Municipality of Baião marks European Week for Waste Reduction with the theme ‘Food waste has no taste’
From 16 to 24 November, the Municipality of Baião is joining the European Week for Waste Reduction, an initiative that aims to alert and raise public awareness of the importance of reducing waste production and, this year in particular, combating food waste. Under the slogan ‘Food Waste Has No Taste’, this initiative emphasises the urgency […]
Partners of the PAISACTIVO cross-border project discussed the management and development of rural areas in Galicia and northern Portugal
Campus Terra, the University of Santiago de Compostela’s centre in the Galician city of Lugo, hosted a technical meeting as part of the PAISACTIVO cross-border project, called ‘Good Practices in Active Rural Area Management’. This project, aimed at sustainable land management and reducing the risk of fires, will include two pilot projects, one in the […]
Porto’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities hosted a technical meeting as part of the PAISACTIVO cross-border project
A technical meeting was held on 30 October at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto (FLUP) as part of the PAISACTIVO cross-border project entitled ‘Policies for Good Rural Development Practices’. This project, aimed at sustainable land management and reducing the risk of fires, will include two pilot projects, one in the village […]
Desafios do mundo rural estiveram em debate nas Conversas da Agro Douro Verde
On October 26, the Auditorium of the Monastery of Ancede Cultural Centre – MACC Baião, hosted the Agro Douro Verde Conversations – Resilience and Sustainability in Rural Territories. This event, promoted by the city council with the aim of fostering dialogue and reflection on the challenges and future of the agricultural and forestry sector, was […]
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 […]