[Vickie Stavropoulou]

Organization Earth is an award-winning Greek NGO, founded in 2010. Our mission is to deliver
community-driven change towards a fair and resilient society, as anchored in the UN SGDs.

We have created long-term knowledge triangle alliances between local authorities,
civil society organizations, academia, policy makers, private businesses, grassroots communities,
philanthropic foundations as well as citizens to solve social & environmental problems and to
educate people of all ages to think and act as agents of change.

We offer “learning-by-doing” educational programs, aiming at mitigation and adaptation to climate
change, predominantly in urban centers, as well as social inclusion, skill-building and green
education. Activities’ themes focus on issues relevant to urban sustainable development and
tackling the climate crisis such as UN Sustainable Development Goals, circular economy, sustainable
agri-food systems and healthy eating, biodiversity conservation, recycling, composting and
upcycling, and sustainable urban mobility. They encourage the active role of citizens in
implementing collective actions and their equal access to a sustainable urban environment.

We also promote nature-based solutions for climate-neutral and inclusive cities, including pocket
parks, urban forests, community gardens, green roofs, and implementing development programs
for vulnerable social groups, engaging local communities.

Some of our interventions take place within densely populated urban areas and in, or near, some of
the most deprived parts of the Athens Metropolitan Area. Our activities are inclusive, project
participants include vulnerable social groups, such as people with intellectual disabilities, refugees,
the elderly and long-term unemployed. We also offer programs for school children, university
students, municipality and corporate employees.

For over ten years, Organization Earth has been operating the “Center of the Earth”, an
environmental education hub, which offers learning-by-doing programs, and community-based
activities on sustainable lifestyles. More than 70.000 children and students, and 50.000 adults have
been beneficiaries in our educational programs.

Organization Earth has experience in managing and implementing EU funded programs.

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