Happy Earth Day

AS we celebrate Earth Day 2023 on Saturday, April 22, we are reminded of the impor‐tance of our collective respon‐sibility in safeguarding our planet.

Earth Day is a global event celebrated annually by more than one billion people to raise awareness about environmen‐tal issues and encourage action to protect the planet. The pur‐pose of Earth Day is simple: to promote a greener, more sus‐tainable future for the planet we call home.

This year, we rally behind the theme of ‘Invest in Our Planet’, which reminds us of the impor‐

ABRUCENA paid its most affectionate tribute to the olive tree on Sunday, April 17, in a celebration which makes olives and olive oil the protagonist (al‐though this year also included a wine tasting).

Homage to the olive

ent stands with local and artisan prod‐ucts, one of the great attractions of this event.

tance of dedicating our time, re‐sources, and energy to solving the climate crisis.

The EWN suggest four ways you can make a difference:

1. Plant a tree.

2. Reduce your plastic con‐sumption. Try the plastic calcu‐lator at: www.earthday.org healthy breakfast with olive oil as the main ingredient, be‐fore a talk given by Gema Molina, who spoke about the health benefits of olive oil.

3. Plan your own event. Organise a community cleanup, march,or workshop using the Earth Day 2023 Action Toolkit and register your event on the official Earth Day Map.

4. Donate. Support envi‐ronmental campaigns.

Happy Earth Day to all our readers!

STORIES IN THIS WEEK’S

Moors and Christians Mojacar

THE ‘Moors and Christians’ highly anticipated event will take place from June 16 until June 18. This is Mojacar’s biggest festival, and the entire town partic‐ipates along with adopted residents. They divide themselves into various guilds, called cábilas, who parade through the town dressed in colourful cos‐tumes as Arab or Christian soldiers and captains.

The mayor, Ismael Gil Salmeron, was in charge of welcoming all those attend‐ing the event and later toured the differ‐

Throughout the day the village was very busy, which was helped by the good weather.

The Las Chinas restaurant hosted a