The last day of the year could have been a perfect spring day except for the fact that we are in winter. Of course the weather helped to make our excursion to see what plants were in flower all the more pleasant and certainly the… Leer más »THE BOTANICAL WALK IN BAKIO
This will be the sixth year that BBT takes part in a walking survey organized by Botanika Sestao and Lurgaia Fundazioa to observe what species are in flower. Due to climate change it would appear to be that many plants are in flower earlier and… Leer más »SAN SILVESTRE BOTANIC WALK 2021
For the last number of years members and friends of BBT have been taking part in various of the surveys organized by the SEO to know the state of the bird population here. This week two members carried out the first of the two winter… Leer más »SACIN INVIERNO
If you still haven’t bought a Christmas present and you hate the idea or rushing around Bilbao looking for one, then just “Think local, buy local” and if I have to suggest a present that is practical, zero-kilometre, respectful of the environment and is of… Leer más »RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERISM AT CHRISTMAS
On 2nd December two members of BBT went to Basauri where the local ecologist group Sagarrak had invited two members of Ecologistas en Acción de Córdoba to talk about the initiative, Barrios por el clima (Communities for the climate). Córdoba is a city in the… Leer más »URBAN COMMUNITIES FOR THE CLIMATE
On 1st December Plentzia`s Herri Lurrak group organized another in their series of talks. In the first one, as well as presenting their book Isuskitza, Herri Lurrak, Iragana eta Etorkizuna, they invited Elisa Sainz de Murieta to talk about the effects of climate change. In… Leer más »ENERGY COMMUNITIES
On these pages we have often mentioned Aritz Gamboa, the shepherd who appears every evening around 19:50 on the Biba Zuek programme on ETB 1 and who has become a reference for sustainable farmers, ecologists and people who believe that the real transition starts on… Leer más »THE URIBE BUTROE NETWORK
There is a saying in Irish, “Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarle cliste!” (broken Irish is better than clever English), perhaps just a little chauvinistic but the idea is that people shouldn’t be embarrassed to speak Irish even if they do make mistakes. AEK would,… Leer más »EUSKERAREN EGUNA
Waste disposal is often present in the BBT web-page, not surprising really considering the fact that the figures for recycling plastic in Bizkaia (and Spain in general) are ridiculously low compared to other parts of Europe. Naturally, everyone has to do their part firstly by… Leer más »THE YELLOW PLASTIC WASTE CONTAINER-BINS
Every year pupils of Bentades school can be seen selling tickets for the annual Christmas draw. Nothing surprising in that as most schools or pupils organize something similar usually aiming to offset the costs of the school trip. What makes the Bentades school draw a… Leer más »BENTADES SCHOOL`S CHRISTMAS DRAW