Program,
2nd Olympic Seed Festival & 18th Peliti Seed Festival
11, 12, 13, 14 April 2018
Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Arrival day & Opening ceremony
06:30-08:30 Breakfast at hospitality village.
The whole day, arrivals of participants.
15:00 – 16:30 Lunch at hospitality village.
17:00-18:30 Opening ceremony on Peliti land, collaboration with the Centre of Cultural Development of Eastern Macedonia (http://www.kepaam.gr/)
Thursday April 12, 2018.
06:30-08:30 Breakfast at hospitality village.
Day One of the 2nd Olympic Seed Festival.
Conference with registered participants.
Morning and afternoon session at the high school of Paranesti.
Each speech is 10 to 15 minutes, plus additional time for parallel translation.
At the end of each speech, time is allowed for a few questions
09:00-10:00
Welcome, Mayor of Parianesti, Mrs Aliki Sotiriadou
Greeting by Mr. Karipidis Giorgos Chief of the environmental education center of Paranesti.
Declaration of the 1st Olympic Seed Festival 2017
Peliti presents its actions. Meeting with the co-ordinators of the Peliti Local groups.
Greece, by: Panagiotis Sainatoudis, Peliti Founder
Greece, by: Vasso Kanellopoulou, Peliti International Relations
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15 – 13:15
Theme 1: Situation with traditional varieties in the Americas, and Actions
U.S., with John Caccia, Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance (RockyMountainSeeds.org)
U. S., Alan Adesse, Peace Garden Institute
U. S., Rachael Kennedy, Ph.D. Indigenous ecological knowledge around the world: Heritage seeds and community healing
Venezuela with Leonor Fuguet. Caura National Park,the bigger Tropical Forest National Park.
13:15 – 14:00 Break and light lunch
14:00 – 14:30
Theme 2: Situation with traditional varieties in Turkey, and Actions
Turkey, with Nihal Küpeli, “The history of the Local Seed Associations in Turkey”.
14:30 – 15:00
Theme 3: The use of traditional varieties by Greek organic farmers
Greece, Chrysoula Skorditis. President of the Association of Organic Farmers of Northern Greece.
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 18:00 p.m
Theme 4: Global actions protecting biodiversity, food and health.
Italy, with Ruchi Shroff, Navdanya International. (www.navdanyainternational.it andSeedfreedom.info)
Theme 5: Organic regulation / provisions on heterogeneous material
Belgium, with Hannes Lorenzen, on behalf of Artemisia (www.artemisia-lawyers.com) and the European Parliament.
Completion of the first day’s work
20:00 International meal, Foods from the Middle East. Αt hospitality village.
Each participant brings food or drink from his home country.
21:30 – 22:30 Evening with lyrical songs,
from the Soprano Margarita Pazara.
Piano Accompaniment Katerina Teterina.
22:30 – 24:00 music from all over the world with the music band “Namaste”
Thanasis Cleopas: Voice, Guitar, Ancient Lyre of Apollo.
Panagiotis Alepidis: Stamna, percussion.
Friday, April 13, 2018.
06:30 – 08:30 Breakfast at hospitality village.
Conference with registered participants.
Day Two of the 2nd Olympic Seed Festival.
Morning and afternoon session at the high school in Paranesti.
Each speech is 10 to 15 minutes, plus additional time for parallel translation.
At the end of each speech, time is allowed for a few questions
09:00 – 10:00
Theme 6: The Orthodox church and its actions for the preservation of traditional varieties.
Turkey, Father Gedeon, representative of the Holy Theological School of Halki.
(http://theologicalschoolhalki.com/)
Greece, Abbess Theodekti, of the Holy Saint John’s Monastery in Anatoli on the mountain of Kissavos (http://www.saintjohns-monastery.gr/)
10:00 – 11:00
Theme 7: Situation with traditional varieties in Europe and Actions
France: Ananda Guillet, association Kokopelli, (kokopelli-semences.fr)
Austria: Katherine Dolan, Arche Noah, (arche-noah.at)
Bulgaria: Green Team Bulgaria, (http://greenteambg.com/bg/
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW2wr6TNBXGgNZRlPpFRrkJJCIQ6JaMRy3ZCYLZBKj8bcz4Q/viewform)
Greece: Peliti, (www.peliti.gr)
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:00
Theme 8: National Seed Banks & State Institutions
- Cyprus National Gene Bank, Dr. Dionysia Fasoula, Diversifood EU project, Institute of Agricultural Research in Cyprus
- Greek National Gene Bank, Greece.
- Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (ATEITH), Greece,
Dr. Maria Papageorgiou, Associate Prof.Department of Food Technology
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 12:45
Seed Saver Around the world
France, Viewing the film by Romain Guilbaud, Le Cycle de la Terre,
(www.lecycledelaterre.fr) «The Round of the Land with Spoil»
12:45 – 13:00
Theme 10: Video messages from:
- the indigenous people Gouarani in Brazil
- Caura National Park in Venezuela. Leonor Fuguet who sings in the video is one of the people who worked for the creation of the Kaura National Park in Venezuela. Leonor is invited to Peliti at the 2nd Olympic Seed Feast and the 18th Peliti Seed Feast to share the struggles for the protection of land, water, seeds and to strengthen the movements of Greece
Palestine
13:00 – 14:00 Break and light lunch
14:00–15:30
Theme 11: “How can we save our seeds”,
France: by Ananda Guillet director Association Kokopelli.
