Playa Chica, El Poril, Playa del Medio, and the Risco area will be the spaces cleaned on June 7 starting at 10 a.m. to celebrate Environment and Oceans Days, organized by the Tías Town Hall. This activity, called "1m2 for the beaches and seas," is part of the municipal project ZEConsciente.
The initiative has the special collaboration of a local hotel, which will actively participate in the garbage collection, in addition to the Urban Agenda strategy, the LIBERA project, united against littering, Seobirdlife, and the Ecoembes organization.
Related to this celebration, the creation of a waste mural has been scheduled for June 8 at the El Fondeadero civic center. The artist JUIN will shape this mural, which will be on an exterior wall of the center, using plastic remains and waste collected in the days prior on the coast of La Tiñosa.
Oceans 2025 Award
That same Sunday, June 8, the ZEConsciente team will travel to Gran Canaria to collect the Oceans 2025 award, in the Education category, awarded by the Atlantic Society of Oceanographers (SAO). This organization offers an annual recognition to those who favor, promote, and raise awareness about the need to conserve life in the oceans to guarantee the future of the territories.
The Councilor for the Environment, Carmen Gloria Rodríguez, highlights that "from the Tías Town Hall, we continue working to bring knowledge of the marine environment to all citizens, especially the younger generations. ZEConsciente is a project that unites education, participation, and commitment to our closest environment, and this recognition by the Atlantic Society of Oceanographers is an impulse to continue advancing in that line."
Rodríguez adds that "the cleaning of the coastline, the creation of the mural with waste, and the interpreted routes at sea are examples of actions that seek not only to improve our environment but also to generate a collective awareness about the importance of conserving our marine ecosystems."
This project has approached the secondary education institutes Tías and Puerto del Carmen, Erasmus students from the latter center, as well as the schools La Asomada-Mácher and Concepción Rodríguez Artiles (Puerto del Carmen) for the development of informative days and workshops on the Special Conservation Zone (ZEC) Cagafrecho and the importance of preserving natural spaces. The ZEC is a figure contained in the Natura 2000 Network whose purpose is to ensure the long-term survival of the most threatened species and natural habitats in Europe.
In addition, this year a free program of interpreted routes at sea began through stand up paddle. During the tour, the Tiñosero coast is revealed, and the involvement of the local community is deepened to advance in the protection of the marine natural heritage. Places, which are limited, can be reserved by calling 628 410 602 or on the web www.school3s.com
Among other activities, the ZEConsciente team also participated in May in the international congress Marine Protected Areas Canary Islands 2025, intervening in the round table on the management of protected marine areas.
