Herbalists Without Borders Athens, Greece Chapter

20/10/2025

This week! Join us for Mountains of Greece: Heritage Narratives from the Past for a Sustainable Future conference. In-person registration is full, but join us online and hear from captivating speakers discussing different heritage aspects of Greece's majestic mountains - from archaeologists to botanists to mountain tourism professionals.

I will be speaking about "Medicine on the Mountain: Ancient Remedies from Dioscorides' De Materia Medica" on Thursday, October 23 at 5:30pm Athens time.

Free registration:

This special two-day conference at the British School at Athens aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece. It explores how that heritage can best be protected for the future, in the context of the current rapid expansion of mountain tourism and development in&

16/09/2025

Join us for the Mountains of Greece Conference in Athens, October 22-24! In-person registration is full, but you can join us on Zoom. This special conference at the British School at Athens aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece and explores how that heritage can best be protected for the future, in the context of the current rapid expansion of mountain tourism and development in Greece.

How can we activate the huge untapped potential for expanded engagement with history, heritage, and conservation in the mountain landscapes of Greece? How can we ensure a sustainable approach to environmental and cultural preservation?

We define heritage in the broadest possible sense, to include archaeological, botanical, and cultural heritage, encompassing not only physical sites and material culture, but also stories and images of mountain life, from antiquity to the 21st century.

The conference brings together academics, writers, botanists, conservationists, policy makers, mountain tourism professionals, and local community representatives to share their distinctive perspectives. We also aim to take a comparative approach, joining up the challenges faced by Greek mountain communities and organizations with similar challenges from other mountain regions around the world.

This special two-day conference at the British School at Athens aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece. It explores how that heritage can best be protected for the future, in the context of the current rapid expansion of mountain tourism and development in&

21/07/2025

Save the date! Mountains of Greece conference in Athens on October 22-24, 2025. 🌿

We're so excited to be co-organizing and hosting the conference "Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future" at the British School at Athens on October 22-23, 2025.

This special two-day conference aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece. Keep an eye on our social media channels, mailing list, and website for registration. Both in-person and online participation will be available.

Organized by:
Prof Jason König (University of St Andrews)
Maria Christodoulou (The Greek Herbalist)
Dr Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)
Prof Rebecca Sweetman (BSA)

https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mountains-of-greece-heritage-narratives-from-the-past-for-a-sustainable-future

Save the date: Mountains of Greece conference 🗻🌄🏔

We're excited to be co-organising and hosting the conference "Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future" at the BSA Upper House in October 2025. Organised by Prof Jason König (University of St Andrews), Maria Christodoulou (The Greek Herbalist), Dr Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) and Prof Rebecca Sweetman (BSA), this special two-day conference aims to shed new light on the heritage of mountain regions in Greece.

Keep an eye on our social media channels, mailing and website for the full programme over summer.

📆 22-24 October 2025
📍 British School at Athens, Souedias 52, 106 76 Athens and online 🌐
ℹ https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mountains-of-greece-heritage-narratives-from-the-past-for-a-sustainable-future/

27/06/2025

The island of Kythera is a beloved island to residents and visitors alike. It was the home of famed herbalist Juliette de Bairacli Levy in the latter part of her life. Today, the island is facing the threat of industrial wind farm installation that will devastate the pristine nature of the island and transform it into an industrial zone.

Please take a moment to voice your concerns against this construction. Specific instructions at the link. Your voice matters!

We’ve now collected over 1,000 signatures! These will be delivered to the relevant ministry in Greece in the coming days.

24/03/2025

Interested in an educational and relaxing experience on the island of Kos?

September 20-25, 2025: Join The Greek Herbalist on the historic island of Kos, the birthplace of Hippocrates, for an immersion in ancient Greek herbal medicine.

14/02/2025

Hellebore is a deceptively beautiful plant with poisonous properties. Many dangers are associated with using this plant. According to the ancient physician Dioscorides, the digger of the plant must eat garlic beforehand, face east and pray to Apollo and Asclepius when removing the root from the soil. Among many medicinal uses, Dioscorides recommended the plant for the insane.