15:30 -16:30
Theme 12: Working together
We divide into groups. Each group writes a positive dream for the planet and how it can be realized
16:30 – 17:00 presentation of dreams
17:00 – 18:00
Theme 13: Peliti’s dream
3th Olympic Seed Festival & 19th Peliti Seed Festival 1-4 May, 2019
By: Panagiotis Sainatoudis Peliti and Olympic Seed Festival founder.
Αt hospitality village.
20:00 – 21:30 International meal, each participant brings food or drink from his home country.
21:30 – 22:15
Poetry evening dedicated to peace
Artists -poets from countries in conflict read poems from Greece and Turkey, Cyprus and Turkish occupied zone and Palestine.
22:15 – 24:00 Music, with the music band “Namaste”
Thanasis Cleopas: Voice, Guitar, Ancient Lyre of Apollo.
Panagiotis Alepidis: Stamina, percussion.
Saturday April 14
18th Peliti Seed Festival
open to all visitors to the Peliti land.
| Time | Venue | Theme |
| 10: 30 | Peliti Land | Free Seed Exchange |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Theatre of the Peliti land | Greetings |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Theatre of the Peliti land | Reading the Declaration of the
1st Olympic Seed Festival Reading languages Greek, English, Spanish, French, Arabic By: Panagiotis Sainatoudis Peliti & Olympic Seed Festival Founder |
| 11:30 to 12:00 | Theatre of the Peliti Land | Greeting from Idaho USA seed steward
John Caccia |
| 12:00 to 12:30 | Theatre of the Peliti land | Leonor Fuguet from Venezuela. Caura National Park,the bigger Tropical Forest National Park |
| 12:30 to 13:00 | Theatre of the Peliti land | Association Kokopelli.
Ananda Guillet director association Kokopelli, France |
| 13:00 | Kitchen of the Peliti land | Food from traditional varieties served to participants and to all visitors (free of charge) |
| 14:45 | Main stage Peliti land | The road of the bell passes through the land of Peliti.
Sounds from bells will fill the land of Peliti for good sowing and a good harvest |
| 15:00 | Main stage, Peliti Land | Commemorative photograph in front of the Peliti Seed House
Closing ceremony of the 2stOlympic Seed Festival and the 18th Peliti Seed Festival. Joining hands in a circle We send a solidarity message |
| l15:00 to 15:45 | Main stage, Peliti Land | Music and dance from the band Namaste.
Thanasis Kleopas, Panagiotis Alepidis Kiriakidou Athina Kiriakidou Chistina Christos Natsios
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| 15:45 to 16:00 | Main stage, Peliti Land | Leonor Fuguet from Venezuela. |
| 16:00 | Main stage | Thracian feast from the Thracian Center of Drama |
Parallel actions
| Time | Venue | Theme |
| 11:00 to 13:00 | Children’s Garden –Peliti Land | Creative employment for children with Anastasia Agathangelou |
| 11:30 to 12:00 | Children’s Garden –Peliti Land | Reading fairy tales |
| 12:00 to 13:00 | Children’s Garden –Peliti Land | The Tree of Wishes by the Amphiros theatrical group. |
| 10:30 to 15:00 | Peliti Land | Photo exhibition
Farmers from India, indigenous people from Amazonian (Gurani) peasants, farmers from the United States and farmers from Greece and other regions of the world tell us how to save our seeds. |
| 10:30 to 15:00 | Peliti Land | Agricultural tool exhibition. |
| 10:30 to 15:00 | Peliti Seed House | Photo exhibition
1st Seed Festival in the Theological School of Halki in Turkey. |
| 10:30 to 15:00 | Peliti Seed House | Exhibition of seeds from all over the world
Pumpkin exhibition |
| 10:30 to 15:00 | Peliti Seed House | Peliti actions |
| 10:30 to 15:00 | Peliti Seed House | Weaving workshop |
The organizing committee reserves the right to change the program if this is considered necessary.
17:00 Departures
The Olympic Seed Festival travels all around the world.
Sunday April 15, 2018
07:00 – 08:30 Breakfast at the Hospitality village.
09:30 Goodbye Greetings, Departures
Here we close the cycle of the Second Olympic Seed Festival and the 18th Peliti Seed Festival. The flame of the Olympic Seed Festival and the Peliti festival is always a light, some times more muted, sometimes brightly.
On Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd of April we connect with the Seed Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is organized by Bulgaria’s Green team and Peliti Team of Bulgaria and it has been inspired by Peliti.
On Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th June we travel to the Theological School of Halki in Turkey where their second Seed Festival, blessed by the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos. The Festival is organized by the Theological School of Halki and Peliti.
In Greece Peliti and its local groups organize more than 40 seed festival and meeting each year during which seeds are offered for free.
The seed is a common good which unites us all while surpassing our differences. This is Peliti’s message, a planet and a society where there is room for everybody in spite of our differences. We experience this feeling during the Peliti seed festival and we take it with us wherever we travel, sowing it in the hearts of other people so that societies will take root in all the world where people prefer to see what unites them.
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The organizing committee reserves the right to change the program if this is considered necessary.
Send your message for the Olympic Seed Festival
e-mail: olympicseedfestival[at]peliti.gr
For your financial support
Piraeus Bank, account number: 6198-040030-332
IBAN: GR10 0171 1960 0061 9804 0030 332
SWIFT-BIC: PIRBGRAA
Beneficiary: Alternative Community Peliti
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