Amar La Tierra

Jo Youle

A podcast to share the positive practices that Love the Earth of the Balearics.

Episodes

  1. 31/10/2023

    EP 05. The Balearic Blue Deal explained in Palma, Manu San Felix talks Posidonia Planting and we meet SAY Carbon yachts Ibiza - a boat company with less impact on the water

    As summer draws offficially to a close we wanted to assess what state the under water ecosystems remain in after increased traffic and check in to see how the Balearic water quality its faring.  We start todays Episode in Palma in Mallorca in the offices of the Marilles Foundation to talk about the Balearic Blue Deal which aims to take 1% of public funding and reinvest it in our marine ecosystems.  Aniol Esteban is the director of the foundation and a marine biologist and says after last years five marine heat waves in the Balearic Islands we need to put back into our seas to save them and protect 30% of them by 2030.  Our second guest is Manu San Felix, A National Geographic explorer, marine biologist and life long Posidonia activist from Formentera. He explains that protection of our seagrass is way down the line ahead of Novembers Foro Marino conference and that first we need to resource it, by planting more but also cultivating its balanced existence within the marine environment.  We finish with a trip to SAY Ibiza Carbon Yachts to talk about the lightness of the boat design which has less impact on the water with director James Blanchfield.  The company are based in Santa Eulalia Marina and they say they would like to see an APP created to book anchorage for their guests, so that protecting the Posidonia becomes easier and any accidental dropping of anchor can be avoided.

    1 hr
  2. 30/08/2023

    EP.03 To Till or not to Till That is the Question.

    In Episode 03 of Amar La Tierra, journalist Jo Youle hosts 3 local farmers on Ibiza farm Can Cristofol in San Lorenzo at sunset, to discuss how and when the soil should be tilled.    It is a controversial topic for many.  Often we are told it is a local tradition and that the Balearic Red earth has been tilled for hundreds of years, but machines only came to be fifty years ago.    Before that many animals were involved in this process and tilling was done by hand.    In this series, you can hear the details of the many regenerative practices taking place on the islands explored through the podcast that protect and preserve the lands of Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca and Menorca.     Youri heads up the stewardship of the land at Can Criostofol and he creates raised beds that he makes and tills by hand. We also hear from Roberto Contaldo - the "Italian Horse Whisperer"  in the episode who works with Equitraccion, to turn the top soil and plough the earth when needed.    Borja Cami also joins the trio as an experienced agronomist who works with large and small scale farms across the mainland and also within the Balearics. Borja contributes the perspective of tilling from a larger scale production and showcases the ways tilling is needed with machines, but says it is all about the timing and structure of the soil at certain times of year.    This Episode was recorded LIVE in front of an audience at In June as a launch party & fundraiser for the show with a farm to table dinner that followed, provided by Gabrielle Gambina of Ibiza Produce.     If you wish to keep hearing the stories of the islands rich red soil, please support the production of the series on our crowdfunding page.  https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/AmarLaTierra   You can hear the episode in Spanish:   https://open.spotify.com/show/1BILqNQkZC6UM50KHnIKJo?si=ff2badf26c8d4e21   You can watch it on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5hpN8NXiOY     A massive Thank you also to our sponsors:  BlackNose Wines Vino Y Co  Gooldtooth Vermouth Charles Marlow

    1h 19m

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A podcast to share the positive practices that Love the Earth of the Balearics.