Author - Museum Goulandri

SOWING IN NOVEMBER

Below you will find a list of plants you can sow during November. Among the plants we eat are arugula, lettuce, spinach and radish. Among the plants we smell: garlic. Among the decorative plants: freesia and tulip. This is a photo of the arugula!

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AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 2°C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS

For the first time in history, the average global temperature has exceeded 2 degrees Celcium above the highest seasonal average temperature, based on the warming limit adopted in Paris. The Paris agreement, signed in 2015 after the UN Climate Change Conference – COP21 – aims to hold global average temperature increase “well below 2°C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels”.

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SUNDAY JUNE 5th, 2022 AT THE GOULANDRIS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The 2nd Student Drawing Competition "Niki Goulandris" titled "A beautiful butterfly" was a huge success. On Sunday, June 5th, 2022, a very modest but particularly warm award ceremony was held in the Museum’s garden. The event took place under the strict observance of all health restrictions, for all present parties. Students travelled from all over Greece to receive their awards from the Deputy Minister of Culture Mr. N. Giatromanolakis! In this year's competition, many more students than last year engaged, observed, took their...

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