27 January 2026, 15:00 CET
The SOS Cagarro campaign was launched in the Azores in 1995 and aims to protect young Cory’s Shearwaters disoriented by artificial lights during their first night flight. The initiative, which has become one of Portugal’s oldest environmental education campaigns, mobilizes the community to rescue and release the birds. Volunteers, schools, associations and government entities all take part. Using children’s literature as a conservation tool – the case of ‘A história do Zeca Garro’ in the SOS Cory’s Shearwater Campaign. Carla has worked on this campaign since 2005 and has produced several communication products for it: a children’s music CD, a computer game and a children’s book. The book was created and produced with scientific, educational and ecological concerns that Carla will share with you, reflecting upon the 20 years that have passed since its release. If you wish to take part in the webinar, please register here at least one hour before the webinar begins. ***Please register using the same email address associated with your IE membership.***
Carla Susana Goulart Martins da Silva has academic training in the fields of biology, geology and pedagogy, and has worked since 2000 in environmental awareness in the Azores archipelago, with whale watching companies, schools, environmental NGOs and later in the Azorean Government. In 2005, Carla joined the Pico Island environmental education centre and started working in the nature conservation campaign SOS Cagarro.
