Many people say they have always wanted to be a part of GOB, but they never find the right moment. Now is an ideal time . This is because we are celebrating 45 years of uninterrupted years of ecology, of an association that has not stopped growing and establishing itself socially. Continue reading Become part of GOB, 45 years later (video)
You are invited to attend the occasion for the public recognition of Jaume Pons as the recipient of the Pere Prats Prize for the Environment. It will be this Saturday 19 November at 19.00 hours at the Molí del Rei (Camí des Castell, 53, de Maó). It is an opportunity to thank him for so many years of his dedication as a professional vet voluntarily caring for the animals that enter the Recuperation Centre for Wild Animals of Menorca. Continue reading Saturday, a public event in recognition of Jaume Pons, as recipient of the Pere Prats Prize for the Environment
This Wednesday, 9 November at 20.00 hours, Pau Enric Serra will give a talk on the pollinator crisis at the GOB headquarters in Maó (Cami des Castell, 53). Pollinators are the key to ecosystems and crop productivity. Continue reading The crisis of pollinators – talk at GOB
More than a quarter of the special diving area of the Marine Reserve off the Illa de l’Aire has been left unprotected, despite a positive response claiming that a protection regime was applied. GOB has asked to be able to see reports justifying the lack of protection. Continue reading A step back in the protection of the Menorcan sea
GOB has found grave errors in the dividing and regrouping of building plots aimed at making the large hotels of Son Bou legal.The urban development plan, for which the Alaior Town Hall gave a licence, proposes converting land on green areas into building plots something totally contrary to law. Continue reading Serious errors in the redistribution of building plots for the Son Bou Hotels
The problem of the depletion of the aquifers and the abuse of water management will be the central theme for the next excursion of the programme in the cycle of “La Menorca in-SOS-tenible”. (Unsustainable Menorca.) Continue reading Sunday 23 October: come and walk in support of good water management
Next Saturday, 15 October, between 10 and 14.00 h, GOB will be at the Mostra d’Entitats – Organisations of Menorca Show – that will take place in the Pla de sa Creu in Sant Lluís. It will be a morning of fun with activities for children and adults, organised by entities attached to the ETS Forum Menorca (not for profit organisations): dancing, music, batucada (a type of samba), exchange workshop, games, recycling plastics workshop… It will be the seventh Mostra d’Entitats. The ETS Forum of Menorca is seeking to increase its numbers creating a larger network of collaborating entities and, at the same time, give publicity to each one making the public more aware of the work they do. Continue reading This Saturday, GOB will be at the Mostra d’Entitats of Menorca
In Menorca there is a project to double the sea area for doubling the Addaia sport Marina. There is also a plan to build dry marinas, for boats, in Cala Molí, Cala en Busquets, and Ciutadella. It is also planned to fill up the Cala Figuera area in Maó with boats. Continue reading First walk “in-SOS-tenible” (unsustainable) against nautical overcrowding
At Es Viver, GOB’s ecological plant nursery, organic seedlings of various varieties are now available for the kitchen garden. Thursday was the start of Sant Miquel a Nadal according to the way the year is divided in the Menorcan countryside. It is the season for winter planting of the kitchen garden. Continue reading Ecological seedlings from Menorca
The first of the excursions for the campaign “la Menorca in-SOS-tenible” (unsustainable Menorca) will start and will show the main problems of unsustainability found in Menorca. Continue reading 25 September, excursion “in-SOS-tenible” (unsustainable) against nautical overcrowding
