On Thursday the 6^th of May “Clean Up Greece”, carried out the opening ceremony of Eco Festival 2004 – Environment meets Culture with the participation of official guests and public. Simultaneously, there was the inauguration of the Recycling Program “The Pyramids of Naxos”.

The welcome speech was addressed by Mrs Karla Baer Manolopoulou, the president of Clean Up Greece. Mr. Akritidis- the vice mayor of Athens, Mr. George Kasimatis – from the dollarpean Parliament Mrs Tatjana Hema Program Officer of the UNEP/MAP , and Mrs Errieta Papadoyianni Pr Manager of ELVAL – Aluminum Recycling , addressed their greetings as well.

Following , there was the inauguration ceremony and children from the 30^th Primary school of Athens presented a short musical story based on Recycling.

Children from the 29^th , 40^th and 41^st Schools of Athens took part in the Environmental Program of “Clean Up Greece” and they learned how to make recycled paper.