Tag Archives: Philosophy

The marine environment becomes part of the Reserve of the Biosphere

24th June 2019 GOB Menorca

An area of some 20 kilometres of sea around Menorca has become part of the Reserve of the Biosphere, which, until now, included only land. UNESCO approved the addition on 5 June in Paris. This declaration is something which will be very helpful for enabling protection in the future. GOB celebrates the designation and the encouragement it gives to working for the rational conservation of the marine environment. Continue reading The marine environment becomes part of the Reserve of the Biosphere →

Proposals for the regional and local elections

26th March 2019 GOB Menorca

GOB Menorca has written a document addressed to the political parties that are running for the next elections to ask that their public pronouncements on more than a hundred proposals should be clearly presented in their electoral programs. Continue reading Proposals for the regional and local elections →

Ecoducts for progress

23rd January 2019 GOB Menorca 2 Comments

There are alternative ways to be followed that help to avoid a lot of existing problems. New routes which, once constructed, allow travel in a different way. And this is applicable for land, sea and air. Continue reading Ecoducts for progress →

Roads as flagships

31st December 2018 GOB Menorca

For some, the brain consumes more energy than other organs. This is not recognised by others, who feel more comfortable living with beliefs, rather than facts. We humans are more readily motivated by headlines rather than by small print and there are those who know and exploit this. Continue reading Roads as flagships →

The main road sequestered

19th December 2018 GOB Menorca 1 Comment

The problem resulting from the half constructed bridges of l’Argentina and Rafal Rubí is that the plans cannot prove any aspect of safety or legality. Now it is like a festering wound that is difficult to heal administratively because technical reports are being requested from the same professionals that took part in their design. Continue reading The main road sequestered →

The kidnapped road

18th December 2018 GOB Menorca

(This is a summary of the original article). Continue reading The kidnapped road →

Don’t lose the thread

13th November 2018 GOB Menorca

Centuries ago, Machiavelli warned that the iron hand is usually disguised by a velvet glove. When the true nature of things becomes apparent, there is often a risk that while power is maintained, authority is lost. And when authority is lost, it becomes difficult to keep control. Continue reading Don’t lose the thread →

A difficult future for the large scale hotels at Son Bou

10th July 2018 GOB Menorca

The technical and legal services of the Alaior Town Hall have confirmed the version that GOB has been putting forward for some months. There is no record that the two enormous hotels on the front line of Son Bou had a licence for them to be constructed to the size that they became. Therefore, it is not possible to accept plans that aim to strengthen and enlarge these buildings even more and which would last for some decades to come and have a huge detrimental impact on one of the largest landscapes along the coast of Menorca. Continue reading A difficult future for the large scale hotels at Son Bou →

You are invited to the Environmental Question Time

9th July 2018 GOB Menorca

Following the postponement of this event in June, we are delighted to announce that it has now been rearranged for Thursday 12 July.
This is a ROQUETA readers’ event, and we have invited leading island experts including representatives from GOB, the Menorcan Preservation Fund, the Biosphere Agency from the Consell Insular de Menorca and a private individual well versed in environmental matters to join us on a panel and take pre-prepared questions from readers on the local Menorcan environment and its sustainability. After each question, we will invite those attending to ask supplementary ones from the floor. Continue reading You are invited to the Environmental Question Time →

Interview to our President Carlos Coll

30th January 2018 GOB Menorca

[Translation of an interview  to Carlos Coll in Diari Menorca]

Brakes should be applied to the increase in tourism

The new leader of the ecology association wants to give more publicity to its activities and to get other groups on the island involved.

From the bank to volunteering and from volunteering to the presidency of the well-established ecological association of Menorca. Carlos Coll Pons (1950, San Luis) has accepted the proposal of the assembly of GOB to succeed Jaume Obrador as its president. Although his past work does not have much in common with this new commitment, he is a cheerful chap from Sant Lluís and open to following the line of his predecessor and especially in promoting and publicising the number of activities carried out by the association. With dialogue and respect he deems it necessary to control the number of tourists visiting in peak season and to highlight those policies which preserve the island’s landscape. Continue reading Interview to our President Carlos Coll →

Conscientious Ecology