It was with eyes set on the future that Balanças Marques decided to make 2020 the year of Sustainability. And it it is with eyes set on the future that it continues to invest on initiatives that are meant to protect the environment.
After creating a garden and having participated in events such as Earth Hour, we didn’t want to stop investing on the theme that has been guiding us throughout this year. For our natural habitat, for our community, for the new generations, and on the scope of EcoMarques’ project, we made the decision of carrying out more environmentally-friendly actions:
- We delivered school kits that spread Sustainability’s message.
On the beginning of the school year, we handed out over 60 school kits to our employees with children up to 17 years old and we gave away two for your followers on social media. Dedicated to “Sustainability”, each one is made of more ecological school supplies and also of didactic material, like a book with Balanças Marques original text and illustrations, that help spread the message of our 2020 project. Besides the backpack, pens, and pencils, it includes seed paper to plant flowers and a pack that aims the plantation of six native species and whose recipes go, in part, for environmental education projects of the Portuguese association Quercus.
Everything to offer “our” children” more ecological moments when back to school!
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- We analysed the river we adopted.
Equipped with pen and paper and with the “script” and supplies provided by Portuguese Environmental Education Association (Associação Portuguesa de Educação Ambiental), we took on our role as Nature explorers and we got ready to analyse the piece of Este river we adopted earlier this year. With the help of Cávado’s Forest Association (Associação Florestal do Cávado), we collected water samples, we measured pH, searched for the species who usually live on its margins, and lots more.
An action that, most of all, had the goal of understanding “our” river’s needs and realizing the difference our initiatives will have in the future.
- We used our communication channels to take EcoMarques project even further.
On the last few months, we have been using our social media profiles, our blog, and our website to take Sustainability’s message to more people. We have been publishing facts that reveal the necessity of rethinking some behaviours and even some tips on how to contribute to a more ecological world.
Because we believe and we know that each one of us has weight on the constructions of a more sustainable life.
But, once our Sustainability year is not over yet, we have more actions on our plans and we want to share them with you. Keep following our adventure through the rails of sustainable development here on the blog and on social media!
