Dozens of children from different schools in the municipality have passed this morning by the organic market has organized the Department of the Environment, in the square of Spain, for the life process of the silkworm to become yarn and fabric.
Raise awareness and promote the smallest natural craft products, in addition to supporting organic farming, with the maximum respect for the environment, must remain the goal of the administration, said the mayor of San Javier, Juan Martinez that swept the market by the Councillor for the Environment, Celia Martinez.
The children, who have brought home their copies silkworm to monitor its transformation into a chrysalis, have discovered, astonished, as cocoons once boiled to clean and loosen the thread, starting to pay meters and meters a thin silk thread with the help of a manual lathe formed a skein, with which then began to weave themselves.
The recovery of this ancient craft, hobby now converted children, has been a Red Cross contribution Mar Menor North to Environment Week San Javier, to show the smallest a process which once was an occupation and a thriving craft in the Region of Murcia, said the mayor of the Environment, Celia Martinez.
Handmade soaps, natural cosmetics, organic fruit and vegetables, and items made from recycled materials such as facts and Fundamifp Aidemar completed along with silk and weaving workshops, the street market have also been cooked tapas and rice with vegetables the public for 5 euros, could take 2 caps, a serving of rice, drinks and coffee.
The Environment Week organized around the World Environment Day says goodbye morning after an intense and varied program of activities, with a lecture on fishing in Santiago de la Ribera.
Two fishermen, one retired Jose Canovas Bolarín and other active, Francisco Lorenzo, speak from the experience and knowledge by tracing a history of the development of fisheries in the area.
The conference to be held tomorrow Friday at 20:00 h.
at the "Araceli Rubio", Santiago de la Ribera is a contribution from the Department of Environment 125th Anniversary program of Santiago de la Ribera.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier