05.12.2020

New video to raise awareness about the environmental value of Posidonia

The Eivissa Town Council, through the Tourism and Environment Councils, has released a video to raise awareness about the extraordinary environmental value of Posidonia and the need to protect the great marine treasure of the Balearic Islands.

 ‘Live the Posidonia 2020’ photography competition 

1.-First prize: The Council give the first prize to the photograph from the ‘Live the Posidonia’ programme that has obtained the most ‘likes’ on the competition platform between 28 August and 30 November 2020. The prize will consist of two nights in a hotel, dinner for two in one of the restaurants participating in the event and two pieces of Posidonia jewellery by artists Elisa Pomar and Enric Mayoral. The prize must be claimed before 2 May, 2021. The winner of the photography contest is Fernando Estarellas Calderón.

2.-Second prize: The Council award second prize to the photograph that comes second in the number of ‘likes’ obtained on the competition platform during the promotion. The prize will consist of a dinner for two in one of the restaurants participating in the event and two pieces of Posidonia jewellery by artists Elisa Pomar and Enric Mayoral. The winner is Olga Escandell, with 77 votes.

3.-Third prize: The Council will award this prize to the photograph about the ‘Live the Po-sidonia’ programme that comes third in the number of ‘likes’ obtained on the competition platform during the promotion. The prize will consists of a piece of Posidonia jewellery. The winner is Carmen Escandell Torres with 30 votes.

4.-Special Jury Prize: The Council will award the prize to the photograph about the ‘Live the Posidonia’ programme that it considers best represents the values of the campaign, for its quality and the message it sends. The prize will consist of two nights in a hotel and dinner for two in one of the restaurants participating in the event and two pieces of Posidonia jew-ellery, one by Elisa Pomar and another by Mayoral. The prize must be claimed before 2 May, 2021. The winners of the two special jury prizes were:

María Tur Escandell

Antonia Torres Torres. 

GASTRONOMY
Posidonia is also at the heart of the tribute paid by 16 local restaurants, which offered a variety of dishes for everyone in order to raise awareness of the unique ecosystem that is the Posidonia, home to a wide variety of species. The fishing sector of Ibiza and the brand guarantee ‘Peix Nostrum’, which works to highlight the quality of the island’s fish, also joined this initiative.

 

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