Águilas schools get hands on with tree-planting initiative
This week, 300 new trees and shrubs were planted in the Los Collados area of Águilas
For more than two decades now in Águilas, an environmentally-conscious initiative has been taking root. Águilas Boat Club, in partnership with the Águilas Town Council, has been nurturing the ECO Schools Litorales (ECOescuelas Litorales) project, a pioneering programme designed to educate and inspire students to care for the environment, fight climate change and protect local culture.
At the heart of the ECO Schools Litorales project is the belief that young minds hold the key to a more sustainable future and that by engaging students in hands-on activities, they will take a more proactive role in protecting it.
This is according to the Águilas Boat Club, whose spokesperson added that students are an active part in the generation of new green spaces and that “putting our grain of sand in the creation of vegetation spaces is one of our most successful activities.”
This week, the ECO Schools Litorales project took a significant step forward with the planting of more than 300 trees and shrubs in the forest zone of Los Collados.
The Águilas Boat Club expressed its gratitude to the Council of Parks and Gardens, led by José Luis Moreno, and the company STV, which prepared the land and will be responsible for maintaining the new green areas.
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Águilas boasts 28 kilometres of coastline, with many fine, sandy beaches, sheltered coves and unspoilt natural beaches. It is a great summer favourite with Spanish holidaymakers, so always has a superb programme of concerts and activities throughout the summer, as well as the biggest carnival in the Region of Murcia, 40 days before Semana Santa (Easter.)
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