Kipos (The Garden) is blossoming primarily between Epirus and Thraki. We organise activities relevant to mental health, with a special focus on self-awareness, well-being and psychoeducation/ community activities. In the above context we offer the possibility for individual but also group sessions. We also offer seminars with a special emphasis on the inclusion of art (story-telling) and nature, seen both as integral aspects of self-awareness processes, but also human relationships and social interventions.
The Garden was founded in 2022 from Tina Lygdopoulou, Yiannis Christodoulou and Sotiria Papalouka. Ever since it has been changing, evolving and transforming, depending on place and time. Wherever it may be, Kipos is interested in synergies and creative collaborations.
We, the Garden
Tina Lygdopoulou
I am a story-teller, a therapist and social scientist. Sometimes a gardener. During the first years of my adult life I worked in the environmental sector and later on in the social sector. Being a story-teller, a social scientist or a therapist meant a hybrid identity and I always found it difficult to answer the question of who I am…
Yiannis Christodoulou
I am a graduate of the Department of Sociology of the Panteion University of Athens. I have worked as a coordinator at the Konitsa Child Care Centre, as a team leader for the non-governmental organization Tdh and as a coordinator of the accommodation facility for unaccompanied asylum seeking minors…
PARTNERSHIPS
Eleni Christoforatou
I am a herbalist living for more than 20 years on the island of Corfu in Greece. The beauty of the island’s nature shaped my path and created for me a life close to the plant communities of the area. For more than ten years, I give classes on herbal medicine, lead herbal walks, harvest plants and make salves, syrups, tinctures…
Sofia Sarakenidou
I am an early childhood educator and psychologist and have been working with children since 2006. I have been trained in the Montessori approach for children 3-6 years old and I enjoy presenting its underlying philosophy to parent and educator groups. From 2015 to 2023 I have been a member of the Little Tree team…
Theofilos Komninos
Κατάγομαι από το Παρανέστι Δράμας και είμαι σπουδαστής του τμήματος Περιβάλλοντος του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου. Ασχολούμαι έμπρακτα, αλλά και στο πλαίσιο έρευνας, με τη διαχείριση αγροτικών και δασικών αποβλήτων μέσω της χρήσης μυκήτων…
George Vergis
Είμαι ξεναγός ποταμού, βουνού και φυσιολάτρης.
Έχω εκπαιδευτεί στη «Μετάβαση» από το Γιάννη Χολέβα ως πιστοποιημένος οδηγός ράφτιγκ επιπέδου 3 και καγιάκ επιπέδου 2 (IRF Guide Training & Education). Επίσης έχω λάβει εκπαίδευση στο ράφτιγκ στη «Γη και Ύδωρ»…
COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ENTITIES
“Lamba” Art Education Workshop
Be Aware and Share
Ecomuseum Zagori
Centre for Systemic Therapy, Education & Counseling
Rodakas Herbs