Tilos, Greece: the first island in the Med to run entirely on wind and solar power | Travel | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/15/tilos-greece-renewable-energy-wind-solar-power
You’re more likely to run into friendly partridges, rare orchids and endangered eagles than people as you trek around Tilos. The entire Dodecanese island is a nature reserve, with more than 150 species of resident and migratory birds, over 650 plant varieties, and a permanent population hovering around 500. Tilos owes its extraordinary biodiversity to a network of underground springs that feed five wetlands – but also to the late mayor, Tassos Aliferis, a committed environmentalist who earned Tilos its reputation as “Greece’s green island”.