He Distinctive “Green Flag of Galicia” is an initiative created by the Xunta de Galicia in 2020 which aims to distinguish all those municipalities that stand out for their dynamism, innovation and their commitment to green actions.
The municipalities that stand out thanks to their good practices in the care of your environment and environment, in reducing your CO2 emissions, in respect for the landscape, in energy optimization and the decrease in energy consumption, among other factors.
Green Flag of Galicia
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Ángeles Vázquez, highlighted the commitment of the recognized municipalities with the green flag of Galicia with landscape and environmental protection. In that line, the Minister emphasized that more and more municipalities are getting this recognition. Thus, in 2024 the Galician government granted 24 awards -a 33% more than in 2023 -, of which 11 got this badge for the first time.
Ángeles Vázquez explained that the Green Flag of Galicia has great importance for the visibility it gives to the municipalities as responsible and committed territories committed to the impulse of different types of actions and good practices to order the territory, protect the environment and landscape ; face climate change and improve energy efficiency; Responsible for municipal waste, and sensitize citizens in this matter.
During the day today, the Minister participated in the raising of the green flags granted to the municipalities of Ordes and Curtis and stressed that both municipalities achieved this badge in four of the five calls for this initiative promoted by the Xunta in 2020.
In the case of Curtis, Ángeles Vázquez indicated that the City Council presented 18 actions in its candidacy, of which 12 have already been undertaken and 6 are in an execution phase. Among them, he pointed out the creation of an Atlantic forest in the Teixeiro Business Park, The conditioning of a hiking routethe acquisition of an electric vehicle for the municipal fleet, the training of personnel of the urban planning area in the field of green infrastructure or the development of informative and informative campaigns.
As for the City of Ordes, it included 10 actions in its candidacy, among which, for example, the construction of 4 pedestrian paths, the humanization of several streets, the use of renewable energy such as biomass or aerothermia, and development, and development of a citizen awareness campaign about the correct waste management and cleaning public spaces.
The Minister encouraged the municipalities to opt for this recognition in the next call and added that their concession is an additional merit for obtaining subsidies in natural heritage and, also, to receive regional aids for build and improve fixed clean points, mobile facilities of this type or promote preparation projects for reuse.