In Demati, in eastern Zagori, a group of young people is attempting to reopen the conversation about the future of mountainous regions, choosing to live and create in the mountains. The initiative “The High Mountains,” founded in 2016, began in the mountainous…
In the public debate on rural development, a profound lack of understanding prevails among the state, producers, and society. The absence of a shared framework of understanding has led to mutual distrust and the perpetuation of structural problems, while the Greek countryside
The image of the country appears increasingly divided. On the one hand, the major urban centers are being pushed to their limits, with Athens and Thessaloniki facing an explosive rise in rents, traffic congestion, and the overloading of basic public services. On the other hand,
The Militaire News video opens a critical discussion about the Greek countryside, placing at its center the farmers and livestock breeders who are struggling both for subsidies and for the survival of mountainous regions. Through the remarks of Sotiris Tsoukarelis, founding member
The ERT program “Giving Life Back to the Greek Mountains” takes us to a side of mountainous Greece that rarely finds its place in public discourse in all its real complexity: a Greece that is defined not only by abandonment or
The Collaboration Hackathon and the Final Event of the program “Developing Cooperativism”, held on June 14 at the JOIST Innovation Park in Ioannina, offered living proof that the Greek regions can be fertile ground for new collective ideas, collaborations, and networks.
Starting from the recent blackout in Spain and Portugal, the issue of technological dependence and the growing vulnerability of countries and communities to international crises, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions comes into focus. The everyday reality of modern life, from mobile phones…
Ioannina becomes the starting point for a cycle of meetings, actions, and creative collaborations that place the collective reconstruction of the countryside at the center.
In "The High Mountains" Social Cooperative, we give a unique opportunity to individuals, couples or families with knowledge and experience in agricultural production to put down roots in a mountain village and build a new life close to nature. If you are looking for a different way of life
Last January, Tzoumakers participated in the second Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology (GIAΑ) in Ahmedabad, India, a powerful gathering of initiatives dedicated to community-driven, open-source solutions for small-scale agriculture.