Peliti (which means “oak tree” in the language of the Pontic/ Black Sea Greeks), became a legal NGO in 2003. It collaborates with groups in other countries, including Austria and Turkey, and with the Greek national seed bank in Thessaloniki. Volunteers come to work and learn at the Peliti centre. A catalogue is issued annually (in Greek only), with a listing of growers in the Peliti network who offer to share seeds that they have saved. Plant varieties are named, along with contact information. The catalogue also contains many interesting articles on topics such as the diet of ancient Greeks, types of traditional wheat, types of grains, threshing, and indigenous animals also in danger of disappearing from Greece. Including livestock well-adapted to regional conditions. If one turns the book upside down, one finds 65 pages with a second network, called Από Χέρι σε Χέρι, και από καρδιά σε καρδιά/ From Hand to Hand and from Heart to Heart. Listings in this network consist of services or goods offered in exchange for goods/ services desired, listed under region/ town. No money is involved. I noticed that quite a number of people offered services without indicating anything desired in exchange. Some offer food and lodging, along with lessons in languages, soap-making, or yoga in exchange for agricultural work, olive oil in exchange for organic food products, reflexology and herbs in exchange for being hosted or for fruit, vegetables, eggs and cheese. Another offer is of freesia bulbs in exchange for strawberry and mushroom seeds. A fascinating network, this!! These two networks seem surely related, as they both bring together people involved in growing healthy food, nature, ecological communities, alternative house construection, healing, crafts, languages, computers, etc.
Peliti puts on a big festival every year, on 30 April, to which anyone may go, with or without seeds to share. Information about the festival is on the site. Click on the British flag for English on their website.
http://www.aeginagreece.com/aegina/pages/articles/nature/peliti_seed_bank_aegina.html
http://oipolloi.co/?p=301
http://www.artivist.gr/en/peliti-an-alternative-community-in-greece/#.VHDLfMl5WSo
http://www.europe-greece.com/article_en.php?i=153
http://mitcoivanov.com/biggest-seed-bank-on-the-balkans/
http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-largest-seed-exchange-in-the-world-inspires-change
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01/03/2015 10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
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15/02/2015 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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