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Voting has been opened for the participatory budgets of the Consell Insular (Island government). GOB has proposed the project “Freedom for hedgehogs” and we ask for your vote. Continue reading Vote for hedgehogs in the participatory budgets
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More than two years have passed since the works on the section of the main road between Mahon and Alaior were halted. GOB has expressed its worry that there is still no resolution on the matter of redesigning the enormous roundabouts projected for the cross roads at Rafal Rubí and at l’Argentina. Continue reading Outstanding work on the main road
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The Consell Insular (island governing Council) and GOB are organizing an excursion by foot for Sunday 6 May. It will go along country paths to the settlement of Torralba d’en Salort, one of the largest and most spectacular prehistoric settlements of Menorca. Continue reading Sunday 6 May, an excursion to Torralba d’en Salort
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Volunteering is an essential activity for GOB. Many people dedicate part of their time and efforts altruistically to give help to the society. The activity of GOB in Menorca would be unthinkable without their support. Continue reading Volunteering gives life to GOB (Video)
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This is a video showing a red kite being released back into the wild. It had been brought in wounded to the Centre of Recuperation for Wild Animals. Red kites as a species are in danger of extinction but the heavy decline in numbers is now slowly recovering in Menorca. So, saving this bird was particularly important. Red kites are especially vulnerable to poisoning and electrocution from power lines. Continue reading Video of a saved Red Kite
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This Saturday there will be a practical workshop to learn how to cultivate ecological tomatoes. It will be at Es Viver, the GOB market garden, at 10 am. It is open to everyone and will be free of charge.
Es Viver is on the airport road next to Mestral. Here you can find it in Google Maps.
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Here you can see an interesting video by 360.org that explains so well why we do not agree with the implementation of Natural Gas in Menorca, apart from that, temporarily, at the main power station in Mahon Harbour.
https://www.facebook.com/gastivists/videos/1662255807200864/
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On Sunday 1 April there will be a new talayotic excursion organized by the Consell Insular and GOB one of the cycle that brings together the discovery of sites on the island with scientific information on the talayotic world. Continue reading Sunday 1 April Excursion to the Sant Agustí settlement
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A year on and the volunteers of the Centre for the Recuperation of Wild Animals have had some training on the handling and the first assistance to give to wild animals suffering from an accident. The volunteers are essential to the day to day running of the Centre. Thanks to their commitment and altruistic dedication of the individual volunteers the Centre helps more than 1000 animals a year. Continue reading Training for Volunteers of the Animals Hospital
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Now Spring is here and we can start to plant out the kitchen garden for the summer. At Es Viver of GOB there is a large range of seedlings for sale of local kitchen garden varieties, produced ecologically. We offer traditional varieties of Menorca, to obtain home grown produce with the taste and quality of before. Continue reading Seedlings for the ecological kitchen garden from Es Viver
