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The City of Murcia, through the Department of Planning, Environment and Huerta, who heads Antonio Navarro Corchón, has designed a varied program of innovative activities to enjoy nature and the environment murcianos atmosphere from October to December this year .

With this initiative, training, awareness and environmental awareness of the entire population of the municipality who may participate in a wide range of activities with different themes is enhanced.

The proposal consists of 2 Seminars and workshops Nature, 8 itineraries and guided environmental routes, and five activities of municipal environmental volunteer program to be developed in different natural areas of the municipality.

Segura and Huerta de Murcia River are two of the areas in which activities such as maintenance of the ecological garden will be developed, a walk through the corners of the garden Torreagüera or volunteer days to improve the river bank and monitoring of species such as eel.

This year the environmental volunteer program will involve the collaboration of various associations of the municipality as ASTRAPACE, ADESGA, the Columbares and ANSE Association.

Contraparada be another space where activities will take place within this new programming, where a workshop to learn about the vegetation and the uniqueness of this space will take place.

One more year, the Forest Park Municipal Majal Blanco will host the traditional Christmas sweets shop and in this environment you can enjoy various guided to understand the environmental values ​​that houses itineraries.

Through this program also aims to visit other natural areas in the town of great environmental and heritage significance, such as the Castillo de la Asomada, in the Cabezo del Puerto.

All information about the program features can be found on the municipal website environment or through facebook MurciaMedioAmbiente.

Seminars and workshops in Majal Blanco Nature

2 intensive workshops are scheduled (1 in the Nature Majal Blanco and 1 in the Centre The Contraparada) in direct contact with two of the best-preserved natural environment of the municipality.

Workshops are held on Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 hours.

The registration fee is 5 € (free for children under 17, over 65s and unemployed persons).

-13 November: Vegetation safely river meanders and Contraparada

-18 December: Workshop in the traditional Christmas sweets Majal Blanco

Environmental itineraries and guided tours

In this period eight activities for Saturdays, from 10:00 to 14:00 hours, which will bring us to different environments enclaves and environmental interest are scheduled.

Registration for the routes is free for all interested persons.

-1 October: MU PR 52 Barranco Blanco, Majal Blanco

-8 October: Walk around the corners of the Huerta Torreagüera.

-22 October: Walking the peaks of Majal Blanco.

MU PR 55 Eagle Peak

- November 5: Family Trail: learn and enjoy the Majal Blanco.

-12 November: Circuit by Majal Blanco Forest Park

-26 November: Ascent to the Castle Asomada

-3 December: The traditions of Majal Blanco.

MU PR 34 Camino de Los Arejos

-17 December: Route of the ancient inhabitants.

MU PR 84 El Picacho

Environmental Volunteer We do pineapple!

Currently volunteering already has a group of 235 people registered through the Office of Volunteerism.

For this period, activities are scheduled in May for voluntary action, on Saturdays from 10:00 to 14:00 develop.

-1 October: Maintenance organic garden.

Collaboration: ASTRAPACE

-22 October: Care of the forest vegetation in Los Ginovinos.

Collaboration: ADESGA.

-12 November: Evaluation of trails Majal Blanco.

-26 November: Species recovery in the Segura River: Anguilla Project.

Collaboration: Association Columbares.

-17 December: Planting to improve the banks of the River Segura.

Collaboration: ANSE

Phone information and registration is: 968212518

Parallel to all this programming, visitors to the Majal Blanco served within the Environmental Information Points located in the Plaza de las Moreras and La Contraparada every Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 09:30 to 14:00 and the Center Visitors El Majal Blanco Sunday from 09:30 to 14:00.

Activities in Schools

Meanwhile, throughout the school year, the environmental education program for schools and associations 'Murcia, Ecology of a city', turns 21 years since its inception and includes a wide range of innovative activities.

The first one, the ninth edition of the 'Network of organic school gardens of the municipality of Murcia (RHEMU)', a network, explained Navarro, whose main objective is "the establishment of gardens in schools as a resource learning where organic farming is the way to approach them through environmental education values ​​all that encompasses a garden. "

50 centers planted beans, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, chard, lettuce, celery, radishes, carrots, for schoolchildren to learn the many skills that gives an orchard.

In addition, there are now 26 centers awarded the distinction 'Green School', this course fulfills its 15th edition, this latest edition, the Arboleja and school Ciudad de Murcia, they were awarded the prize.

From the city of Murcia, he has qualified the holder Huerta, "continued our work of information, awareness and put into action the necessary steps to make schools increasingly are more responsible and respectful of the environment.

To do this, students, parents, teachers and the rest of the teaching community, actively participate in this part of the program. "

Moreover, the 'Ecoula' talks, workshops and environmental visits, section "student approach the environmental reality of our municipality" with an estimated 25 centers participating.

In addition, each year the 'Hall of Nature of Majal Blanco' opens its doors to be available to students / as involved daily through the program.

Each year, more than 1500 people visit our facilities and participate in various activities.

Thus, school perform various environmental itineraries to discover how the plaster in the area and subsequent drying and grinding gypsum in the oven and mill near the quarry was mined.

Or, to become for a day in real explorers and discover some of the plants and animals that live there and observe how plants resist our climate through various adaptations.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia