I · RegenerateMon 3 – Fri 7 May

First, we give.

Before we race across Paros, we give something back to the island that hosts us.

From Monday 3 to Friday 7 May, regeneration work will take place across the island. Every participant contributes at least one full day. Friday is our main collective day.

Friends, family and other supporters are welcome to take part too.

It's not an optional side activity. It's how the Siege begins.

01 The work

Come as a guest.

Paros is more than the backdrop to the race.

It is a living island – shaped by its sea, landscapes, wildlife, history and the people who call it home.

Together with local organisations and people who know the island, participants and supporters will take part in regeneration work where it can make a genuine difference.

The exact activities will depend on what Paros needs most.

Hands laying stones in a row on burnt, ash-grey ground

02 The journey

And account for the journey.

Getting to Paros has an impact too.

Every participant makes a travel contribution, based on the estimated emissions of their journey to the island.

All of it goes to protecting the Posidonia meadows around Paros and, where appropriate, restoring them.

We'll share how it works in practice soon.

Your journey to Paros
Its estimated emissions
Your travel contribution
Posidonia meadows around Paros

Calm blue sea and low islets seen over green shrubs and a white wall

Posidonia oceanica forms underwater meadows that store carbon, support marine life and help protect Mediterranean coastlines. Learn more from the Seagrass Alliance.

We're developing this approach with the Cyclades Preservation Fund, connecting the Siege to conservation work already rooted in the Cyclades.

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A burnt black hillside dropping towards a blue bay, a white coastal town and islands beyond

Two people bent over among the black trunks of a burnt forest, placing stones

Two men bending to lay a line of stones on burnt ground under a blue sky

A man in a turquoise vest crouching to set stones into a line on scorched ground

Hands setting stones into a curved line on dark burnt soil

Two men clasping hands in a high five among burnt trees

Two men hugging among burnt branches on a scorched hillside

Green shrubs with red-tipped leaves growing back between burnt trunks

Young shrubs and herbs newly planted in a freshly worked bed of red-brown soil

A small green shoot growing from a charred, twisted trunk

A green shrub regrowing on a burnt ridge, a dead tree and the sun in a deep-blue sky

Small red shoots sprouting beside a dark rock on burnt ground

Potted flowering plants backlit by a low sun, the sea behind

A man bending over with a hoe in a hillside garden at sunset, sea and islands behind

Three people working the ground with hoes on a slope above the sea at dusk, potted plants beside them

Purple flowering plants beside a freshly dug bed, three people planting and digging behind

Two men crouching to set a young plant with its root ball into the soil together

A hand pressing soil around a newly planted purple-flowering plant

Four smiling men standing arm in arm in front of a white house

February 2027

The Siege starts before May.

In February 2027, locals, future participants and partners will come together on Paros to lay the foundations for the regeneration work in May: learning, testing and preparing it together.

The aim isn’t one symbolic week of work. It’s to build knowledge and capacity that stay on Paros.

More soon.

Planning your journey?Plan your Siege

First, we give.

Come as a guest.

And account for the journey.

The Siege starts before May.

Want to help shape the regeneration work?