- Time of past OR future Camino
- Many
MORE INFO ON SAVETHECAMINO.COM, but the basics are below.
Everything you see in the photo above is slated for destruction. That tree on the left tagged ‘1C‘ and all the rest will be removed shortly, returning the camino to the unsafe national highway. So too will a nearby riverside picnic area be destroyed.
One of the most picturesque stretches of the Camino Portugués, on the last stage into Santiago (km 15 specifically) is under imminent threat of destruction. Plans have been in place for nearly 10 years to replace it with the construction of a high-tension power line. Neighbors and activists, alongside lawyers and consultants, have been trying to stop it. Now though the chainsaws have begun and they are less than 300m from this stage.
This is our last hope, and your involvement is crucial. The international pilgrim community must use their voice. We must prevent its destruction rather than lament it, as we are too often left to do.
Below are three QR codes.
EMAIL: The one on the left is for emailing all of the relevant parties that can still influence this project locally. If you scan it with your phone, it will automatically open an email with all of the necessary messaging in place. You can adapt it, make it personal, or simply send it as is. Even better if you can attach a selfie of you on the camino, whatever camino you have walked. If you have one along this exact stretch of road please sent it.
CALL: This one is even more effective than email, and you can do both. This QR will initiate a phone call with the local government, specifically to Ángeles Vázquez (Vicepresidenta Segunda y Conselleira de Medio Ambiente). You do NOT need to speak spanish to make this call, it is enough to convey the message to the person that answers that you would like to “Protect the Camino Portugués in Faramello (fah rah may yo).” The first caller will not be immediately understood, but by the time we reach 100 callers the message will be clear.
CALL AGAIN: This is one step above and beyond the call of duty. If your first call was a success, give this one a try. It is to Alfonso Rueda, President of Galicia, and although he has put the Ángeles in charge of this issue it is important that his office gets the message too.
EMAIL
Don’t forget to make it personal. Add a photo, tell your story as best you can (if you can).
This email will be composed for: President and VP of Galicia, the Secretary of Tourism and Xacobeo.
VP
When to call?
ACDT: 7:30pm - 11pm
Coast Americas: 1am - 4:30am
Coast Americas: 4am - 7:30am
GMT: 9am - 11pm
PRES
When to call?
ACDT: 7:30pm - 11pm
Coast Americas: 1am - 4:30am
Coast Americas: 4am - 7:30am
GMT: 9am - 11pm
If you have not already seen this message in your social media, please link to this page. If you maintain any email contacts with pilgrims that can help, feel free to share the attached pdf.
WHAT IS HAPPENING
Everything you see in the photo above is slated for destruction. That tree on the left tagged ‘1C‘ and all the rest will be removed shortly, returning the camino to the unsafe national highway. So too will a nearby riverside picnic area be destroyed.
One of the most picturesque stretches of the Camino Portugués, on the last stage into Santiago (km 15 specifically) is under imminent threat of destruction. Plans have been in place for nearly 10 years to replace it with the construction of a high-tension power line. Neighbors and activists, alongside lawyers and consultants, have been trying to stop it. Now though the chainsaws have begun and they are less than 300m from this stage.
This is our last hope, and your involvement is crucial. The international pilgrim community must use their voice. We must prevent its destruction rather than lament it, as we are too often left to do.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
REACH OUT
REACH OUT
Below are three QR codes.
EMAIL: The one on the left is for emailing all of the relevant parties that can still influence this project locally. If you scan it with your phone, it will automatically open an email with all of the necessary messaging in place. You can adapt it, make it personal, or simply send it as is. Even better if you can attach a selfie of you on the camino, whatever camino you have walked. If you have one along this exact stretch of road please sent it.
CALL: This one is even more effective than email, and you can do both. This QR will initiate a phone call with the local government, specifically to Ángeles Vázquez (Vicepresidenta Segunda y Conselleira de Medio Ambiente). You do NOT need to speak spanish to make this call, it is enough to convey the message to the person that answers that you would like to “Protect the Camino Portugués in Faramello (fah rah may yo).” The first caller will not be immediately understood, but by the time we reach 100 callers the message will be clear.
CALL AGAIN: This is one step above and beyond the call of duty. If your first call was a success, give this one a try. It is to Alfonso Rueda, President of Galicia, and although he has put the Ángeles in charge of this issue it is important that his office gets the message too.
Don’t forget to make it personal. Add a photo, tell your story as best you can (if you can).
This email will be composed for: President and VP of Galicia, the Secretary of Tourism and Xacobeo.
VP
When to call?
ACDT: 7:30pm - 11pm
Coast Americas: 1am - 4:30am
Coast Americas: 4am - 7:30am
GMT: 9am - 11pm
PRES
When to call?
ACDT: 7:30pm - 11pm
Coast Americas: 1am - 4:30am
Coast Americas: 4am - 7:30am
GMT: 9am - 11pm
If you have not already seen this message in your social media, please link to this page. If you maintain any email contacts with pilgrims that can help, feel free to share the attached pdf.