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EYDAP launches nationwide school water-saving challenge after three decades of education

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Greece’s education and environment ministries and EYDAP will run the “Great Blue Mission: Children Save Water” competition during the 2026-2027 school year.
  • Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade pupils will audit water use at their schools, identify waste and design conservation plans.
  • The initiative expands EYDAP’s environmental education work, which the company says began more than three decades ago.

Can a school class help protect water? Can children identify waste at school and persuade classmates, families and their local communities to act? Those are the questions behind Greece’s new “Great Blue Mission: Children Save Water” school competition.

The initiative will take place during the 2026-2027 school year and targets fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade pupils. It brings together the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sport, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, and EYDAP as part of efforts to strengthen environmental education and young people’s awareness.

Schools across Greece can take part. Students will map how their school uses water, record data, conduct a simple water audit, identify possible waste and design a conservation plan. They will then share their findings with the school community and create group projects presenting their proposals. The programme is designed to carry the message from the school to families and wider society.

The competition is the latest part of an EYDAP educational programme that began more than 30 years ago. Earlier initiatives included “The Journey of Little Drop,” which introduces children to the water cycle and water management, and “Breaking the Engineering Barrier,” which links water with history and technology through the Marathon Dam and material from EYDAP’s Historical Archive.

The central idea remains that water should not be treated as an unlimited given. The initiative presents sustainable water management as a matter not only of infrastructure and technology, but also of knowledge, responsible daily choices and a new culture around water’s use and value.

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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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