Louisa Hooper, Interim Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Sustainability Mission in the United Kingdom, visited the Romanesque Church of Rats and the entire historic area of the village of São Pedro de Rats on October 27.
After learning about and appreciating the National Monument from the 12th-13th century, considering her area of knowledge to be environmental sustainability, Louisa Hooper met the Climate Center Working Group at the headquarters of Rate Parish Council. The Climate Center Project was presented with an aim to change the consciousness of the society, to prepare it for the challenge of climate change.
“This is the beginning of a path that will include a close collaboration between the Municipality of Bovoa de Varsim and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which will already be embodied in the participation in an initiative planned for next month. Therefore, on November 10, at the “Climate Action and Public Participation” conference at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon The Climate Center will be represented”, reveals the city council.
During a visit to the Camisola Povera Interpretation and Training Center, Luise Hooper was welcomed and explained the importance of handicrafts to the Povera community, as well as “the work carried out by Environmental Councilor Silvia Costa. The municipality in the sustainable and certified production of local products.”
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