Its been raining for over a month and enough is enough. Nevertheless the rain has enhanced nature and the birds love it!
Notice Mr yellow feet?
Just by the ampitheatre, the flowers are blooming.
To top it all there was a cormorant on the river.
How do you measure happiness is the question in the back of my mind as I interview Felipe Viveros, European Representative of the Bhutan Gross Happiness project. Originally from Chile, now living in the UK, Felipe outlined a narrative that is fascinating some in the Western world. Felipe is a writer and an ecologist with…
About 60 citizens and residents turned up at 9:00 a.m. this morning, March 21st, outside the Tavira Council house to register their concerns about the mobility plan. If you have not already looked at the plan, today would have been the final day of the very short eight-day consultation period. During the protest, two people…
The three day “Festival of the Tree” organised by the Tavira Transition Movement, took place in the Library in Tavira and in Mata Santa Rita, during the weekend of 22-24 March. The main attraction of the festival was Aviram Rozin from Sadhana Forest Auroville, India. People from many nationalities came together, to learn from his…
On World Water Day, 22 March, the Municipality of Tavira sent out details of a new awareness and information campaign entitled “Water is Life, but it can End.“ I was puzzled at first because this theme is taken from the Lakota phrase “Mní wičhóni” “Water is Life” which was the protest anthem from Standing Rock….
The Continente shopping centre in Tavira often hosts ART work and this month its an array of donkeys. Share on FacebookPost on XFollow usSave
Boules is a popular game, usually played on Saturday afternoons and Sundays across the Algarve. Sometimes called Pétanque or Bocce (Italy) the games can be sub-divided into two categories based on typical throwing technique, either throwing or rolling. Balls are usually thrown underhand not overhand as in baseball. On Sunday 10 March, the East Algarve…
