~ Activities ~ Connect with the water ~ ~

**Botanical Walk along the banks of the Dão River,**
com Silvia Martins with Silvia Martins, biologist specialized in aquatic and riparian plants.

Did you know that aquatic and riparian plants help purify water, protect riverbanks and provide shelter for wildlife? Come and meet these guardians of rivers and discover their vital role in the balance of nature! See, learn and be inspired by nature – join us!

Times:
1st walk: 12h
2nd walk: 15h (if there are more than 15 entries for the first group)
Max. 15 participants per walk
Starting point: Ruralisar Stand
*Este atividade é patrocinada pela Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica.*

**Be like water ~ Creation of a collective art piece.**

**Times:** Das **11h** às **18h**
**Location:** under the Roman bridge.

Immerse yourself in an inspired experience where water is the protagonist! We invite you to reflect on your personal relationship with this vital element and to express your ideas through art. Participate in the creation of a collective work of art, integrating your works into a larger piece.

**Facilitated by:**: Mar Faisca e Celina Quaresma.

**Documentário “Water is Love“**
Time: every hour from 11am to 7pm

“Water is Love” follows a group of young people fighting the climate crisis as we travel the world to share inspiring stories of regenerative ecosystem design to create water retention in communities, towns and regions.
We cover traditional ecological knowledge, how water creates climate, and the importance of restoring complete water cycles.

**Discovery Route ~ The Vital Element.**
*An activity for all ages.*
Time: 11am to 6pm

Can you find me? I am maaaaannnnny millions of years old, always with the same total quantity. I circulate on this planet Earth in different places, sometimes I am visible, sometimes not. Who am I?

We invite you to solve the enigma through the clues of this discovery route. Along the way, you will be able to decipher the enigma, enjoy experiences and discover with your senses who and where the vital element is. At the end of the route, we invite you to leave your own written or visual messages in response to your experience.

Come join us! We're counting on you!

**Riverside Conversations with Rui Sá.**
Hours: 11:30am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm
Location: below the Ashes.

***What does the Dão River mean in your imagination and heart?***

Join anthropologist Rui Sá at the table to talk about the Dão River. Share your memories, impressions and sensations so that together we can understand the intricate web of meanings that the river offers.

Rui Sá Rui Sá is an anthropologist and assistant professor at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon. As a researcher, he is a member of the Center for Administration and Public Policies and coordinator of the research group: Communication, Culture and Representations.

**Poems for water.**

Hours: 11h - 18h

Sit, breathe and let your inner poetry flow! Write a message to the water and allow yourself to dive into the previous messages!

At a table with a typewriter and a roll of paper, we will write a poem together that will be read at the end of the event.

Facilitated in partnership with Catarina from Associação Cultural Ganso Manso.

On the Banks of the Dão: Science to Understand the Water that Surrounds Us

Come and learn about the H2Octogno Azul Project: monitoring and evaluating the water quality of a river, measuring pollution levels, including the impacts on the community through which it flows. Come and learn with us a methodology that was applied when monitoring water quality within the scope of the POLIS Program by researchers from the IPV Environment Department.

This activity aims to work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mainly articulating with the 4th – Quality education, 6th – Water and sanitation, 13th – Combating climate change and 14th – Oceans, seas and marine resources.