This week, a course will start combining talks and excursions on Autumn in Menorca and will deal with geology, flowers, mushrooms and wild animals. There are still one or two places available. Continue reading Last day to register for a course “Autumn in Menorca”
New renovation work starts on a water cistern
On Sunday 10 October, a group of GOB volunteers were working to restore a water cistern which catches rain water in Torralbet. This is one of the farms forming part of a network each of which has signed up to the Land Stewardship Scheme. Continue reading New renovation work starts on a water cistern
Sunday 23 October, excursion to the necropolis of Cala Morell
The Island Council and GOB are organising an excursion by foot for Sunday 23 October. It will be to visit the necropolis of Cala Morell, where it is possible to see the excavation of a set of 14 burial caves. Continue reading Sunday 23 October, excursion to the necropolis of Cala Morell
Another falcon with shotgun wounds taken into the Wild Life Hospital
GOB has made a formal complaint to SEPRONA (Guardia Civil Police) and the Environmental Agencies of a new case of a falcon wounded by a shotgun and which has recently been taken into the Wild Life Recuperation Centre. It is the fourth one in the last few years brought in for this reason. This year it is the second case of a protected species coming as a result of impacted pellets. Continue reading Another falcon with shotgun wounds taken into the Wild Life Hospital
Evidence in the mud from the sewage plant
The building of a new sewage plant in Ferreries, to replace the anaerobic lagoon that has worked until now, has exposed a problem which has been building up for many years. Sludge from the old installation was full of heavy metal making a dangerously toxic residue. The current situation has had a long and non-restrictive history. Continue reading Evidence in the mud from the sewage plant
Participate in The Pere Prats Prize for the Environment
GOB Menorca is asking all its members and friends to propose people or groups suitable for receiving the Pere Prats Prize for the Environment which is awarded annually. Continue reading Participate in The Pere Prats Prize for the Environment
Exhibition “Water in Menorca”
There is an exhibition in the conference and exhibition hall of the Molí del Rei (GOB´s centre in Mahon on the Camí des Castell, 53) on Water in Menorca. This exhibition is made principally out of reused materials to give an explanation of the state of fresh water in Menorca. Continue reading Exhibition “Water in Menorca”
Time to plant up the kitchen garden
Now is the time to plant seeds and plants for the kitchen garden. Es Viver, the nursery garden of GOB, has ecological plants for sale which are local varieties particularly adapted to the climate, needing less water, are stronger and less likely to become diseased, and are of the highest gastronomic quality. Continue reading Time to plant up the kitchen garden
Sunday 25 September: Excursion on foot to Son Mercer de Baix
The Consell Insular and GOB have organised an excursion on foot for Sunday 25 September. It will visit the settlement of Son Mercer de Baix with its domestic (naviform) structures, where there are different habitation chambers special to the area called Cova des Moro. Continue reading Sunday 25 September: Excursion on foot to Son Mercer de Baix
Renewable energy and land space – a necessary debate
The enlargement of the Son Salomó solar park, to the north of Ciutadella, brings into focus the debate on renewable energies and the use of land. It is an issue which is never easy to resolve but which must be confronted sensitively and from a responsible point of view. Continue reading Renewable energy and land space – a necessary debate