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Illustration made for the lovely Procrastinate lads! They will have some t-shirts made based on this design for their upcoming shows in Norway & Sweden so keep an eye out!

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Agrafa mountains with my ‘co-traveler’ enjoying the view over the Niala ridge to Vardousia mountains and over Petsalouda ridge up to Voutsikaki peak. Take the mountains, protect and defend them!!! #save_agrafa #save_greek_mountains https://www.instagram.com/p/ChKnvC6KUYK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Wooden “bridge” passing Agrafiotis river, Agrafa mountains #save_agrafa #save_greek_mountains #moutains #river https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg94ZqsMfkp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Agrafa Mountains, peaks and passes. “Agrafa” means the “Unwritten”. Deep gorges and rocky mountain peaks, life in the hidden villages was hard and mountain people kept a spirit of freedom. #save_agrafa #save_greek_mountains #mountain #nature #endurotravel https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg94IUvDX7Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Sleeping Beauty, this is how the mountain range of the East Agrafa Mountain peaks is called, as you see it from from the valley. Sunset is preparing for a gorgeous play of colours and clouds. #save_agrafa #savethemountains #landscapephotography #mountain https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg08MrDKzID/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sarantaina - a place scheduled to change from mountain nature to become the object of industrial investment. Can’t believe it, while walking alongside the mountain range #savegreekmountains #save_oxia #save_agrafa #naturephotography #mountains #documentaryphotography #nanuuthecallofthegioni https://www.instagram.com/p/CUz5VUJotVm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Early Morning in Agrafa Mountains. At this place the world is still in balance . Future plans with the installation of huge windgenerators will destroy this. #mountain #save_agrafa #savegreekmountains #naturephotography #documentaryphotography #photographersinisolation https://www.instagram.com/p/CRdKYF2LYCd/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Giants in Agrafa: a wind farm in the heart of an environmentally-protected area

In the heart of the southern range of the Pindos Mountains lies the region of Agrafa. It is an area which includes seven of Greece’s 42 peaks which measure more than 2,000 meters high, with almost zero intrusion by humans, rich in flora and fauna and a significant number of endangered species. This is also the main reason that the region is a listed protected area of the Natura 2000 network .

However, with a recent State Council decision rejecting the appeal of organizations and residents who were opposed to the wind farm permit, Agrafa will be turned into a construction site for two corporations which plan to install 40 wind turbines, each 120-meters-high, on its peaks.

At the same time, a group of people from across Greece have gathered on the Karamanolis Plateau of Agrafa, and reside there in a make-shift camp in order to raise awareness, where they await the undesirable situation – the commencement of the project. “We want people to come here to get to know the mountain and its species which are under threat,” Panagiotis Giannopoulos tells Solomon MAG from atop one of Agrafa’s peaks. He is a psychiatrist and a member of the #save_agrafa initiative.