{"id":4008,"date":"2016-01-22T18:17:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anossaterra.org\/en\/uncategorized-en\/boletin-janeiro-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-01-22T18:30:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:30:21","slug":"boletin-janeiro-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anossaterra.org\/en\/newsletter\/boletin-janeiro-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Nossa Terra Annual General Meeting<\/strong>
\nThe association invites all the associates to participate in the general meeting, which is scheduled to Saturday, 20th February, 2 p.m., at the \u00d3ch\u00e1l\u00e1.
\nThe general meeting purpose is to discuss and organize the activities for this year.<\/p>\n

Transition Town Meeting<\/strong>
\nNext Sunday, 24th January, we will realize the first 2016 Transition Town meeting.
\nThe local is at Bica Boa, Monchique, at 2 p.m., and the discussion themes are the community garden, the annual plan for 2016 and a review from the last year\u2019s scene.<\/p>\n

CONSOLFOOD 2016 Internacional Conference<\/strong>
\nOn 22nd and 23rd January, the international conference CONSOLFOOD, takes place at Campus da Penha at the Algarve\u2019s University, at Faro. In this conference, several experts will discuss food processing with solar energy in seminars and workshops.
\nOur associate George Portas will be part of the conference program, presenting the sun drying process from his artisanal spirulina production. For more information and inscriptions at the conference, please visit http:\/\/www.consolfood.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Public Session about The Oil and Gas Exploitation in the Algarve<\/strong>
\nOn the next January 25th, we will receive in Monchique an open public session about the oil and natural gas exploitation in the Algarve. This session is organized by the Preservar Aljezur Group with support from ASMAA.
\nWe invite everyone to participate in this session, which will take place on the 25th January, at 9 p.m. at the public library, in Monchique (near the post office and the Santo Ant\u00f3nio Gallery).
\nThis event has the purpose to provide information about this serious topic for the municipality and the region, which has been under reported by the official media.
\nThe Portuguese govern has granted the rights for prospection, testing, developing and production of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) on land and ocean by the Algarve\u2019s offshore, included a few kilometres of the Sudoeste Alentejano Natural Park and the Vicentina Coast. For more information, visit
\nhttp:\/\/www.asmaa-algarve.org\/index.php\/en\/.<\/a><\/p>\n

Participation at the Seminar about Mining Conflicts in Portugal and Brazil, by the Coimbra\u2019s University<\/strong>
\nThe association will be at a seminar about mining conflicts that exists in Portugal and Brazil.
\n\u201cThis event will discuss aspects of the population\u2019s struggles related by mining in Portugal and Brazil, and the different ways to say \u201cno\u201d to these projects, by sharing experiences and building knowledge between academics, activists, associations and social movements\u201d.
\nThe seminar will take place on February 2nd, at the Social Studies Centre of the University of Coimbra, between 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and at the Science Museum Cafeteria from the University of Coimbra between 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Monchique\u2019s Monumental Trees on Portugal em Direto, Antena 1<\/strong>
\nOn January 12th, Stephen Hugman and Rui Andr\u00e9 were interviewed for a radio interview about the Monchique\u2019s Monumental Trees, presented in the radio program Portugal em Direto, Antena 1.
\nIn this interview, we can also listen the researcher Raquel Lopes, from Aveiro University, who is creating a guide for classified monumental trees in the centre of Portugal. The purpose is to attract new audience and ecotourism.
\nThe interview is available online at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/zye8z82<\/a><\/p>\n

Certificate of Merit from the Portuguese Environmental Agency<\/strong>
\nA Nossa Terra received a certificate of merit from the Portuguese Environmental Agency, on December 4th, in Faro. The certificate was received in recognition of the association\u00b4s excellent work and effort towards the programme of environmental volunteering for water.<\/p>\n

2015\/2016 Water Monitoring Program in Monchique<\/strong>
\nThe hydrologic year started on October 1st 2015. Since most streams are not permanent, the water sampling programmes takes place in spring, between February and July.
\nTo take part in the program, contact the association. The next monitoring will start in February in the Ribeira de Monchique.<\/p>\n

Portuguese seeds<\/strong>
\nNew catalogue 2016: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/sementes-PT<\/a><\/p>\n

Fernanda Botelho 2016 Diary \u2013 Medicinal Plants and Biodiversity (in Portuguese)<\/strong>
\nThe association has available copies of the 2016 Diary from the author Fernanda Botelho.
\nThese diaries (in Portuguese) include information about plants and agriculture, and this year\u2019s diary is related to medicinal plants and biodiversity.
\nEach diary costs 12,50\u20ac. We also have available the 2015 and 2014 agendas, which costs 8\u20ac.<\/p>\n

Reuse Books for Free<\/strong>
\nThe office of Nossa Terra has a lot of books available for reuse. Come in, take what you like, and leave a donation. German\/English\/Portuguese available.<\/p>\n

Transition Group Newsletter<\/strong>
\nTo receive news from the Monchique Transition Group, as well as news from other Algarve groups, you can register on Google Groups \u201cTransition Monchique\u201d. There\u2019s a link to this group on the Transition Monchique website: http:\/\/transition.monchique.info\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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