Οικολογική Κίνηση Θεσσαλονίκης

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ΝΑ ΣΩΣΟΥΜΕ ΜΑΖΙ ΤΟ ΑΥΡΙΟ ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΚΛΕΒΟΥΝ!

Η Οικολογική Κίνηση Θεσσαλονίκης είναι η παλαιότερη εν ζωή ελληνική οικολογική οργάνωση, με δράσεις από το 1982, που σφράγισαν τη ζωή της πόλης και έπαιξαν ρόλο ευρύτερα, σε ζητήματα περιβάλλοντος,
ποιότητας ζωής, δικαιωμάτων, σεβασμού της διαφορετικότητας, ειρήνης, αλληλεγγύης.
Δώσαμε εκατοντάδες μάχες στους δρόμους, στις δικαστικές αίθουσες, στα media, στη συνείδηση των ανθρώπων, για να σώσουμε ότι άξιζε να σωθεί. Αλλά και για να δημιουργήσουμε ΕΔΩ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΡΑ
έναν άλλο κόσμο, μια παράλληλη πόλη, ζωντανά δίκτυα ενεργών ανθρώπων, που αλληλοστηρίζονται και εμπνέονται για κοινές δράσεις.
Σώσαμε το Σέιχ Σου, τον Χορτιάτη, τα δάση της Χαλκιδικής από τα συμφέροντα, κάναμε την
πρώτη ποδηλατοπορεία στη χώρα, διαδώσαμε τις αρχές της οικολογίας, την αυτοοργάνωση, τον σεβασμό στις άλλες μορφές ζωής, την παγκόσμια συνείδηση, την έμπρακτη αλληλεγγύη, την πραγματική ελευθερία, την καθαρή παραγωγή, τα βιολογικά προϊόντα, τις περιαστικές καλλιέργειες, την προστασία των
σπόρων, την κοινωνική και αλληλέγγυα οικονομία, τους εναλλακτικούς τρόπους ζωής και σκέψης.
Από το 2011 οργανώνουμε με επιτυχία το Greenwave Festival, τo οικολογικό φεστιβάλ της Θεσσαλονίκης.
Από το 2013 λειτουργούμε τον κοινωνικό χώρο «Οικόπολις», με πλούσιες δράσεις για την οικολογία και την κοινωνική αλληλεγγύη, με σημαντικό έργο συμπαράστασης στους πρόσφυγες του πολέμου.
Και τώρα δημιουργούμε ένα Κέντρο Ημέρας για τους πρόσφυγες, με στήριξη μέσα στην πόλη, σε διατροφικό, ψυχοκοινωνικό και άλλα επίπεδα.
Φτιάχνουμε τους καιρούς μας! Και χρειαζόμαστε τη δική σου συμβολή.

Oικολογική Κίνηση Θεσσαλονίκης
τηλ./fax: 2310222503, Πτολεμαίων 29Α, e-mail: info@ecology-salonika.org, site.: www.ecology-salonika.org
Greenwave Festival – To πράσινο φεστιβάλ της Θεσσαλονίκης, με συμμετοχές από την Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό.
http://greenwavefestival.com/ • www.facebook.com/greenwavethess
Οικόπολις - μια παράλληλη πόλη – για την οικολογία και την κοινωνική αλληλεγγύη. Κοινωνικός χώρος. Πτολεμαίων 29α.
Κέντρο ημέρας για τους πρόσφυγες. Ορφανίδου 5, τηλ. 2315530644

Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki (Greek: Οικολογική Κίνηση Θεσσαλονίκης, Oikologiki Kinisi Thessalonikis), is the oldest living eco-political group of Greece. It was founded in 1982, by an initial core of people with ecological sensitivities who wanted to turn them into action. Oikologiki Kinisi in fact means ecological move or action or movement. This shows an emphasis on action and social mobilization. The political agenda of the group consists of the main pillars of the green ideology: ecology, peace/non-violence, grassroots democracy, human rights, social solidarity, with a strong social context. A major influence was Murray Bookchin's social ecology. André Gorz, Ivan Illich and Cornelius Castoriadis were also significant influences.

