Every year, on October 16, coinciding with World Food Day, the international peasant movement La Via Campesina calls for global mobilisation in support of people’s food sovereignty and against the growing power of transnational corporations over food systems.
With the participation of more than 10 volunteers, the restoration of the old trail connecting the two villages of Demati and Petra in Eastern Zagori was completed after five days of intensive volunteer work, collaboration, and shared village life.
Antonis grew up in Agria, Volos, and lived in central Athens for six years. Although the city offered him valuable professional experience, the desire to leave its intense pace behind was always present. His first meaningful introduction to the region
What could Vovousa look like in 2040 if today’s challenges were seen not as an inevitable path of decline, but as a starting point for collective action? This was the central question that launched the Forest Commons Lab –
Life in Krania, Aspropotamos, means above all a sense of calm, first and foremost, peace of mind, Sofia explains. It is a daily life close to nature, where there is always something to do: a small repair around the house, work in the yard and garden, gathering herbs, and
The horizontal ban on the movement of flocks for this year’s summer season, prompted by the outbreak of sheep and goat pox, ruptures a centuries-old ecological, productive, and cultural relationship. Transhumant livestock farming is a fundamental mechanism for landscape management. It regulates vegetation, maintains the
On 19–21 June 2026, in Prespa, we co-organised a meeting of particular significance. It was a first structured effort to bring together, in the same space, organisations, social enterprises, environmental bodies and research collectives working on biodiversity, the social and solidarity economy
From 21 to 23 July 2026, Vovousa becomes a meeting point for an open three-day participatory workshop dedicated to the forest, the community, and the possibilities of collaborative management of forest ecosystems. Forest Commons Lab – Vovousa is implemented by
The High Mountains participated in the European Commission’s public consultation on the new Right to Stay: Your Region, Your Future strategy, submitting a comment based on their experience from the mountain and rural areas of Epirus and, in particular, from the
Eleni’s journey to our village began through The High Mountains’ open call for the management of their mountain greenhouses. Together with her family, she applied, was selected, and today lives in Demati, taking care of the greenhouses and