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Finding well-prepared and willing staff to work hard in a summer restaurant has become an odyssey. Let’s take a family establishment that has been running for years as an example. Operating from morning breakfasts to evening dinners requires a staff that is constantly in crisis. This led to a business reevaluation that turned out to be virtuous.
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Shortly after the summer solstice, we kicked off this year’s series of environmental camps! This year marked the first time we expanded to four consecutive camps, each tailored to a specific age group: small children, middle-aged children, teens, and a hiking expedition for young people.
Mongofra Nou, nestled within the Albufera des Grau Natural Park and the wild northern part of the island, provided an unparalleled setting for collective fun and learning about environmental values, respect, coexistence, and autonomy, all in constant contact with nature.
Continue reading Experiences from the 2024 Environmental Education Camps
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Walking along paths that traverse diverse environments is nourishing, if we are able to read the information offered by the landscape. In a time when a growing disenchantment among citizens ends up feeding extremely dangerous governments, it may be fitting to explore ways to recharge our vital batteries.
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Recent news reports indicate that Menorca has over 10,000 swimming pools. Given this large number, it is necessary to address how to prevent water loss caused by evaporation due to sun and wind exposure on such vast surfaces.
Continue reading Reducing Pool Evaporation: A Duty for Menorca
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Summer is here, and it’s always nice to engage in activities that involve getting wet. That’s why we have found the perfect combination: cooling off in the waters of Fornells Bay and participating in one of GOB’s most important tasks, environmental education. The result is a free underwater photography activity that allows us to explore the blue world, capturing the beauty of the landscape and recognizing elements of Menorca’s marine flora and fauna.
Continue reading Underwater Photography Workshop in Shallow Bays
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A desalination plant that would discharge brine into an infiltration well is the solution proposed by the promoters of the Repòs del Rei Partial Plan, a development planned between Maó and Es Castell that presents various problems.
Continue reading Repòs del Rei: Water, Housing, and Hotels Questioned
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The implementation of the legalization of illegal buildings on rural land in Menorca had its first rocky episode today. The Technical Commission had to be suspended for a while, and in the end, a vote was held without any technical or legal report.
Continue reading GOB Warns Against Urban Planning Amnesty in Menorca
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This Summer, Nature and Wildlife Lovers in Menorca Have the Opportunity to Visit GOB’s Wildlife Recovery Center. From Monday, July 1st, until September 30th, the Center will open its doors to the public from Monday to Saturday starting at 6 PM until sunset.
Continue reading The Wildlife Recovery Center opens its doors to the public this summer
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We live in strange times. People rent lounge chairs on the beach to avoid touching the sand. But when the beach ends up looking like a hard surface without sand, as it has this year at Sant Tomàs, no one wants to rent chairs. Then, the City Council considers moving them to Binigaus, a pristine beach where there are still sandy areas, with the goal that people can rent the chairs and thus not touch the sand. That’s the way the world is.
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With the arrival of warm weather, as every season, GOB Menorca launches a new t-shirt in the “la Menorca que estimam” (the Menorca we love) series. This year’s design features artwork by painter, sculptor, and engraver Maties Sansaloni (@sansalonicoll), depicting an artistic recreation of a socarrell (Launaea cervicornis).
Continue reading The ‘socarrell’ on the new GOB Menorca t-shirt
