Sustainability Events

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

When: Tuesday, May 30 2023, 15:00-16:00
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Organized by:
The Art History Society

About the event

Name of the speaker: Kate Wilcox

Information for the speaker: Kate M. Wilcox is an Edinburgh-based museum professional who creates supportive museum experiences that encourage inquiry, reflection, and critical thinking.

Commissioned by the Scotland + Venice consortium to produce a multimedia installation for the 59th International Art Exhibition, artist-curator Alberta Whittle employs her signature wayward curatorial approach in the creation of deep dive (pause): uncoiling memory, which is envisioned as a ‘space built on black love, care, queerness, community and healing.’ This presentation begins by providing context as to why wayward curation is necessary to combat the exclusionary mandates of hegemonic institutions and acknowledges the political interests of the installation’s commissioner. This is followed by an analysis of how modes of resistance are conceptualized within the critical theories Whittle has identified as influential to her practice. Wayward curation is further deconstructed with a final assessment of how the content, design, and production of the installation resists racist, patriarchal, and heteronormative paradigms embedded within the art world. Central to this is Whittle’s network of accomplices – composed of institutions, curators, performers, technicians, and invigilators – who forge a mutually supportive mode of operating through an additive production process. Also worth examination is the continuing evolution of this exhibition as it changes galleries, institutions, and audiences.

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

SARONIDA BEACH CLEANING

When:Sunday, May 28 2023, 11:00-13:00
Where: Saronida Beach

Organized by:
The American College of Greece
Healthy Seas
Ghost Diving Greece

Supported by:
Saronikos Municipality

About the event

Οn the occasion of World Environment Day, The American College of Greece and Healthy Seas are organizing a beach cleanup event and environmental education activities along the Saronida coast. Moreover, volunteer divers from Ghost Diving Greece will remove debris found underwater in the surrounding area.

About Healthy Seas

Healthy Seas is a non-profit organisation with a mission to remove waste from the seas, in particular fishing nets, and ensure marine litter will become a valuable resource. Nylon fishing nets are regenerated into ECONYL^® yarn, a high-quality raw material used to create new products, such as socks, swimwear, sportswear or carpets, while other types of plastic nets are also reused, becoming jewelry, accessories or provided for research and education purposes. Since its founding in 2013, Healthy Seas has collected over 905 tons of fishing nets and other marine litter with the help of volunteer divers and fishers.

About Ghost Diving Greece

Ghost Diving Greece has been operating since 2015 aiming at the removal of ghost nets from reefs and wrecks. The team is made up of volunteer divers with specialized know-how and equipment, necessary for the implementation of these demanding activities. It is part of the international network of the Ghost Diving Foundation.

Theoni Water supports ACG

SARONIDA BEACH CLEANING

When:Sunday, May 28 2023, 11:00-13:00
Where: Saronida Beach

Organized by:
The American College of Greece
Healthy Seas
Ghost Diving Greece

Supported by:
Saronikos Municipality

About the event

Οn the occasion of World Environment Day, The American College of Greece and Healthy Seas are organizing a beach cleanup event and environmental education activities along the Saronida coast. Moreover, volunteer divers from Ghost Diving Greece will remove debris found underwater in the surrounding area.

About Healthy Seas

Healthy Seas is a non-profit organisation with a mission to remove waste from the seas, in particular fishing nets, and ensure marine litter will become a valuable resource. Nylon fishing nets are regenerated into ECONYL^® yarn, a high-quality raw material used to create new products, such as socks, swimwear, sportswear or carpets, while other types of plastic nets are also reused, becoming jewelry, accessories or provided for research and education purposes. Since its founding in 2013, Healthy Seas has collected over 905 tons of fishing nets and other marine litter with the help of volunteer divers and fishers.

About Ghost Diving Greece

Ghost Diving Greece has been operating since 2015 aiming at the removal of ghost nets from reefs and wrecks. The team is made up of volunteer divers with specialized know-how and equipment, necessary for the implementation of these demanding activities. It is part of the international network of the Ghost Diving Foundation.

