Wednesday, 29 October 2025
15:00–18:00 Opening of the festival.
Seminar on wild seed collection at the Patoinos Estate in Groikos.
Free transport provided by the Patmos community bus.
Thursday, 30 October 2025
08:30–16:30 Seed-ball production and sowing on Koumas hill, tree planting, school seminars, and area clean-up at Koumas.
Friday, 31 October 2025
08:30–16:30 Seed-ball production and sowing on Koumas hill, tree planting, school seminars, and a special workshop on seed-ball techniques by Nikos Tsompanoglou.
18:30 Lecture by Spyros Geravelis, agronomist and head of the Department of Environment and Urban Greenery of the Municipality of Rhodes.
Lecture topic: Our Disconnection from Nature and Our Collective Neurosis
19:30 Lecture by Sabrina Dalla Valle, eco-poet and professor of philosophy.
Lecture topic: Ecopoietics: The Continuum of the Human Environment
Saturday, 1 November 2025
09:00–10:00 Forest of the Apocalypse: fieldwork practice with Sabrina Dalla Valle, applying the concepts from her lecture on ecopoetics.
Registration takes place the day before, after her presentation.
10:30–11:30 Forest of the Apocalypse: experiential practice following Spyros Geravelis’ presentation.
Registration takes place the day before, after the talk. Maximum participants: 10.
12:00–16:30 Seed-ball production and sowing on Koumas hill, tree planting, and general maintenance work.
18:30 Tribute to Ioannis Nikolaou, co-founder of Community of Trees, with a presentation on his life and work and screenings of excerpts from his films and documentaries.
20:00 Tribute to photographer Sebastião Salgado: screening of The Salt of the Earth.
Sunday, 2 November 2025
09:30 5 km running race: Skala Square – Koumas via the main road – Skala Square via Meloi.
10:30–17:00 Treasure hunt around Patmos.
Monday, 3 November 2025
12:00–16:00 Completion of work at Koumas and inspection of the irrigation system.
20:00 Patmion Cultural Centre: screening of a film by Giannis Nikolaou.
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
17:00–18:30 Pernéra Vegan Restaurant Garden, Skala:
Workshop on Ecological Mediterranean Cooking – “Blue Zones”.
19:00–22:00 Closing ceremony and celebration dinner to mark the conclusion of the 4th Patmos Ecology Festival.
Please confirm your participation early so that we can prepare the right quantities of food.
Throughout the festival
A photography exhibition will be held at Patmion, featuring works by Pavlos Nastas, Eva Tsagkaraki, and Emily Mesko, with nature-themed photographs primarily from Patmos.
Participation in all events of the Patmos Ecology Festival is, as always, free of charge.
For more information, follow Community of Trees – Κοινωνία των Δέντρων on Facebook and Instagram, or visit our website: trees.life
The event is supported by the Costas M. Lemos Foundation within the framework of the “Points of Support” programme, co-funded by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, the TIMA Charitable Foundation, the Captain Vassilis & Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation, the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation, the Costas M. Lemos Foundation, The Hellenic Initiative Canada, the Athina I. Martinos Foundation, the Helidoni Foundation, and the Bodossaki Foundation.
