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The issues of access to housing and the touristification of urban centers will be the focus of the next participatory action by the Via Menorca platform. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, August 20th, at 7 PM, in the Plaça de la Catedral of Ciutadella.
The activity will create a human embrace around much of the old town of Ciutadella as a call to halt the loss of rights and identity.
Continue reading August 20: Take part in the popular embrace of Ciutadella’s Old Town
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The decision to expand the parking lot at Cala Mitjana is one of the measures stemming from the Balearic Government’s Decree Law, aimed at overlooking the side effects of institutional policy. For years, Cala Mitjana has been doubling or even tripling its maximum user capacity. Expanding the parking lot further degrades the natural area and diminishes the tourist experience of visiting this beautiful beach.
Continue reading Cala Mitjana: parking with dipped headlights, short-sighted solutions
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Cala en Turqueta is a small natural wonder. Two discreet ravines in southern Menorca converge at a single point, forming a bifurcated beach of clear sand, turquoise waters, and tall vegetation reaching the water’s edge. This place combines the idyllic characteristics of tourist promotion with the unique identity of an iconic space for the island’s territorial defense.
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This summer, the Menorca Wildlife Recovery Center offers a unique opportunity to learn about local fauna. With a variety of activities such as games, crafts, and stories, visitors can discover and interact with turtles, toads, nocturnal birds, and raptors every Tuesday in August and September. Have a fun and educational afternoon with your family. Don’t miss our entertaining activities!
This Tuesday, August 6, starting at 6:30 PM, there will be a family workshop at the Wildlife Recovery Center! We will have games and activities to understand why birds have such a wide variety of beaks: short, long, thin, thick, sharp, straight, hooked…
Continue reading Summer family activities at the Wildlife Recovery Center
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GOB Menorca is calling on all those who took part in the educational summer camps during their initial phase, specifically from 1990 to 2005, to attend a reunion filled with memories and friendship.
The event will take place at Parc des Freginal in Maó, on August 13, starting at 7:30 PM.
Continue reading August 13: reunion of former GOB summer camps participants (1990-2005)
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Earth Overshoot Day, also known as Ecological Debt Day, marks the date when humanity’s demand for natural resources in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2024, this day falls on August 1st; from this point on, everything we consume depletes the savings accounts of future generations.
To demonstrate that there can be a more respectful way to produce food —economically viable and promoting social justice— , ‘Custodia Agrària’, GOB’s Land Stewardship program, commissioned a study on the ecological footprint of cold meats from these Menorcan farms. The resulting report, prepared by Global Footprint Network, delivers a clear message: it is possible.
Continue reading ‘Custòdia Agrària’ products to Reduce the Ecological Footprint
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The Via Menorca campaign made history this past weekend by moving to a real beach: from Cala en Turqueta, we envisioned and organized a change of course for Menorca.
Early on Saturday morning, July 27th, a group of 250 people coordinated to meet at the parking lot of this beach, filling it with residents’ cars for about six hours. The gathering continued on the beach, where participants crafted various messages on the sand using towels and their own bodies. These images were used to convey to the world the concern of a significant portion of the Menorcan population about the island’s increasing overcrowding.
Continue reading Cala en Turqueta Advocates for a New Path for Menorca
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Allowing construction in flood or fire risk areas again, legalizing buildings on rural land without meeting the minimum parameters set by territorial planning, and contradicting higher regulations through a Decree Law based on “extraordinary and urgent necessity” represents a substantial change in the legal conditions of the Balearic Islands’ territory. This arbitrary move creates significant discrimination among citizens.
Continue reading Petition for Unconstitutionality of the Omnibus Decree Law
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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