Theoni Water supports ACG

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

When: Every Monday
Where: Gerakas / Cholargos Farmers’ Markets

When: Every Friday
Where: Aghia Paraskevi Farmers’ Market

Organized by: Office of Public Affairs
powered by: NGO Boroume

• Are you a member of the ACG Community (Student/Faculty/Staff)?
• Do you want to engage in volunteer community-based work?
• Are you interested in helping reduce food waste while helping others in need?

Then, we are looking for YOU!

When: Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 17:00-20:00

Where: ACG Events Hall, The American College of Greece

Organized by: ACG Center of Excellence in Logistics, Shipping and Transportation (CoELST) & the Greek Energy Forum (GEF)

by January 24

Parking upon availability.

About the event

Learn about our plans to collaborate toward expanding and disseminating the energy state of the art, perform research, publish articles and reports as well as train the current and future professionals. After the event, a prestigious group of high-level international energy executives and regulators will participate in an exciting panel discussion titled “Lessons learned from the energy crisis and the way forward”.

Agenda

16:30 – 17:00 | Registration and coffee

17:00 – 17:20 | Welcome speeches

• Panos Vlachopoulos – ACG Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Alexandros Lagakos – Co-Founder Greek Energy Forum, COO of Blue Grid
• Alexandra Sdoukou – Secretary General for Energy & Mineral Resources, Ministry for the Environment and Energy

17:20 – 17:45 | The ACG-GEF cooperation

• George Kokosalakis – Executive Director, ACG Center of Excellence in Logistics, Shipping, and Transportation
• Michalis Mathioulakis – GEF Academic Director, Energy Strategy Analyst

17:45 – 19:30 | Panel discussion: Lessons learned from the energy crisis and the way forward

• Nikos Tsafos – Chief energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece, Pierce Alumnus 1999
• David Livingston – Senior Advisor, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
• Athanasios Dagoumas – President at Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE)
• Rikard Scoufias – Chairman, Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company S.A. (HEREMA)
• Yanos Michopoulos – Corporate Governance and ESG – Institute of Directors
• Stella Zacharia – TERNA ENERGY, Head of Energy Assessment, Policy & Regulation / CEO, OPTIMUS ENERGY

19:30 – 19:50 | Q&A Session 

19:50 – 20:00 | Closing remarks

• Panagiotis Mavroeidis Kamperis, GEF Management Committee and Short Term LNG Trader at Qatar Gas
• Vassilis Mitrelis –  Credit Risk Manager, Informa (Lloyds Intelligence List), GEF Member, Deree Alumnus 2017

20:00 – 21:00 | Open discussion & networking

• Light buffet will be offered

The zoom link to join online the event is

https://zoom.us/j/97718221383

Meeting ID: 977 1822 1383

When:
Friday, November 18, 2022 (12:00-22:00) &
Saturday, November 19, 2022 (09:00-15:00)

Where: ACG Events Hall (Agia Paraskevi Campus, 6 Gravias Str.)

Co-organized by
The American College of Greece
Municipality of Agia Paraskevi
ATHENA RC
EIT Climate-KIC Greece Hub

in collaboration with
Center of Excellence in Sustainability, The American College of Greece
Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

About the event

Climathon is a 24-hour ideathon that aims to engage and raise awareness among citizens on issues related to the climate crisis and change, that the local community is facing. One of the main objectives, among others, is to identify sustainable and innovative solutions with a positive climate impact.

Climathon is one of the EIT Climate-KIC (Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community) initiatives, which is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The aim of the Climathon is to strengthen the initiatives of municipalities and citizens to deal with climate change. To date, Climathon has managed to unite 200 major cities, in 65 countries and 6 continents, supporting innovative actions in the context of the urban environment and hosting over 9,000 participants! In Greece, the Climathon has been organized in 14 cities (Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Thebes, Corfu, Heraklion, and Mytilene).

At the heart of the initiative are the Climathon organizers in each city, who support and promote the action around the world. Municipalities, businesses, schools and universities, experts and non-experts, young people, and parents are invited to join this journey of co-creating new solutions.

The Climathon in Agia Paraskevi is organized by Τhe American College of Greece, the Municipality of Agia Paraskevi, the ATHENA RC, which runs the EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece in collaboration with the Center of Excellence in Sustainability, The American College of Greece and the Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece.

