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My name is Manuela Pomares Morgado
and my company is called FOREDUNES Educational Centre
and Training in Biological and Environmental Sciences. I decided to set it up as I believe
that society needs this type of education and training, especially given the natural
surroundings in which Punta Umbría finds itself.
My grandfather was a skipper and then a fishing boat owner,
and my uncle, my father and my brother are fishermen too
and my uncle, my father and my brother are fishermen too
With this background, I am a biologist by vocation.
I left to study a Masters and then stayed to live and work in Madrid -- in advertising,
and pharmaceutical marketing.
When I had my son, we decided to return to Andalusia
as we wanted to provide him with this type of quality of life.
On arriving in Punta Umbría, I started with environmental education and studied for some
public sector exams to work as an environmental technician.
So yes, I am a pioneer in environmental education and raising awareness about aquaculture
The objective is to develop an education and training centre in environmental
and biological sciences for all public and types of people - everyone from children to grown ups.
We want to ensure that everything we do is also sustainable. Because if I am going
to train and educate people on protecting the environment, sustainability should start
at home with the lights, water... in other words at all levels.
I am a person that doesn´t stop and
as soon as I finish a project I am starting another one.
I was also the first to set up a "University Specialisation course in Aquaculture" which
has been introduced for the first time this year in the University of Huelva.
Students came from different backgrounds:
biologists, environmental scientists,
geologists, marine scientists...
Of course, you don´t get anywhere on your own
and if different people and organisations can cooperate
and obtain a mututal benefit it is better.
Being an entrepreneur is having a good and new idea
and taking the initiative to develop it,
to carry it out, at least to try to.
Having the will, the will to do and especially to believe in your project.