The Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki (, Oikologiki Kinisi Thessalonikis) is a Greek ecological activist group, founded in 1982. History The movement was founded in 1982 by a group of environmental activists, including Michalis Tremopoulos (now an elected councillor in the Thessaloniki Prefecture and a member of the Executive Secretariat of Ecologist Greens) and Yiannis Tziolas, who are still active. The group was formed with an emphasis on action and social mobilization, and its political agenda was formed from the main pillars of green ideology: ecology, pacifism/non-violence, grassroots democracy, human rights, and social solidarity. The early ideology of the group was influenced by Murray Bookchin's social ecology, and the ideas of André Gorz, Ivan Illich and Cornelius Castoriadis. The movement's first major campaign was opposition to the Thessaloniki Ring Road, which was planned to lead through the urban forest that surrounds the city, requiring the felling of thousands of trees. The group held demonstrations on the site of the works in the forest and in the main streets of the city, including one march attended by 2,000 people, but the construction of the new road eventually went ahead. The group had an open form of organisation, with a weekly free meeting as a core element of their organisation. Decisions were made by all those present. In 1984, a small group of university students in Thessaloniki, most of whom were members of Oikologiki Kinissi, began their first attempts to treat injured and sick wild animals. They rescued animals from the city zoo, where they had been left by members of the public. Soon the group joined the Hellenic Ornithological Society, and wildlife rehabilitation became a regular activity of the society for several years, receiving much publicity. In 1990, the most active members of the group founded the non-profit Hellenic Wildlife Hospital. Other issues the group focuses on include urban ecology, traffic, the protection of the urban forest, and the city sewage treatment. In June 1998 it participated in the Global Street Party, organised by the British group Reclaim the Streets. Another focal point of action is the nearby biotopes, like the forest of Mount Chortiatis or the two Ramsar wetlands (the deltas of the Axios, Loudias and Haliacmon rivers, and Lakes Koroneia and Volvi). 1990s At the end of the 1980s, the group was involved in the formation of a Greek Federation of Ecological and Environmental Organisations. In 1990 the federation transformed