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Vallcàrquera torrent - Figaró Descovering the river with families
Today's activity is an activity with families
to discover the river. Basically, what we will do is inspect the river.
We try to do activities with families wherenot only the children take part,
but the parents and children can get involved together and learn things.
Because it is not formal, it is not like the volunteer groups
that have to fill in field data sheets and then add them to databases and all that.
It is supposed to be more dynamic and relaxed. It is the weekend, after all!
The kids really love it and usually they get their parents into it too. Some parents are
not that interested at first, but, in the end, they are the ones who enjoy it the most.
So the children and parents like it, and they enjoy spending family time together,
which is so important.
It is a great activity and I really like it.
I think that the adults need to learn more than the kids.
Kids are like sponges and they learn from the information they are given.
If we can ensure that, while they are young, they absorb things that we haven't managed to; that is our idea.
Enjoy our environment, enjoy being with our families, enjoy our free time.
But, above all, get the kids to have something that we missed out on.
If you don't know about something, you cannot love it.
The more you know about something the more you grow to love it.
If we can contribute to them having a greater scientific, as well as emotional,
understanding then they will have a deeper love for their local environment.
It is also about getting to know your local patch.
Sometimes wonderful animals like polar bears and elephants stop us appreciating what we have where we live.
Also, today's society brings with it a separation of the urban from the natural.
I think that "Projecte Rius" is really important because it aims to bring people closer to the river.