Today, more than ever, we need innovative climate ideas and action in pursuit of zero carbon emissions on a global scale. Therefore, we aspire to contribute to finding effective solutions to the real climate challenges.

See Climathon agenda here

See the Challenge here

See the speakers, mentors, jury here

Event is open to the public.

Please bring your own laptop!

Registration is mandatory.

Under the Auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy 

With the participation of the LIFE IP AdaptInGr

Supporters 

Akis Petretzikis

Bake House

Georgas Family

Georgios Gallifianakis

Communication Sponsor 

GR Traveller

Πότε:
Παρασκευή, 18 Νοεμβρίου, 2022 (12:00-22:00) &
Σάββατο, 19 Νοεμβρίου, 2022 (09:00-15:00)

Πού: ACG Events Hall (Γραβιάς 6, Αγία Παρασκευή)

Διοργάνωση
Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Eλλάδος
Δήμος Αγίας Παρασκευής
ΕΚ ΑΘΗΝΑ
EIT Climate-KIC Greece Hub

σε συνεργασία με τα
Κέντρο Αριστείας για τη Bιωσιμότητα, Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος
Γραφείο Public Affairs, Aμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος

Σχετικά με την εκδήλωση

Το Climathon είναι ένα 24ωρο ideathon που επιδιώκει να προσελκύσει και να ευαισθητοποιήσει τους πολίτες σε θέματα που αντιμετωπίζει η τοπική κοινότητα και αφορούν την κλιματική κρίση και αλλαγή. Ένας από τους βασικούς στόχους, μεταξύ άλλων, είναι να εντοπίσει βιώσιμες και καινοτόμες λύσεις με θετικό αντίκτυπο για το κλίμα.

Το Climathon αποτελεί μία από τις πρωτοβουλίες του ΕΙΤ Climate-KIC (Κοινότητα Γνώσης και Καινοτομίας για το κλίμα), η οποία υποστηρίζεται από το Ευρωπαϊκό Ινστιτούτο Καινοτομίας και Τεχνολογίας (ΕΙΤ). Επιδίωξη του Climathon είναι η ενίσχυση των ενεργειών των δήμων και των πολιτών για την αντιμετώπιση της κλιματικής αλλαγής. Μέχρι σήμερα, το Climathon έχει καταφέρει να ενώσει 200 μεγάλες πόλεις, σε 65 χώρες και στις 6 ηπείρους, υποστηρίζοντας καινοτόμες δράσεις στο πλαίσιο του αστικού περιβάλλοντος και φιλοξενώντας πάνω από 9.000 συμμετέχοντες! Στην Ελλάδα το Climathon έχει διοργανωθεί σε 14 πόλεις (Αθήνα, Πειραιάς, Θεσσαλονίκη, Λάρισα, Θήβα, Κέρκυρα, Ηράκλειο  και Μυτιλήνη).

Στην καρδιά της πρωτοβουλίας βρίσκονται οι διοργανωτές του Climathon σε κάθε πόλη, οι οποίοι υποστηρίζουν και προωθούν το κίνημα σε όλο τον κόσμο. Δήμοι, επιχειρήσεις, σχολεία και πανεπιστήμια, ειδικοί και μη, νέοι και γονείς καλούνται να συμμετάσχουν σε αυτό το ταξίδι συνδημιουργίας νέων λύσεων.

Το Climathon στην Αγία Παρασκευή θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 18 και 19 Νοεμβρίου 2022 στο Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Eλλάδος από το Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος, τον Δήμο Αγίας Παρασκευής και το ΕΚ ΑΘΗΝΑ, που διευθύνει το EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece σε συνεργασία με το Κέντρο Αριστείας για τη Bιωσιμότητα, Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος, Γραφείο Public Affairs, Aμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος.

Σήμερα, περισσότερο από ποτέ, χρειαζόμαστε καινοτόμες ιδέες και δράσεις για το κλίμα επιδιώκοντας μηδενικές εκπομπές άνθρακα σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα. Ως εκ τούτου, φιλοδοξούμε να συνεισφέρουμε στην εξεύρεση αποτελεσματικών λύσεων για τις πραγματικές κλιματικές προκλήσεις.

