Greek Heritage Preservation and The Future of Greece: The Challenges Ahead

SPGH hosted a discussion with Thodoris Georgakopoulos on demographics, climate change, and other major forces that will shape the population and physical environment of Greece in the coming decades, based on research from Greek think tank DiaNEOsis. SPGH noted: "We were founded in the mid-1970s with the initial charge of preserving the Greek physical and cultural environment on the belief that preservation of the Greek heritage is intimately linked to the preservation of Greece." were founded in the mid-1970s with the initial charge of preserving the Greek physical and cultural environment on the belief that preservation of the Greek heritage is intimately linked to the preservation of Greece." imageUrl: 'https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae1f85_3db95e8438174f3b8a2a269618eb52c3~mv2.jpg', isPast: true, }, // ── 2018 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── { slug: 'american-in-epirus-2018', title: 'An American in Epirus: A Southerner Listening to Greek Blues (Moirologia)', date: '2018-11-28', location: 'Washington, DC', description: Music collector and Grammy-winning producer Christopher King shared his transformational encounter with laments from Epirus and discussed the connection of these northwestern Greek blues to American southern blues. King, from southern Virginia, presented his book "Lament from Epirus" with SPGH Chairman Vassilis Koliatsos, playing rare examples of southern blues music and demotika from the original 78 rpm discs.