Instructor, Sustainable Development Program, SFUSD381 – Building Sustainable Communities (2016-2020) (the course included local community partnerships, e.g., with CityStudio and the City of Vancouver, photo from the 2018 Hubbub event)
Applied research on the potential of Open Online Resources and interactive educational techniques to enhance sustainability learning at SFU (2015-2019). More details here and here.
Research internships with local governments on sustainability planning and assessment, incl. workshops and interviews with City Council and senior staff. District of North Vancouver & City of Maple Ridge, B.C. (2017-2018) (details here)
Development of a database of Open Educational Resources related to Sustainable Development and Sustainable Community Development: oer4sd.omeka.net (2017-2018).
Participation in the Leverhulme International Network “Tomorrow’s City Today – An International Comparison of Eco-City Frameworks”, with SFU’s Centre for Sustainable Community Development and Dr. Mark Roseland (2014-2015). More information, reports, and videos here.
Research and write-up of a study on the Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the South Europe regions (“REGIOCLIMA“, an INTERREG IVC project).
Reforestation projects in 6 areas around Greece. More than 110.000 trees, support and management for 3 years. In collaboration with NGOs, corporate partners, foundations, and local public authorities. Planting events with hundreds of people of all ages. See the TV commercial of the reforestation project sponsored by Coca Cola 3E and another one sponsored by the National Bank of Greece.