Awareness Concerning Volunteerism, Philanthropy, and Environment—A Comparative Study Between Mati and Skyros

On a global level, there is a tendency to conduct bibliographic studies about the creation of resilient communities in disaster areas. Community resilience has a significant role when residents are called upon to recover from a natural disaster (Molavi, 2018; Moreno, 2018). Based on previous research in the existing literature and after the catastrophe in Mati, and even more specifically in continuation to the research of Vallianou et al.’s, 2020, the present study goes a step further comparing for two populations the dimensions of volunteerism, philanthropy tendencies, and environmental awareness. A quantitative research was conducted through questionnaires via phone interviews and in person, one year after the wildfire, in Mati, Greece. The sample consisted of participants from Mati and Skyros Island. The findings of the study revealed that natural disasters are interconnected to volunteerism, philanthropy, and environmental awareness. In our research residents of Mati seem to score higher in environmental awareness in comparison to Skyros’ residents who seem to have a stronger tendency on philanthropy. To conclude, the age groups which seem to be more environmentally aware are the one of 46-55 and the one of 65 and above.