A great gift for people who are destroying humanity.

02/10/2024

The devastation from Hurricane Helene is unimaginable. Sending love and strength to everyone affected, including many members of our beloved herbal community. Here are some relief agencies that you can support to help with recovery efforts. Please do what you can.

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
mutualaiddisasterrelief.org
Instagram
Action Network: https://bit.ly/donatemadr
PayPal: mutualaiddisasterrelief@gmail.com
Venmo: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

Beloved Asheville: Overall community support in Asheville, providing rapid response mobilization.
Website: https://belovedasheville.com/
Venmo:
CashApp: $BeLovedAsheville
Zelle: 828-412-2054

Appalachian Medical Solidarity (put “flood support” in description)
Venmo:
CashApp: $Streets1de
Operation Air-Drop
Website: https://www.operation-airdrop.com/hurricane-helene

Manna Food Bank is based in Asheville and had prepped their inventory. Unfortunately they had to close their operations due to flooding, and their building was majorly damaged.
Website: https://mannafoodbank.org

Triangle Mutual Aid:
CashApp: $TriangleMutualAid
Upstate Food Not Bombs: Coordinating basic supplies up to the NC mountains when roads are clear.
Venmo: with comment “Alex-WNC”

Day One Relief: Collaboration-based relief and rapid response
Website: https://dayonerelief.org/

Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry helped run and provide shelter in Asheville and is partnered with the Red Cross. Donations help pay for motel and food vouchers for local residents and long-term support for those displaced.
Donations at abbcm.org/donations/ministry-fund

Recent events have shown that the effects of climate change are not distant fears, but current realities. From historic flooding to hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, pandemics, and more, we need each other more than we ever have before. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief listens to affected community members....

30/09/2024

Urgent Support Needed!

HWB is mobilizing to support response to communities impacted by Helene in the southeast. We need supplies and funds to support our relief efforts. Can you help?

Donate funds:
https://donorbox.org/support-hwb-today-disaster-relief

Have supplies to donate towards our relief efforts? Email usdonationnetwork@hwbglobal.org to share what you have available and to get the shipping address. Thank you!

05/08/2024

The hot and dry Mediterranean climate of Greece can make it challenging to maintain a healthy garden. During the past several months, I have had the opportunity to visit flourishing gardens in Athens and on the islands of Evia and Syros.

01/08/2024

The Network for Sustainable Cyclades is a citizen-led movement trying to protect sensitive ecosystems and the sustainability of the environment against uncontrolled tourist development and new construction. It is an unfortunate occurrence happening throughout the islands that needs quick action before the landscape is completely degraded. Read more about the movement and sign the petition to help protect the botanical treasures and beautiful landscape of the Cyclades region.

https://www.openpetition.eu/gr/petition/online/citizens-demand-the-protection-of-the-cycladic-identity-from-irreversible-loss

Ελληνική έκδοση (https://www.openpetition.eu/gr/petition/online/oi-polites-diekdikoun-ten-prostasia-tes-kykladikes-tautotetas-apo-me-anastrepsime-apoleia) Taking into account the recent resolution of the major Environmental Organizations (https://kinisipolitonparou.gr/petition/ELET-com...

04/06/2024

In celebration of Rosemary Gladstar's upcoming visit to Athens, read about some of the delightful reasons why she is called the godmother of herbalism in the U.S.

Known as the godmother of modern herbalism in the United States, Rosemary Gladstar is an influential herbalist, best-selling author, and educator who has captivated people worldwide for more than 50 years. Rosemary’s upcoming visit to Athens marks an important moment for herbal medicine in Greece,...

15/05/2024

We support peace. We are against genocide and war and starvation and torture centers and relentless killing of innocent people.

We support peace. We are against racism and fascism and supremacy ideologies.

We support peace, peace, peace. The birds in the sky are singing its praises. The trees are swaying to its melody. The sea is dancing upon its shores of happiness.

May the sound of peace reign upon us all in equal measure and relieve those suffering from the immeasurable depths of grief, despair, and loss.

Peace. 🕊️