Almost a thousand schoolchildren and numerous public participated in the VI edition of the Langaia International Environment Festival, which this weekend closed its program in Lanzarote with a hiking route through the Montaña de Aganada and a performance by the actor and stage director José Piris, one of the most celebrated artists of modern mime, which took place in the Plaza de Haría.
The festival's program of activities focused this year "on some of the most worrying and pressing problems for nature and the environment". We have opted for Langaia because we believe that it brings together the values that are at the base of a sustainable conservation proposal and because it has a different view towards the environment that unites art in its broadest conception, Haría is a defender of its natural heritage and we try to harmonize life with strict respect for the valuable nature that we have inherited, that is why we believe it is necessary to support initiatives of this nature", said the mayor of Haría, Marci Acuña.
The festival also had the support of the Cabildo de Lanzarote. "Langaia has joined the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Lanzarote as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, and points out the fact that this edition is moving part of its program to Madrid, which means for the island, given that the name of Lanzarote is linked to the defense and care of the environment", said the Councilor of the Biosphere Reserve, Rafael Juan González.
Workshops, storytelling and theater for schoolchildren
The mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort, stated along the same lines, considering it "an honor" that the Langaia Festival opened its program in his municipality and brought to schoolchildren "the necessary environmental awareness and respect for nature as an essential value for future generations." And, the festival focused a large part of its activities in schools, with workshops, song-telling and the theatrical performance that took place in the Municipal Theater of Tías which was attended by students from the Alcalde Rafael Cedrés schools of Tías and the Costa Teguise school.
On the other hand, the organization has highlighted the "success" of the screening of documentaries in the El Almacén Cinema hall, where the capacity was filled, or the dramatized readings Cycle "Vulnerable Planet II", an ecological theater project of the 21st century that also had a large audience.
Langaia now moves to Madrid
For the director of the International Environment Festival, Elvira Heras, this sixth edition has been very special, given that "it is the first time that we have taken Langaia outside the island and we have arrived in the capital of Spain with our proposals and on the other hand for the possibility of having top-level references such as Hilal Elver, UN special rapporteur for the right to food, or the journalist specializing in the environment Carlos de Prada".
Many of these activities are now moving to Madrid, where Langaia will continue the journey started in Lanzarote in other scenarios such as La Casa Encendida, the Teatro Alfil and the Nuevo Teatro Fronterizo.
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