The CajaGranada Cultural Center hosted on April 22, 2022 the presentation of the Friends of the Vega Awards 2022, awards that recognize the best practices in the care of the Vega Granadina. The event was attended by Manuel Montoya, coordinator of VegaEduca; the director of CajaGranada Foundation, Fernando Bueno; the mayor of Granada, Francisco Cuenca; the mayor of Atarfe, Pedro Martínez; the mayor of Los Guájares, Antonio Mancilla; and the councilor of the City of Granada, José Antonio Huertas, among others.
Manuel Montoya welcomed all participants and authorities and opened the event with the traditional reading of the manifesto in favor of the Vega de Granada, by students from several schools in the city. Subsequently, the 2022 edition of the Friends of the Vega Awards was presented by different institutional representatives.
For his part, Fernando Bueno pointed out that “CajaGranada Foundation will always be on the side of the initiatives that participate in the care of the planet”. “In these facilities is the monolith that marks the Centro Cultural CajaGranada, where we are, as Km. 0 of the Vega de Granada, witness of the commitment of this house with the environment in which it is located,” he added.
Similarly, Francisco Cuenca, has shown his appreciation to the association Salvemos la Vega – VegaEduca and stressed “the importance of caring for nature so that future generations can enjoy the same things we have enjoyed”. Likewise, he has asked for help to the young students, present there, to “transfer this environmental awareness to all citizens”.
The Friends of the Vega Awards 2022 have gone to the professor of the University of Granada and coordinator of the project life Wood for Future Antolino Gallego, for the study and promotion of agricultural and environmental resources of the Vega of Granada and the promotion of its revitalization and sustainable development; IFAPA Granada technicians María de los Ángeles Ripoll and Francisco Bruno Navarro, for their ongoing commitment to advising and supporting entrepreneurs and farmers in the Vega de Granada; and the organization Sustainable Atarfe, for its work and commitment to community environmental education for the citizens of Atarfe so that they feel part of the environmental solution and have respect for nature as one of their life axes.
The breakfast was attended by Yaiza Fuentes, a researcher from the UIMA-University of Granada laboratory, a recent doctor who has carried out the mandatory mechanical tests to incorporate poplar into the Spanish and European structural wood standards. During the debate, Yaiza Fuentes spoke about the progress of the project and the importance of the University as an agent to give added value to poplar trees and their wood.
La investigadora Yaiza Fuentes García, Ingeniera de Edificación por la Universidad de Granada, defendió ayer la tesis doctoral titulada “Caracterización mecánica de clones de chopo MC y Luisa Avanzo y su viabilidad para laminados estructurales” en el Salón de Grados de la ETS de Ingeniería de Edificación de la Universidad de Granada (UGR).
El 14 y 15 de mayo de 2025 se celebrará el 5º Fórum de Construcción con Madera en el Palacio de Congresos Baluarte de Pamplona. Dos días para conocer el presente y futuro de la construcción industrializada y sostenible; así como para conectar con los principales agentes del sector de la madera.
The poplar crop has been the protagonist of one of the four days of the course on “New crops and alternative crops” promoted by the Escuela Familiar Agraria (EFA) El Soto located in Chauchina. The Escuela Familiar Agraria (EFA) “El Soto” is a vocational training center whose mission is to achieve the development of the rural environment.
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