Calpe Town Hall was the venue for the awards ceremony of the 2nd #goCalp Contest, an initiative promoted by Global Omnium's GO2 through the Observatory of Resilient and Sustainable Cities, in collaboration with the Calpe Town Council. The ceremony was presided over by Juan Luis Pozo, director of Global Omnium's Sustainability Area, who highlighted the importance of this competition as a platform to encourage creativity and the commitment of young people to sustainability.
The first prize of 5,000 euros was awarded to the Biodiversiteam project, led by Daniel Negre of the Asociación Valenciana de Apoyo a las Altas Capacidades (AVAST). This innovative work proposes the creation of urban micro-parks with native flora, green roofs and recycled marine plastic materials to improve biodiversity and create ecological corridors in the city.
The second prize of 3,000 euros went to the BiFields project by the Convenius school. This design presents two sustainable modular solutions: Bio-placa, for self-sufficient vertical gardens, and Bio-estor, a biological curtain that protects facades and mitigates the heat island effect.
The #goCalp Contest invites young climate urban planners over 14 years old, students of ESO, Bachillerato or FP to submit innovative proposals to address the critical climate risks facing our communities.
Juan Luis Pozo congratulated the young winners and stressed the importance of projects like these, especially in the wake of recent natural disasters such as the Valencia hurricane. ‘People like you are what we need so that you not only promote the fight against climate emergencies but also provide ideas; therefore, congratulations because with your ideas we can possibly save lives, and I encourage you to continue this work’.
For his part, Juan Manuel del Pino, first deputy mayor of Calpe, said: ‘it is a great pride and honour for Calpe to lead a project like this in which we reward and value the ideas of the new generations who see things differently, with less prejudices, and who contribute with these ideas to the creation of more resilient and prepared cities in the face of climate change’.