The Cyprus Social Ecology Movement was founded in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 to raise awareness of serious social and environmental problems and issues facing the island and the world. Cyprus Social Ecology Movement is not a political party

Political party

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The aims of the Cyprus Social Ecology Movement is to help the people of Cyprus gain a better quality of life

Quality of life

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, a cleaner and healthier island and a respectful standard of living.

The Movement accepts anyone for membership regardless of nationality, religion or ethnicity as the Movement believes that every Cypriot has an important and serious role to play.