A total of 65 children, aged between 7 and 12, participate in the summer camp held in the Aula de Naturaleza "Las Alquerías", organized by "Ecoespuña-La Hojarasca" with the Collaboration of the Tourist Association of Sierra Espuña.
The mayor of Totana, Andrés García, and the Councilor for Youth, Inmaculada Blázquez, visited today the facilities of the environmental complex, in which 80 percent of the participants are from the totanero municipality and the rest of others from the Region of Murcia .
The activity is included in the program "Totana Verano'2017" organized by the Department of Youth, and it aims to promote respect for the environment by developing a positive and participatory attitude, and bring participants closer to the knowledge of the protected natural space Of the regional park of Sierra Espuña.
During these days the children carry out numerous and varied activities of leisure and leisure related to nature and the environment to promote cooperative and integrative work in group and the attitudes of fellowship and respect for others and the environment.
The activities, which are always guided and guided by specialist monitors, are based on environmental education but with active dynamics and a large amount of leisure and adventure activities.
The vast majority of activities are related to protected wildlife, flora, history of forest hydrological restoration among other topics, where environmental education, from a dynamic and enjoyable action, becomes a key element for the staging Of many of the activities that take place during this week ..
In addition, they promote actions for participants to start reusing and recycling materials and active tourism;
As well as to know and value the different uses and uses of some of the natural resources of Sierra Espuña, both current and traditional.
Children also enjoy nature through games and activities that approach them, always with the utmost respect for their conservation;
While working good eating habits and personal grooming in children, as well as the need to be responsible and careful with their belongings.
In the planning of activities include actions on knowledge and assessment of the natural environment of the Sierra Espuña regional park, as well as recreational and tourist activities with excursions.
Participants act in small working groups, interleaving the components in the different activities to join the group, so that they develop collaborative activities of cleaning and ordering of cabins, various games of equipment tests, sports games, among others.
