3 - 9 February 2022
No Planet B THERE’S No Planet B is the watchword of Be‐ nalmadena Council as it launched its sustainable world campaign on Tuesday, February 1. Councillor for Citizen Participation, E Pablo Centella, explained that it’s an initiative to raise awareness of the 17 so‐ cial, economic and envi‐ ronmental objectives defined in the 2030 Agenda. “As a result of one of the chosen projects, we are developing a cam‐ paign to explain, espe‐ cially among the youngest, the Sustain‐ able Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agen‐ da,” he announced. “The SDGs are the roadmap promoted by a broad group of coun‐ tries to try to avoid the collapse of the planet and the degradation caused by the hand of man,” Centella ex‐ plained. There are a total of 17 objectives agreed by 193 countries in the United Nations, which pursue goals such as equality between peo‐ ple, environmental pro‐ tection of the planet and ensuring well‐being and Benalmadena Council intends to do all that it can to implement the objectives. Tellingly the councillor observed,”There is no alternative or planet B: either we conserve it or humanity may come to an end, and for this rea‐ son we must all commit ourselves, demanding compliance with the SDGs from govern‐ ments, private institu‐ tions and civil society.
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THE Municipal Paleontological Museum located in the bullring in Estepona has received a new collection of fossils from the Pliocene period. Donated by Sofía Mateos and catalogued by re‐ searcher Mauro Brunetti (who has also gifted some ex‐ amples to the museum), the numerous items, collected from around Estepona are in exceptionally good condi‐ tion. They are mainly gastropod molluscs and vertebrate animals that inhabited the earth more than 1.8 million years ago, such as whales, different species of sharks and sea bream. It was only last March that a complete renovation of the museum’s facilities was carried out to expand its ex‐ hibition area which includes models of prehistoric ani‐ mals and to install new lighting. Entry is free to this fascinating and historically impor‐ tant collection which is presented in both an interesting and educational way specially to assist young visitors to understand the earth and its early creatures. It’s open 9am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday except on public holidays.