Essaouira - Ecology

The Eco Warriors Flag has four colours. Red / yellow / black are colours from the Australian Aboriginal flag. Representing indigenous cultures worldwide and the beginnings of all humanity. Green represents nature and the environmental movement.In the centre of the flag is tripod symbol, which represents unity.

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Stop the litter!

Initiative to clean up the town 23 November 2014

Hopefully educating people of proper handling of garbage and a change of bad habits.

NEWS
Face à la problématique de l’ensablement, Essaouira poursuit sa lutte acharnée
MAPEXPRESS 28 octobre, 2020
Essaouira: inauguration du village solaire autonome d'Imjahidi
Read more at http://www.atlasinfo.fr/Essaouira-inauguration-du-village-solaire-autonome-d-Imjahidi_a86697.html#m4IeeRSRlDWepueC.99 / 29 Octobre 2017

On 16th January 2014 a milestone event in the calendar of the High Atlas Foundation is scheduled to take place in various locations throughout Morocco, with the celebration of its successfully completed 'One Million Tree Campaign'. Over ten years, we estimate to have helped 50,000 people make the step out of poverty. The project is poised to continue indefinitely, at an accelerated pace, with 500,000 young trees expected to be planted in 2014 alone.

http://www.highatlasfoundation.org (External link)

The Sea

The Atlantic Ocean

The sun, the fresh air, the winds, the rain, the sea, the beaches, rocks, dunes and the forests are an asset for all humans, animals and wildlife. We all profit the beauty of nature but we also are influenced by the power of the natural elements.

The protection walls

In 2008 -2009 The "Green Wall" was constructed at the border of the town Essaouira and the Dune Forest.

It was part of the Green Belt project

In may 2010 another defensive fence was put up some hundred meters from the Green Wall. Iron posts with wires is running all the way from the dunes of Scala through the forest following the Green Wall and ending at the motorway entrance of Essaouira, where there is a wall with iron bars connecting. The summer 2012 the green wall was reinforced by ironbar fence and the renovation has reached Bouhaira. The street following the wall was asphalted in 2011.

A proper town

Essaouira is today a rather clean town with an efficient way of taking care of household waste and the streets are regulary sweeped. But there lack still education of inhabitants to become concious about the need of not throwing waste anywhere. The green wall is not finished and the cattle enter the town from Sekkala and Bohaira and attack the garbage containers.

Also the strong winds carry sand into the city, raining causes floods in the streets and it is a continously ongoing work to attain the goal of a proper town.