The La Cala de Mijas cork oak forest has been the place selected by the educational project ‘Espacio Drang’ to develop this week its open days. The project aims to connect children with nature, encourage love, and respect for nature, develop environmental awareness and create meetings where all family members can participate and, in turn, interact. The Mijas Town Hall Environment Councillor, Arancha López (Cs), participated in the conference.  She thanked the efforts to raise social awareness “through their work and involvement, it is much easier to get the public to respect these natural spaces, know them, and preserve them with everyone’s collaboration”.

One of the project’s main lines of action is to learn about the importance of contact with nature in the physical, emotional, and intellectual children’s development, precisely the idea that led to the creation of the project seven years ago. According to one of the founders and promoters of ‘Espacio Drang’, Antonio Rincón, “as we see the growth of our children, we see the social side, which is also very important. In those three hours, we offer the accompaniment, and the fundamental pillar is free-play. Children do as they like.

There are limits and rules, but they enjoy their space as they like and with whom they want”. It’s a day that leaves links with the environment but also the opportunity to meet new friends. “It’s an extracurricular activity that allows us to be in the countryside. I like being here as you can be with people and friends”, said Uxia Salgado, a member of ‘Espacio Drang’ Her colleague Martina Rincón said, “for me, nature is everything”. In a natural environment such as the area of the cork oak forest in La Cala de Mijas, the real protagonists, the children, felt nature as their own and reaffirmed their commitment to protecting it.

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