Fifteen Places to Go Birding Before You Die: In Greece...

 

Fifteen Places to Go Birding Before You Die: In Greece!

This is on a whim, so here goes!!

Greece is conviniently divided into north and south; two countries really, one is Balkan, the other Mediterranean. 

The list: 

North (N)

1. Evros Delta and surroundings. 2. Dadia National Park and along the river and surroundings. 3. Vistonis and surroundings including the Kompsatos Gorge. 4. Central Rhodope Mountains. 5. Kerkini and Belles Mountain forests. 6. Thermaikos Gulf Wetlands. 7. Lake Volvi. 8. Prespa. 9. Northern Pindos. 10. Kalamas Delta and Kalamas valley. 11. Corfu. 12 Amvrakikos. 13. Olympus and surroundings, including Tempe and Pinos Delta area. 14. Lake Karla. 15. Lesvos.

South (S)

1. Southern Amvrakikos, incl. Northern Lefkada. 2. Arakinthos, Lakes, Klisoura Gorge. 3. Messolonghi. 4. Strophilia-Kotychi. 5. Pylos. 6. Spercheios Delta. 7. Oiti. 8. Parnassus. 9. Lakes Yliki-Paralimni. 10. Schinias -Marathon Lake and surroundings. 11. Skyros. 12. Samos. 13. Rethymnon area. 14. Chania area. 15. Antikythira.

The background map is from eBird, 12.03.2023

Exhibition: A walk-in map of water in the city of Athens (Goethe-Institut Athens)

 

ATLAS OF MEDITERRANEAN LIQUIDITY

Exhibition: 

A walk-in map of the points of water in Athens. 

Goethe-Institut Athens

Duration of exhibition: 6 April 2023

The Goethe-Instituts in the Mediterranean have joined forces to develop a series of digital maps on water as a valuable natural resource in the Mediterranean region.

In this context, artists and creators in collaboration with scientists undertook to design interactive maps through which a polyphonic collection of new perspectives and narratives about our relationship with the element of water emerges.

For the digital map concerning Greece, the local partners of the project - the collaborative-interdisciplinary design team Commonspace and the assistance of Stamatis Zogaris - a focus on the city of Athens. Nikos Providakis and other naturalists also helped with video work. Commonspace is a collaborative - interdisciplinary planning design group that has been operating since 2012. It provides services in the fields of Spatial Strategies, Architecture, Social Research, Urban and Environmental Design and Participatory Planning. It seeks to be a link between citizens, social institutions and public authorities, a hub for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and practices between citizens, experts and decision-makers.

Their research into urban space and the biodiversity of the city's scarce water elements come together at the Goethe-Institut Athen to create an installation that gives the capital's public access to a so far “unseen” map of water.

The exhibit is designed by the Athenian architect Eleni Spyridakis, the interactive map of Athens comes to life in the space of the Goethe-Institut Athen, where it is hosted. Furthermore, a reading corner in the institute is dedicated to the library's titles on water as a natural resource. The website and online maps are designed by nature interpretation expert Aris Vidalis.

Opening hours: Monday - Thursday 09:00 - 22:00, Friday 09:00 - 17:00, Saturday 09:00 - 14:00. Until the 6th of April 2023. Admission: Free

ΨΗΦΙΑΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ: https://atlas.akrino.com/

ΨΗΦΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΤΛΑΣ: https://medliq.art/

Photos below show the grand opening of the exhibition in the Library of the Goethe Institut in downtown Athens. Photos copyright © of Alexandra Masmanidi except for some I took as well; many thanks! 

While filming little snippets, I started talking to the smartphone camera and including commentary. This was really very easy with next-to-no preparation. I highly recommend it and it can be used to promote our work more (see some sellected film snippets in: https://atlas.akrino.com/)

Digital Versions

ΨΗΦΙΑΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ: https://atlas.akrino.com/

ΨΗΦΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΤΛΑΣ: https://medliq.art/