The first major campaign (1982) was about Thessaloniki's Ring Road (or By-Pass), which was planned to pass through the urban forest that surrounds the city and means a lot to its citizens. Thousands of trees were planned to fell. Demonstrations both on the site of the works in the forest and in the city's main streets raised a significant public support (there was a march where 2000 people were gathered). Unfortunately, this mobilization didn't manage to cancel the construction of the new road. It gave the group however, a good boost to continue.

The group had an open form of organisation, with a weekly free meeting as an organisational core element. Decisions were made by all persons present. It served something like a school from which many initiatives emerged and took their autonomous route. In 1984, a small group of university students in Thessaloniki, most of which belonged to Oikologiki Kinissi, undertook the first attempts to treat injured or sick wild animals. They rescued animals from the city zoo, where the public abandoned them not having anything better to do with them other than stuff them. Very soon the small group joined the Hellenic Ornithological Society (http://www.ornithologiki.gr/en/enmain.htm), and wildlife rehabilitation became a regular activity of the Society for several years and received much publicity for its success. In 1990, the Hellenic Wildlife Hospital, a non-profit organization, was founded by the most active rehabbers, who were mostly members of the original team.

The group studies, prepares proposals and generally is active about issues of urban ecology, the traffic problem, the protection of the urban forest, the city sewage treatment, etc. In June 1998 it participated in the Global Street Party, organised by the British group Reclaim the Streets. Another direction of action is the nearby biotopes, like the forest of Chortiatis or the two Ramsar wetlands (Deltas of Axios, Loudias and Aliakmonas rivers and lakes Koronia and Volvi).

In the 1990s

At the end of the 1980s, the group took an initiative for the formation of a Greek Federation of ecological and environmental organisations, which had successful results. However, the Federation soon transformed in 1990 to a political party (Alternative Ecologists), which proved to be short-lived, since many problems came on the surface. The collapse of the party brought a decline in membership for the larger groups, while the smaller and newer groups ceased to exist. Oikologiki Kinisi Thessalonikis managed to survive but with very reduced membership. However, the group's positions had still a strong appeal. In 1995, members of the group founded ANTIGONE – Information & Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence (http://www.antigone.gr/).

The group, motivated by its anti-war and non-violent positions, declared its opposition to the war in former Yugoslavia, the ethnic cleansic practices of the Serbian Government and NATO interference. It tried to draw the attention of the Greek public against the support of Mr. Milosevich. It tried to strengthen the ties of the Balkan green, peace and democratic groups and it organised a conference with speakers from the Serbian Independent Syndicates and the Kossovar independent press.

During the 1990s, a sub-group working on issues of conscientious objectors, peace, anti-militarism and non-violence, initiated the magazine ARNOUMAI (I REFUSE).

After 2000

In 2000, the main campaigns were about genetically modified foods (effort to build a nation-wide coalition against GMOs) and the changes to the Greek Constitution proposed by a parliamentary committee. Particularly, the proposed change of Article 24, concerning forest and nature protection, was unacceptably vague and less strong than the previous form. A strong protesting current emerged, by local ecological groups, national environmental NGOs, and other organisations. In 2004, a Greek Network against GMOs managed to form (http://www.gmostop.org).
Ecological Movement also organizes GreenWave Festival an alternative “green” celebration every year since 2011, in cooperation to other organizations and networks.

At 2012 the social space OIKOPOLIS was created as an initiative of the Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki. OIKOPOLIS objectives are:
> ) the dissemination and application of green ideas and values and alternative solutions through organizing events, lectures, discussions, seminars, workshops and other activities on issues of ecological, political, social and cultural content
> the practical solidarity to individuals and social groups in need, as well as the realization of raising-awareness actions on issues of discrimination, racism, violence, etc, but also support actions for those who suffer from them.