On July 5th, the ‘Green Key’ awards ceremony was held at the Pestana Casino Hotel, honouring 67 Madeiran tourist establishments for their good environmental practices.The Green Key programme promotes sustainable tourism, recognising establishments that implement good environmental and social practices, and value environmental management and Environmental Education for Sustainability. Madeira stood out in this …
This year, the Summer Opening Festival is teaming up with Greener Act to promote sustainability by combining community action and art. According to a press release, a sculpture in the shape of a whale will be presented, created by local artist António Vieira, which celebrates the island’s marine ecosystem and emphasises the importance of …
Madeira was recently featured in the prestigious “The Green List 2024” by British magazine Wanderlust, which recognises the world’s most sustainable destinations and projects. The Autonomous Region of Madeira ranks eighth among European destinations, standing out for its commitment to sustainable environmental practices and the preservation of its unique biodiversity.
Madeira’s inclusion on this list …
Madeira Sustainable For All joined Eco Rally Madeira, an event supported by the Regional Secretariat for Tourism and Culture through the Regional Directorate for Tourism, the first edition of the 100% electric rally that took place in Madeira on 16 and 17 September, during the fourth race of the Prio New Energies Portuguese Championship. …
The Life Dunes project aims to reconstitute the original morphology of the Porto Santo beach dune cordon and, in the process, to increase knowledge and raise awareness among the population.
The project, which started at the end of 2020, encompasses several actions. The most visible one is the recovery and construction of the characteristic crochet …
The Secretary of State for the Sea highlights that Portugal is at the forefront in the field of marine protected areas with the “Selvagens” Islands.
José Maria Costa, stated that the classification, 50 years ago, of the “Selvagens” Islands as a marine protected area represents a “great step and a good example”, placing Portugal in …
In Porto Santo, all drinking water comes from the sea and is collected in four galleries built under the beach.
The process consists in collecting salt water through four galleries located on the Porto Santo beach, which is then treated, mineralised and distributed to the public network.
This process, which has been used in the …
Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira has made an investment in the Porto Santo market by placing an appropriate machine for the return of its glass bottles.
Each time the consumer deposits empty glass bottles in the machine they will be saving, as the value of the deposit paid at the time of purchase will be …
The recent enlargement of the area of the “Selvagens” reserve and its full protection status will be presented at the United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon as a “best Practice” of nature conservation policies.
The new legal regime for the “Selvagens”, a Madeira sub-archipelago located about 300 kilometres south of Funchal, was approved in February …
The municipality of Santana, on the island of Madeira, receives as from January 31, 2022, several initiatives such as from collecting memories of the population that lives in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, as well as awareness-raising action and workshop – within the scope of the project “Biosphere Reserves: Sustainable Territories, Resilient Communities”.
The project’s main …
