…by bringing common interests together.
Harmonising private and business interests for wellbeing in an economic sense and also in a physical/mental sense. This activity can be implemented in the framework of EU programmes as well as on a smaller scale.
“BluAct – Starting Up the Blue Economy”
Participation, as an external expert to the Municipality of Salerno in Southern Italy, in this URBACT network project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund to enhance the maritime economy, implemented during the period 2019 to 2021.
After the conclusion of this project co-operation, my current focus is on exploring possibilities of a future co-design activity with, among others, the start-up “SWeeP”, winner of the BluAct project related competition SviProCup2020. SWeeP’s business model is centred on a sustainable removal method for Posidonia Oceanica (aka Neptune grass) from beaches, a quite peculiar plant species. This therapeutic herb originally grew in soil and then, over the centuries, gradually transmuted into a subaquatic species, used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases. Now seems the time to bring its valuable properties back to daily use again…
by Melina Elena Stylianou
Contributing to international ProjectDesign activities for sustainable territory development & inventing unique ArtDesign compositions for personal wellbeing.