Baião City Council promotes Agro Douro Verde talks
Agro Douro Verde Talks – Resilience and Sustainability in Rural Territories is the theme of the meeting to be held on 26 October at the MACC Baião, starting at 9.30am, where topics related to the entire rural world will be presented and debated. Organised by Baião Town Council, the Agro Douro Verde talks are designed […]
Baião honoured with Municipal Excellence in Culture Award
The municipality of Baião was awarded the Municipal Excellence Award in the Culture category, an initiative of the Social City Programme, with the MACC Baião being recognised as a museographic, cultural, educational and scientific project. The award ceremony took place during the ‘II Social City Congress’ held on 25 September at Europarque in Santa Maria […]
National Water Day celebrated with the delivery of reusable bottles and the installation of drinking fountains in schoolsschools
National Water Day is celebrated on 1 October and marks the beginning of a new hydrological year, as it is the time when water reserves reach their minimum and when the rainy season begins. As such, Águas do Norte chose Baião to mark this event by placing drinking fountains in the municipality’s schools and handing […]
Baião marked National Sustainability Day by deep cleaning
National Sustainability Day was established on 9 June 2023, through the publication in the Diário da República of a Resolution by the Council of Ministers, making Portugal the first country to celebrate this event. The date chosen, 25 September, is symbolic since it was the day that the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development […]
International Clean Air Day for Blue Skies
Today, 7 September, marks the fifth edition of International Clean Air Day for Blue Skies. This year’s theme is ‘It’s Time to Invest in Clean Air Now’. This theme is especially relevant since air quality has direct implications for public health, causing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as affecting the climate and ecosystems. By […]
Another “Patrulha Baião” team has been trained
The second group of the “Patrulha Baião” project, part of the Youth Volunteering for Nature and Forestry programme promoted by the Portuguese Institute for Sport and Youth (IPDJ), which will be in the field from the 14th to the 28th, underwent a training session on August 7th, where they were taught how to act in […]
Baião Patrol” programme starts tomorrow
The “Patrulha Baião” programme starts tomorrow, 30 July, mobilising young volunteers committed to preserving nature and defending the forest in the municipality of Baião. This project, which is part of the Youth Volunteering Programme for Nature and Forests, is aimed at citizens living in Portugal, aged between 14 and 30, promoting volunteering practices in favour […]
“Flame Fox” involves children in a lesson on fire prevention
On 22 July, around 200 pre-school and primary school children from the municipality’s three school groups, who are taking part in the summer activities promoted by the municipality, took part in two “Raposa Chama” project initiatives, held in Baião and Santa Marinha do Zêzere. These actions, which are part of the national “Portugal Chama” campaign, […]
New River Leisure Area in Loivos da Ribeira is a dream come true
On 19 July, the mayor of Baião, Paulo Pereira, and the president of the Loivos da Ribeira and Tresouras Parish Council, António José Fonseca, together with their executive, inaugurated the new Loivos da Ribeira River Leisure Area. This bucolic space, on the banks of the River Teixeira, has been completely refurbished, in an intervention aimed […]
Baião revalidated as a “Sustainable Tourist Destination”
On June 3, Baião, the first Portuguese municipality classified as a “Sustainable Tourism Destination”, received the announcement of the revalidation of the EarthCheck “Silver Award”, an internationally recognized certification validated by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) – an entity created with the support of the United Nations Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme, the […]