The Marine Reserve merits greater effective protection

13th January 2017 GOB Menorca 1 Comment

Last Saturday many people took part in a demonstration to raise awareness of the effects of illegal fishing in the Marine Reserve along the north coast of Menorca. Continue reading The Marine Reserve merits greater effective protection →

A General Meeting of GOB Members initiates the 40th anniversary of its existence in Minorca

3rd January 2017 domenec

A general meeting of GOB Menorca members on 21 December, approved the resumé of activities of 2016, the budget for 2017, and the composition of the new Board of Directors. This next year will be the 40^th anniversary of the creation of GOB Menorca, and it will be marked by a series of activities and celebrations. Continue reading A General Meeting of GOB Members initiates the 40th anniversary of its existence in Minorca →

General Meeting of GOB

21st December 2016 GOB Menorca

A General Meeting of GOB’s members has been convened for Wednesday 21 December at 20.15 hours in the Molí del Rei, 53 Camí des Castell, Mahon. Continue reading General Meeting of GOB →

Thanks to volunteers

20th December 2016 GOB Menorca

Thanks to volunteers, GOB Menorca goes forward day by day in achieving the aims for which the group exists: defending environmental principles and searching for an equilibrium between human activities and the conservation of nature. Continue reading Thanks to volunteers →

The Uprising Against Globalization

19th December 2016 GOB Menorca

It is said that most social change isn’t sparked off by just one event. Generally, there is a snowball effect. One event leads to another and each time the consequences are greater. Environmental affairs seem also to be snowballing, global problems end up determining local ones. Continue reading The Uprising Against Globalization →

GOB Shop open for Christmas Shopping

13th December 2016 GOB Menorca

For the month of December and until 5 January, the GOB shop in the market at the Claustre del Carme in Mahon will be open from Monday to Saturday, from 10 am to 1.30 pm and afternoons, from 5 pm until 8 pm. Continue reading GOB Shop open for Christmas Shopping →

Follow up on the proceedings against the use of irrigation systems in direct sunshine

9th December 2016 GOB Menorca

GOB has asked to be able to consult the files on the three irrigation systems which were reported officially this summer in Menorca. This initiative was to end the lack of control on the extraction of large quantities of water from the aquifer. Continue reading Follow up on the proceedings against the use of irrigation systems in direct sunshine →

Clean Up and Get Paid!

28th November 2016 domenec

While in the Arctic temperature records continue to be broken, other conservation issues both locally and internationally, are looking a little brighter. Continue reading Clean Up and Get Paid! →

Gas first for power stations

25th November 2016 GOB Menorca

The project to bring natural gas to Menorca is not, in the end, acceptable for the public. The potential saving of lower emissions is very insignificant and would not compensate for the amount of construction work required. Continue reading Gas first for power stations →

November synopsis

23rd November 2016 GOB Menorca

There have not been many postings this month, due to holidays. Here is a synopsis of some activities:

Premi Pere Prats awarded on 19 November

GOB elected, unanimously, Antoni Carreras, to receive the Pere Prats Prize for initiating projects which combine social employment and the environment. Working with Caritas and during the economic crisis he recognised the importance of recycling clothes and goods at Mestral. He promoted the Algendar Tree project, creating work by the conservation, for example, of its ethnological walls, irrigation channels and agricultural structures in this special farming area, and also by the reintroduction and sale of Menorcan fruit trees boosting commercial ecological cultivation. Continue reading November synopsis →

Conscientious Ecology