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Δείτε εδώ την Πρόκληση

Δείτε εδώ τους ομιλητές, μέντορες και κριτές

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When:
Friday, 30 September – Friday, 9 December 2022 | Webinars every Friday (11:30-15:30 CET)

Organized by:

CSR Hellas
University of Crete
Executive Development, Alba Graduate Business School – The American College of Greece

Supported by:

ACG Center of Excellence for Sustainability (CES)
Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Under the Auspices:

Ministry of Development & Investments, Hellenic Republic
Ministry of Finance, Hellenic Republic
European Parliament, Office in Greece

About CSR School

The CSR-School provides advanced training regarding the identification of sustainability-related business opportunities and the inclusion of responsibility in the core of one’s business strategy, in order to achieve sustainable value and formulate a more resilient organization.

The training program is envisioned as a journey that will cover all major identified areas that relate to the responsible management of sustainability. From September to December 2022, during which a minimum of 40 hours of sustainability-related knowledge and management experience will be shared, trainees will gain an up-to-date overview of major developments around the largest environmental, social and governance challenges affecting businesses nowadays.

During the 10-part Webinar series, the participants will watch lectures by distinguished academic faculty members, discuss relevant case studies, learn about best practices that have been implemented by experienced senior professionals and exchange views and thoughts around the incorporation of relevant theory into the CSR initiatives of their own organization.

The first School took place in September 2019 at the premises of The American College of Greece, while the second  and third ones in 2020 and 2021 respectively were entirely digital due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The program is addressed to professionals and practitioners interested in gaining in-depth perspective and knowledge on corporate sustainability and responsibility as well as undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students.

The program will provide in-depth knowledge, as participants will receive a holistic training on CSR, in 10 thematic areas, and will combine theoretical knowledge provided by distinguished academics, practical examples by business practitioners from CSR Hellas members, and interactive dialogues among the practitioners and the tutors.

The thematic areas are the following:

• Sustainable Value Creation
• Sustainable Corporate Governance & Legal aspects of CSR
• Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Responsible Human Capital Management
• Management of Social Capital Management
• Climate Change and Environmental Management
• Sustainable Finance & Responsible Investments
• Responsibility and Sustainability driven Marketing
• Stakeholders management & Materiality Analysis
• Sustainable Reporting & Disclosures

For more information and to register, please visit the CSR School official website or contact us at [email protected].

When:
Monday, 19 September 2022 | 15:00-17:00 (Greek time)

Where:
The American College of Greece (ACG Events Hall)

Organized by:

CSR Hellas
University of Crete
Executive Development, Alba Graduate Business School – The American College of Greece

Supported by:

ACG Center of Excellence for Sustainability (CES)
Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Under the Auspices:

Ministry of Development & Investments, Hellenic Republic
Ministry of Finance, Hellenic Republic
European Parliament, Office in Greece

About the event

What does education – formal and informal – have to offer with regard to sustainability? How do the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) bridge academia and business in pursuit of a common future? What new skills are needed in the new sustainability landscape as it is taking shape? What do policies on a corporate and state level reflect regarding our progress so far in terms of sustainable development?

This CSR event will bring together representatives of the Greek state, expert professionals from the corporate world, and distinguished academics from both public and private universities for a high-level exchange of ideas based on their shared faith in the value of “Education for Sustainability.”

This event will also be an opportunity to celebrate CSR HELLAS’ major educational initiatives, that is:

• The CSR School, the Executive Education Program on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, offers advanced theoretical and practical training on the major thematic areas surrounding CSR today. The training program will be officially “kicked-off” at this event, as it begins just over 10 days later on 30 September, for its 4th implementation (Registrations are still open).
• The “Nikos Analytis” Student Contest on CSR, which brings together teams of students to study, analyze, argue and come up with concrete proposals regarding one or more of the SDGs. The topic of this year was “The Social Impact of Climate Change”, and the event will signal the completion of this 7th cycle of the contest with the award ceremony for the 3 highest-scoring teams.

For anyone who would like to view the event online, please click here.