Archelon: Sea Turtle Protection Center of Greece

This center is dedicated to helping sea turtles in a variety of ways, including:

Protecting Nesting Beaches of Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Educating the Public About Ways to Protect Turtles
Conserving the Habitat of Sea Turtles
Rescuing and Helping Injured Sea Turtles
Studying Population and Migration of Sea Turtles
Writing Publications About their Scientific Work
Collaborating with Other Conservation Centers

Since 1985, ARCHELON has been carrying out educational projects all over Greece. Visitors can learn sea turtle's evolution, biology, the threats they face, and the care they receive at the centre, and conservation efforts on the nesting beaches.

Anna Kondolen: Education Officer

Anna Kondoleon, the education officer for Archelon, gave us our tour of the turtle rehabilitation center and sat with us to answer questions about her pedagogy to inform and teach the public about the center's work.

The goal of ARCHELON's Environmental Education Programs is to use the sea turtle as an example to make understandable the fundamental functions of nature and the human place within it, considering the common understanding that "we all share the same Earth."

"We all share the same earth"

See below for a tour of Archelon's turtle rehabilitation tanks.

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A loggerhead turtle receiving care at the center.

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Rehabilitation Tanks

Ancient turtle size comparison!

Turtle nest example.

Turtle size comparison!

X-rays from turtle with plastic in digestive tract.

They have several tanks to house turtles throughout.

There are special areas throughout the center for turtles requiring long term care.

This is one of the turtles at the center currently undergoing care.

This is a collection of material found in the stomachs of sea turtles.

Educational Materials

These are activities and discussions that can used in the classroom setting with students around the ideas of using data to project turtle health in the future, minimizing waste, and generally developing a conservation mindset.

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