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One year in, taking stock of scheme to count and cap vehicles on Formentera
Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer and mobility councillor Rafael González seized the opportunity of Sustainable Mobility Week to present an official review of the first phase of a system to regulate the number of vehicles brought on the island. The rollout took place in July and August. President Ferrer gave an overview of the path to Formentera becoming an island where mobility is increasingly sustainable. As ...
Dance, theatre, music, performances and circus form core of L'Illa a Escena 2019, act two
The Department of Culture of the Consell de Formentera unveiled today the second round this year of the musical and performing arts programme “L'Illa a Escena”. Culture and education councillor Susana Labrador said that the nine projects scheduled to stop in at the Sala de Cultura “have something for both children and adults, and is designed to spice up the local cultural scene”. “We're bringing acts from across the spectrum o...
This Saturday, Formentera celebrates World Cleanup Day at Estany des Peix
The Department of Environment of the Consell de Formentera reports that the local celebration of World Cleanup Day promoted by Plastic-Free Formentera and Qué Celeste with support from the Consell happens this Saturday, 21 September. Volunteers for a cleanup of Estany des Peix will meet at 10.00am at the Nautical Sports Centre (Centre d'Esports Nàutics). Besides getting information on recycling at two educational stands, part...
Formentera sets sights on off-season tourists
The Department of Tourism of the Consell de Formentera reports that the coming days will see the island's promotors hitting two travel expos in Switzerland and Netherlands, and a birdwatching festival in the Delta de l'Ebre. Head of promotion Carlos Bernús is in the Swiss city of Montreux at the TTW Romandie (Travel Trade Workshop) today and tomorrow—“one of the biggest for tourism professionals in French-speaking Switzerland...
Consell launches programme encouraging islanders to repurpose pallets
The environmental department of the Consell de Formentera has rolled out a programme offering free wood pallets at the island's rubbish drop-off spot, the Deixalleria. Formentera residents can take advantage of the offer by signing up at the Deixalleria directly. Pallets were previously sent to the local transfer plant to be shredded and shipped to Eivissa, a service paid for by the Consell de Formentera at a cost of €171/ton...
Teresa Matilla, “Il·lapsos”
Yesterday evening at the Ajuntament Vell exhibition space, artist Teresa Matilla introduced the island to Il·lapsos—twelve creations in oil, wet paper, textiles and a vast range of reusable materials. The artist shares her reflections on a society that, despite its liberties, lives enslaved to consumerism, greed and domination. Matilla's display includes pieces which have already graced the walls of sala FAD at the Macba in Ba...
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