THE GREENWAYS (Vías Verdes) HAVE THEIR OWN TELEVISION SERIES: "VIVE LA VIA" (Live the Greenways). Saturday  22nd October on TVE's International Channel at 14h

Foundation (FFE) is co-ordinating the creation of an ambitious project of maximum interest, for the promotion of the Spanish Greenways. This project will have enormous future consequences, thanks to the collaboration of numerous sponsors and is: the television series on Greenways "Vive la Via" (Live the Greenways)

This television series, comprising 11 30-minute episodes, is now in the making thanks to the collaboration of various general sponsors of the series, as well as, the sponsorship of the different promoters and management of the Greenways (see attached sheet). The first screening will be the next Saturday 22nd October on TVE’s International Channel at 14h (only for Europe at this moment). Weekly, each Saturday it will be available a new episode.

Production

The FFE has produced this series, the making of which has been entrusted to one of Spain’s most prestigious production companies. This company is headed by the famous environmental journalist, Luis Miguel Domínguez, who presents each episode.

Content

The series is made up of 11 episodes, the first of which provides a general, descriptive overview of the Greenways. Each subsequent episode is dedicated to a specific Greenway completely reconditioned, or group of Greenways.

These episodes include historical accounts of the old railway lines, which have been converted into Greenways. This includes: the natural, cultural, ethnographical, historic and artistic, etc. characteristics of the terrain covered by the Greenways. (see the different episodes below)

EPISODES

1. Introduction. Saturday 22nd October 2005
2. Vías Verdes de Girona: Camí del Ferro, Carrilet y Costa Brava (Catalonia).Saturday 29th October 2005
3. Vía Verde del Tajuña (Madrid).Saturday 5th November 2005
4. Vías Verdes de Río Oja, Préjano y Cidacos (La Rioja).Saturday 12th November 2005
5. Vía Verde del Aceite (Jaén – Andalucía).Saturday 19th November 2005.
6. Vía Verde del Plazaola (Navarra, Vasque Country) and Vía Verde del Tarazonica (Navarra).Saturday 26th November 2005
7. Vía Verde de la Sierra (Cádiz, Sevilla - Andalucía). 3rd December 2005
8. Vía Verde de la Jara (Toledo – Castilla La Mancha) and Vía Verde de la Sierra de Alcaraz (Albacete – Castilla La Mancha). Saturday 10th December 2005
9. Vía Verde de Val de Zafán, de Terra Alta and de Baix Ebre (Teruel – Aragón; Tarragona - Catalonia).Saturday 17th December 2005
10. Vía Verde de la Sierra de la Demanda (Burgos – Castilla y León). Saturday 24th December 2005
11. Vía Verde Sierra Norte de Sevilla (Sevilla - Andalucía). Saturday 31st December 2005

General Sponsors

• Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
• Ministerio de Fomento (CEDEX - CEHOPU)
• Renfe Operadora
• Adif - Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias
• Instituto Mapfre de Seguridad Vial

Sponsors of specific episodies

• Consejería Turismo y Deportes de la Junta de Andalucia -Turismo andaluz
• Egmasa-Consejería de Medio Ambiente-Junta de Andalucía
• Gobierno de La Rioja
• Dirección General de Turismo de Cataluña
• Dirección General de Turismo de Castilla- La Mancha
• Dirección General de Turismo de Madrid
• Departamento de Cultura y Turismo del Gobierno de Navarra
• “Euskadi con mucho gusto”: Departamento de Industria, Comercio y Turismo del Gobierno Vasco
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero
• Diputación Provincial de Jaén
• Comarca Matarraña/Matarranya
• Consell Comarcal Terra Alta
• Consell Comarcal Baix Ebre
• Ayuntamiento de Andoain
• Asociación “Ceder”. Sierra de Cádiz
• Programme Interreg IIIB: MEDDOC y Red Verde Europea