ECOWEEK is an non-governmental non profit-organization (NGO) which started its activity in 2005 and was incorporated in Greece in 2007. NGO ECOWEEK promotes through its Articles sustainability, the principles of the Aarchus Convention and the right to all in information and justice for the environment.

President of ECOWEEK is architect Elias Messinas.




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ECOWEEK BOARD

Elias Messinas Founder, President [read more]
Elias is an architect and environmental consultant. He is a graduate of Athens College, Yale School of Architecture, and Ph.D. graduate in Urban Planning from the National Technical University of Athens. Elias attended an M.Sc. in Environment and Development at he National Technical University of Athens. Elias is a Fellow of the Ford Motor Company International Fellowship for Community Leadership. Elias promotes the principles of passive solar architecture and ecological building through his professional practice and consulting services. He is active on issues in environment and ecological building since 1995. He is actively involved in professional organizations promoting sustainability and 'green' architecture. He is the founder and President of NGO HELIOS for Sustainable Development, and co-founder of the Association for Holistic Architecture and Ecological Building (S.OL.AR.). Elias created the ECOWEEK - Week of Ecology in Aegina in 2005. Elias coordinates ECOWEEK activity in Greece and abroad.

Yvette Nahmia Founder, Board Member [read more]
Yvette is a therapist and teacher of Reiki and therapist of the Grinberg method. Yvette is a graduate of Athens College, a Psychology graduate of the Derre College of Greece, and has a Master in Jewish Civilization from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Yvette was an management assistant at the Jewish Museum of Greece and a Managing Editor and Senior Writer of the magazine of Yad Vashem Holocaust Authority in Jerusalem. Yvette coordinates the program "Midwives of Peace" between Israeli and Arab women.

The ADVISORY BOARD of ECOWEEK 2010 [see ECOWEEK 2009 program]:







Julie Bargmann, Landscape Designer (D.I.R.T. Studio, VA) Chair of the Board
Nataly Gattegno, Architect (Future Cities Lab & University of Michigan, USA)
Marina Topouzi, Architect and Environmental Consultant (UK)
Petros Babasikas, Architect and Architecture at Patras University (Drifting City, Greece)
Constantine Vakiris, Architect and visiting critic at UK universities (Greece)
Vassilis (Basil) Zotos, Architect and Town Planner (BGS, Greece)
Elias Messinas, Architect, Consultant (Ecoama, Greece, Israel), ECOWEEK President, Secretary of the Board
Faidra Matziaraki Architect, ECOWEEK Associate and coordinator of ECOWEEK 2010 Secretary of the Board
The Advisory Board of ECOWEEK 2010 is still formulating; the final list will be announced shortly.


The ADVISORY BOARD of the program YOUNG ARCHITECTS FORUM by ECOWEEK [read more]:







Ken Yeang, Architect (T. R. Hamzah & Yeang, Malaysia and Llewelyn Davies Yeang, UK), Chairman of the Board
Julie Bargmann, Landscape Designer (D.I.R.T. Studio, VA)
Alexandros Tombazis, FAIA Architect (Meletitiki – A. Tombazis, Greece)
Ruth Lahav, Architect (R.Lahav Rigg Architects, Israel)
Kostas Tsipiras, Ecological Engineer (K. & Th. Tsipiras Architects, Greece)
Jacques Allard, Director (ArchiWorld, Belgium)
Nataly Gattegno, Architect (Future Cities Lab & University of Michigan, USA)
Elias Messinas, Architect, Environmental Consultant (Ecoama, Greece, Israel), President of Ecoweek, Executive Director of the Board

ECOWEEK ASSOCIATES

Helik Shemer is an expert in Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Environmental Policy Analysis. Helik worked in managerial positions in TechniData America, Ariel Research Corporation, Electra Consumer Products, and others. Helik has a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion. Helik is the Director of the establishment of ECOWEEK operations and activity in the United States and consultant to ECOWEEK in strategy and development. Helik is the coordinator of the program "Sustainable Society Project: An experiment in world citizenship" in cooperation between Bedouin, Israeli and American schools.


Faidra Matziaraki is an architect, a graduate with distinctions from the University of Edinburg, with experience in architectural firms in Greece and abroad, among them Richard Rogers and Partners in London. Faidra coordinates the ECOWEEK annual international conference in Athens.


Konstantina Kostoula a gradute of King's College MA Environment and Development program and Panteion University, has an expertise in educational programs for the environment. Konstantina coordinated and implemented the environmental awareness program by ECOWEEK in schools devasted by fire at the Ilias Prefecture, a program supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Konstantina coordinates ECOWEEK activity in Greece in different projects.


Eleni Harlan is a graduate with a BA Philosophy and Politics in Exeter University, and continues her studies in MSc in Sustainable Cities at King's College in London. Eleni Harlan has worked for the French Ministry of Education. Eleni coordinates ECOWEEK activity in Europe.


MKC City College in Larnaka, Cyprus is an academic institution with a 30-year history of academic excellence and a rich array of time-honored traditions. The MKC City College is ECOWEEK's associate partner in Cyprus.


ECOWEEK TEAM 15+300 (GREECE & CYPRUS)

Program TEAM 15+300 by ECOWEEK took place in 2008-2009. This program included the training of the team of associates in leadership and the environment and the undertaking of an educational program for envrionmental awareness in schools in Greece and Cyprus.


The 2008-2009 associates were:







Lida Voutsina is an architect, graduate of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA-Ethniko Metsovio Politechnio), attended two semsters at the Kunglika Tekniska Hogskolan in Stockholm, and is a candidate of the Masters program of NTUA. Lida also coordinated the ECOWEEK participation in trade shows in Greece.

Konstantina Kostoula a gradute of King's College MA Environment and Development program and Panteion University, has an expertise in educational programs for the environment. Konstantina coordinated and implemented the environmental awareness program by ECOWEEK in schools devasted by fire at the Ilias Prefecture, a program supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Sandy Karachaliou is an architect, graduate of Athens College, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA-Ethniko Metsovio Politechnio), and a candidate of the MSc program in Environment and Development of the NTUA.

Nefeli Klideris graduate of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens she is enrolled in the MSc program in Environmental Design in Buildings of Wales School of Architecture, Cardiff University.

Antonios Orlov is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Athens, and served as President of the Commercial and Merchant Union of Spetses.

Maria Spyrakou is a graduate of the Pireus University Department of Managment and Organization of Industrial Systems and a graduate of the Univeristy of Economics of Athens.

Kyriaki Ioannou Kazamia is an expert in ecological design, graduate of Bath University and PhD candidate in Architecture at the University of Cardiff. Kyriaki is an ECOWEEK associate in Cyprus.

Elena Hadjigeorgiou is an expert in chromatotherapy and a Reiki therapist, graduat in Business Administration from Staffordshire Polytechnic. Elena is an ECOWEEK associate in Cyprus.