Implementing Sustainable Development
Through Environmental Camps: The
Case of Skyros Project
Constantina Skanavis, Aristea Kounani, Konstantinos Tsamopoulos,
Georgios Polymeris-Maripas, Athanasios Koukoulis, Lampros Topaltsis
and Kyriakos Antonopoulos
Abstract Today’s utmost concern about the sustainability of our planet has made
environmental education an even more imperative tool for changing our behavior
to an optimal one. Environmental summer camps could help children to become
acquainted with natural environment and to develop environmental ethics. Environmental summer camps are considered to increase participants’ consciousness
by promoting environmental conservation and sustainability skills. The current
research was conducted in summer of 2017 at a northern Greece mountainous region
with rich natural heritage, known as Nestorio. The purpose of this study was to
The specific project is an educational and communicational program, implemented by the University
of the Aegean in collaboration with the Skyros Port Authority, aiming to increase the environmental
awareness of local communities towards sustainable development. An administered survey provided
results in order to assess knowledge and environmental awareness, prior to and after completion
of this summer camp, using face-to-face interviews with participants. Recommendations on the
effectiveness of Skyros Project were the outcome of the trial of this summer camp at Nestorio area.
C. Skanavis · A. Kounani (B) · K. Tsamopoulos · G. Polymeris-Maripas · A. Koukoulis ·
L. Topaltsis · K. Antonopoulos
Skyros Port Fund, Linaria, Skyros, Greece
e-mail: kounani@env.aegean.gr
C. Skanavis
e-mail: cskanav@aegean.gr
K. Tsamopoulos
e-mail: mar12074@marine.aegean.gr
G. Polymeris-Maripas
e-mail: env12045@env.aegean.gr
A. Koukoulis
e-mail: env12026@env.aegean.gr
L. Topaltsis
e-mail: env11069@env.aegean.gr
K. Antonopoulos
e-mail: litasky@otenet.gr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_9
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Through Environmental Camps: The
Case of Skyros Project
Constantina Skanavis, Aristea Kounani, Konstantinos Tsamopoulos,
Georgios Polymeris-Maripas, Athanasios Koukoulis, Lampros Topaltsis
and Kyriakos Antonopoulos
Abstract Today’s utmost concern about the sustainability of our planet has made
environmental education an even more imperative tool for changing our behavior
to an optimal one. Environmental summer camps could help children to become
acquainted with natural environment and to develop environmental ethics. Environmental summer camps are considered to increase participants’ consciousness
by promoting environmental conservation and sustainability skills. The current
research was conducted in summer of 2017 at a northern Greece mountainous region
with rich natural heritage, known as Nestorio. The purpose of this study was to
The specific project is an educational and communicational program, implemented by the University
of the Aegean in collaboration with the Skyros Port Authority, aiming to increase the environmental
awareness of local communities towards sustainable development. An administered survey provided
results in order to assess knowledge and environmental awareness, prior to and after completion
of this summer camp, using face-to-face interviews with participants. Recommendations on the
effectiveness of Skyros Project were the outcome of the trial of this summer camp at Nestorio area.
C. Skanavis · A. Kounani (B) · K. Tsamopoulos · G. Polymeris-Maripas · A. Koukoulis ·
L. Topaltsis · K. Antonopoulos
Skyros Port Fund, Linaria, Skyros, Greece
e-mail: kounani@env.aegean.gr
C. Skanavis
e-mail: cskanav@aegean.gr
K. Tsamopoulos
e-mail: mar12074@marine.aegean.gr
G. Polymeris-Maripas
e-mail: env12045@env.aegean.gr
A. Koukoulis
e-mail: env12026@env.aegean.gr
L. Topaltsis
e-mail: env11069@env.aegean.gr
K. Antonopoulos
e-mail: litasky@otenet.gr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_9
147