More than 16,500 students participated in organized activities during the past |
Environmental education program for schoolchildren "Murcia, ecology of a city", under the Department of Environment, led Adela Martinez-Cache, begins in its 18th edition with new proposals for activities, among which the inclusion of The space Contraparada as environmental awareness training.
More than 16,500 students from all educational levels have participated during the 2012-2013 school year in the activities planned by the Department:
School gardens Program
In the course that begins just started the sixth edition of the "School gardens".
A total of 2,650 students have participated during the past year through thirty schools that have been advised for the management and implementation of a school garden.
This year will be attending 18 schools in the municipality where you will perform the whole process of growing vegetables from planting to harvesting.
The school garden is an open classroom with room for all subjects and can be used as an excellent teaching resource and motivating for students.
GREEN SCHOOLS Program
In its thirteenth edition, the "Green Schools" starts attending 24 centers motivated to continue with the educational process of the environmental audit to fully optimize the use of resources (paper, water, noise and energy) and environmentally to educate entire school community to lead the school management towards sustainability.
The balance of this course is participation of 6,525 participants from students and staff throughout the educational community.
"Talks, workshops and visits" urban ecology
This program allows you to work a selection of 12 songs on urban ecology.
In the past year 276 classrooms participated involving a total of 6,088 students, which addressed major issues such as noise, litter, air pollution, protection of the environment from home ...
Hall of Nature "The Majal Blanco".
The students also visit the "Hall of Nature of Majal Blanco" and environmental itinerary "the quarries of El Valle" where activities in direct contact with nature has a special role.
More than 1,300 participants have enjoyed the past year of Majal Blanco.
In addition this course as novelty Majal Blanco has a Visitor Center, a new facility with an exhibition which explains in an entertaining and interactive ecological and cultural values ​​of the Municipal Park.
Teaching resource that will complete the environmental tours.
The Department of Environment design a new programming environmental activities for the period from September to December to strengthen training, awareness and environmental awareness of the population of the town, offering a wide range of thematic alternatives in which all people can participate interested.
The proposal consists of 3 Seminars and Workshops Nature, environmental seven guided itineraries and routes, and five activities of local environmental volunteer program.
Also, like all summer last year, the weekend of Saturday September 21 were reopened in the Majal Blanco Information Point of the mulberry Square and Visitors Centre Majal Blanco.
In this new period of activity the main change is incorporated into the beginning programming is the use Contraparada Center as a space for training activities, awareness and environmental awareness.
In the Contraparada be held municipal environmental volunteer activities and a seminar to discover the nature of the River Segura.
Also, we propose novel and suggestive Majal Blanco activities as a prehistoric craft workshop to be held in the size of flint.
Also new this season is that for enrollment seminars have included the unemployed as free criterion.
Seminars and workshops in the Majal Blanco Nature: three intensive workshops are scheduled in the Nature to address new issues expert hand and in direct contact with one the best preserved natural environment of the municipality.
The workshops take place on Saturdays from 10-17 h.
Entry fee is € 5 (free for children under 17, seniors over 65 and unemployed).
October 26 Discover nature in The Contraparada and the River Segura
November 16 prehistoric Crafts: flint workshop
December 14 Christmas sweets Workshop, sustainable tradition.
Itineraries and environmental routes tours: During this period seven activities are scheduled for Sundays, 10 to 14 h, which will bring environments enclaves and environmental interest.
Registration is free.
September 29-PR-53 MU Barranco Los Cañones5, 1 km / difficulty: low-medium
October 6-Rambla del Puerto (El Palmar) 6 km Difficulty: medium-high
October 27-PR MU-34 Way of the Arejos6, 9 km / hindered: medium-high
November 10-SL MU-15: Jogging Mayor MA Camera2, 5 km / Low difficulty
November 24-PR 94 MU Trail of the Ginovinos5 km / difficulty: medium
December 1-Circuit Carrascoy Park-The Valle6 km / difficulty: medium
December 15-PR-84 MU Picacho4 km / difficulty: medium
Environmental Volunteer We pineapple!: Currently volunteering already has a group of 57 people registered through the Office of Volunteerism.
For this period, five activities are scheduled for voluntary action, taking place on Saturday from 10-14 h
28 septiembreMuestreo of exotic turtles in La Contraparada
12 octubreMuestreo otter and other mammals in River Segura
19 octubreMonitoreo fauna and maintenance activities
NoviembreMantenimiento 9 corridor in the vicinity of the River Segura
14 2nd diciembreRecuperación plaster oven Majal Blanco
Parallel to all this programming, it caters to visitors of Majal Blanco Environmental Information Point located in the Plaza of the mulberry trees on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 9.30 to 14.30 h.
and Visitor Center The White Majal Sundays from 9:30 to 14 pm
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia