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Guardians of the Coasts – Meeting Brigada do Mar: From Beach Clean-ups to environmental education

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On 14 October, the Greek Guardians of the Coasts team learned about Brigada do Mar, a Portuguese organisation combining coastal clean-ups, volunteering, recycling initiatives and environmental education. Activities, meetings and practices At Escola da Trafaria, the organisation presented an environmental education programme involving six schools over the year. Through interactive workshops and hands-on activities, students

Guardians of the Coasts – Visit to Cabo da Roca: Managing fragile rocky coastlines

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13/10/2026 | Coastal protection involves different natural processes in different places. At Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Europe, within Sintra–Cascais Natural Park, our study visit focused on a rocky coastal environment with steep cliffs, strong Atlantic wave action, significant geological features and habitats adapted to exposed conditions. Unlike dune restoration at Dunas da Cresmina,

Guardians of the Coasts – Dunas da Cresmina and Cascais Ambiente: Protecting dunes while maintaining public access

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13/10/2026 Context of the visit Coastal dunes are not merely features of a landscape. They support native biodiversity, regulate sand movement and provide natural protection against erosion. At Dunas da Cresmina, near Guincho Beach in Sintra–Cascais Natural Park, the Guardians of the Coasts team examined how vulnerable dune habitats can be protected while allowing

Guardians of the Coasts: From Greece to Portugal – Shared Coastal Challenges, Collective Responses

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Portugal | 12–16 October 2026 From the dunes of Cascais to the beaches of Comporta and Melides, the Greek team of Guardians of the Coasts took part in a five-day study visit to Portugal (12–16 October 2026), in collaboration with Aequalitas. Through meetings with environmental organisations, citizens’ movements, scientific institutions and local government representatives, we

Guardians of the Coasts – Workshop 5: “Challenges & Tools for Active Citizens ”

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Active Citizenship in Practice: When Resilience Becomes a Group Responsibility On 30 September 2026, FOTOESSA hosted the fifth experiential workshop of the Guardians of the Coasts project, entitled “Active Citizenship in Practice – Challenges & Tools for Active Citizens.” The workshop focused on a question that is often overlooked in discussions about civic engagement. Knowing

“Personal Identity & Shared Values”: Intercultural Dialogue Workshop for high-school students in Turkey

29September2026fotoessaCIVIL SOCIETY, EDUCATION-TRAINING

From 22 to 28 September 2026, in Uşak, Türkiye, as Human to Human GROWTH, we had the opportunity to contribute to the educational dimension of Erasmus+ Zero Waste Kitchen | Atıksız Mutfak, bringing an experiential non-formal and intercultural learning experience into a high-school classroom at TED Uşak College. Aspasia Protogerou, intercultural expert and trainer, with

ALFinMotion – Mobility for Partnership: From Field Research to the Co-creation of a New Educational Bridge between Greece and Tunisia

10September2026fotoessaCIVIL SOCIETY, EDUCATION-TRAINING

The seven-day mobility of FOTOESSA and ATAC within the framework of ALFinMotion – Mobility for Partnership, hosted by FOTOESSA in Greece from 1 to 9 September 2026, had a very specific objective: to create the space and conditions for two organisations from opposite shores of the Mediterranean to work together on the development of

Guardians of the Coasts – Workshop 4: “Collaboration Tools for Activists”

21August2026fotoessaCIVIL SOCIETY, EDUCATION-TRAINING

The fourth experiential workshop of the European “Guardians of the Coasts” project was implemented on 20 August 2026 by FOTOESSA – Centre for Education, Research and Action, as part of the project’s adult capacity-building programme. The workshop was designed for a small core group of six active citizens living and working in the Municipality of

Guardians of the Coasts – Workshop 3: Beaches – From Collective Memory to Shared Vision

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Collective memory as a tool for co-creating the future of our coasts What is worth carrying forward from the beaches of yesterday to the beaches of tomorrow? This question guided the third experiential workshop of the Erasmus+ project Guardians of the Coasts, entitled “Beaches: From Collective Memory to Shared Vision”, organised by Aspasia Protogerou and

Guardians of the Coasts – Workshop 2: Exploring the Human Meaning of Coastal Places

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Sharing Stories from Our Beaches: Exploring the Human Meaning of Coastal Places 4 July ’26 – As part of the Erasmus+ project Guardians of the Coasts, FOTOESSA organised the second experiential storytelling workshop entitled “Sharing Stories from Our Beaches”, bringing together members of the local community in an educational journey that combined personal storytelling, active