBlue Organization,...