November Activities To Put On Your Agenda

In this month in which the landscape is more easily filled with fogs, it gets dark earlier and the drop in temperatures becomes palpable, there is no shortage of activities to continue connecting with a more natural lifestyle and continue learning about everything that can help us to build a better world.

In this selection of activities that will take place in November, you will find everything from various fairs for organic products and healthy living to film festivals on ecology or human rights. Also two days of protest that invite us all over the world to claim another way of living.

Biocultura returns to Madrid

The green living and responsible consumption will again be quoted this year in Madrid in Biocultura fair, which will open its doors on 7 to 10 November.

Cuerpomente has not wanted to miss the meeting and organizes two talks:

• The Dr. Nicolás Olea, an expert in hormone disrupters, will discuss how to avoid endocrine toxicants in food ( Friday , 8 to 18 h, room N-101).
• Mª del Mar Jiménez, author of The healthy pantry: the revolution in your kitchen , will explain how to fill your pantry with healthy foods ( Sunday 10am at 3pm, room N-117).

World Vegan Day

The month kicks off with World Vegan Day. Discover the conclusions of the first survey carried out with vegans and vegetarians from all over Spain in order to offer them useful advice and consult the agenda of the day’s activities at diamundialveganismo.org

• When it takes place: November 1
• Where: worldwide

SUNCINE: The International Environmental Film Festival

At the beginning of the month, the 26th edition of the International Environmental Film Festival, the oldest of its kind, also starts in Barcelona.

During a week you will be able to choose between a wide program of shorts and longs related to ecology, the economy, migrations and many other questions about life on the planet.

• When it is celebrated: from November 6 to 14
• Where: in various spaces, in Barcelona

Bioaraba, the fair for eco products and healthy life

It is a fair aimed at all audiences, which aims to show the alternatives that are offered to us for a healthier life with products from our environment and from all sectors.

Bioaraba is committed to a way of producing and consuming that is more respectful with the environment, more conscious, responsible and in solidarity with nature.

More than 70 companies will show their offer and projects in food, cosmetics, clothing, footwear, therapies, bio-construction, renewable energy … There will also be conferences, workshops and show cooking. Admission is free.

• When it is celebrated: from November 15 to 17
• Where: at the Iradier Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz

Ecotourism Festival in Sierra Nevada

During the weekend the Ecotourism Festival is held in Sierra Nevada with a multitude of activities to discover its rich natural and cultural heritage, in a responsible way.

• When: November 16 and 17
• Where: in different points of the Sierra Nevada natural park

Hairdressing without toxic

San Sebastián hosts the I Congress of Ecological Hairdressing. An opportunity for professionals in the sector to learn about alternatives for hair care that does not endanger our health.

• When is it celebrated: from November 10 to 11
• Where: at the Colegio Mayor Olarain de Donostia, San Sebastián

Movement in the marajales

Birds migrating south fill the marshes at this time. SEOBirdLife organizes a walk through the Marjal dels Moros, in Valencia, to enjoy with the family the many waterfowl and passerines that gather there.

• When: November 10
• Where: Marjal dels Moros in Sagunto (Valencia)