HEALTHY LITTLE EATERS

The beginning
“Healthy Little Eaters” was set in motion in 2014 at “Spyridoula Kokkali” Foreign Language School in Acharavi, Corfu, as a project of healthy eating, compost-making and organic farming. It aimed at reversing the status quo in the destructive dietary habits of the students. It started out by simply rewarding the students who consumed healthy snacks during breaks, went on with the production of compost from the peels of the vegetables and fruit they consumed, the construction of a greenhouse inside the Foreign Language School and the creation of a seed bank. The project evolved even further when it broke away from the confines of the Language School and encouraged members of the local community to participate in a variety of ways. As a result, the activities diversified, including training seminars from dieticians and doctors, visits to local fresh food industries, guided tours in greenhouses, trips to Natura-designated areas, as well as the creation of social messages which were very well received by social media users.

Presentations
- 26 April 2016 HAU – 8th Essay Contest Final Round (Healthy Food for Healthy Living-A revolution that starts at school) (video1,video2)
- 12 February 2017, American College of Thessaloniki.
24th International TESOL Macedonia – Thrace & Northern Greece Convention: “Teachers, Trends, Techniques”. (Video) Presentation: "Healthy Little Eaters and the pouch of happiness". Speaker Spyridoula Kokkali
-19 March 2017, Royal Olympic Hotel - Athens
38th International TESOL Greece Convention - “Keeping it practical” Presentation: "Healthy Little Eaters and the pouch of happiness". Speaker Spyridoula Kokkali
- Sunday 18 June 2017, Corfu Holiday Palace - Corfu.
1st Panhellenic Association of Language School Owners Convention, Western Greece, Epirus and Ionian Islands, in collaboration with the Ionian University: “Foreign Languages through Arts”. Presentation: "Healthy Little Eaters and the art of happiness" Speaker Spyridoula Kokkali
-April 2, 2017, “Spyridoula Kokkali” Foreign Language School, Aharavi, Corfu
6th ΒeThere Animation Festival upon invitation by the Art Director Mr. VassilisKroustallis. Under the guidance of film director Mrs. Cleopatra Korai, the Healthy Little Eaters created a short film using the stop motion technique. (Video)
- February 2016 & 2017, Corfu TV Channel
The project has been presented twice through Mrs. Vlahou Irene’s TV Program “My Kerkyra Live” (Video)
-5 November2017 – Grand Meteora Hotel 1st official public presentation of H.L.E. at the 1st award ceremony of Xanthi Zioga & Evitas Mantziou Language School
-19 November 2017, Paris - Telecom Paris Tech.
36th Annual International TESOL France Convention “Language Connects People”.
Presentation : "Healthy Little Eaters - The Greek ELT project". Speaker: Spyridoula Kokkali
-4 February 2018 , Olympic Museum-Thessaloniki- PALSO Northern Greece Award Ceremony
-24-25 February 2018, Macedonia Hall Anatolia College Thessaloniki – Stand at 25th TESOL Macedonia Thrace International Conferense :“Overcoming obstacles-Shaping the Future".
-15th – 17th June 2018- Minoa Palace Hotel, presentation of the project at the 15th Pagritio PALSO Conference : “A healthy body in a healthy mind”
-3rd July 2018 NEW RADIO KERKYRA 97,9 interview by Victor Dimoulis.
-21st October 2018- 10x10 EFL TALKS online conference on Reading.
Organised by: TESOL MACEDONIA THRACE
Title of talk: “Unveiling the wonders of nature-rediscovering reading”.
-17th April 2021: Healthy Little Eaters presentation at the teachers’ training seminar: Waste Awareness Action Week organized by the Ionian Environment Foundation.
Presentation title: Healthy Little Eaters, the ELT pahnellenic project that applies a 4 – dimension approach to food waste prevention.
-6th – 8th May 2021 : Virtual International Conference : Retaste : Rethink Food Waste.
Organised by: Harokopio University & Hellenic Mediterranean University of Crete.
Presentation title: A 4 dimension approach to food waste prevention- The case of Healthy_Little_Eaters

Publications
-TESOL Νο130 Newsletter April-Juni 2016
-ΤESOL Macedonia-Thrace Northern Greece Newsletter ELTeaser Elteaser 61-April 2017
- « Περίθέα» Ιssue2 (April-May-June 2017 by “Filippos Vlachos” Peritheia Association)
-« Περίθέα» Ιssue3 (July-August-September 2017 by “Filippos Vlachos” Peritheia Association)
-4τεύχος 3ο Τεύχος Περί Θέα (Οκτωβριος – Νοέμβριος 2017) Πολιτιστικό Σωματείο Ένωση Περιθειωτών Φίλιππος Βλάχος)
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