(ANS – Alicante) - A total of 150 trees have been planted to better prepare the city of Alicante for climate change. Over the past three years, students from the Don Bosco Salesian School in Alicante have already planted more than 400 trees on the María Auxiliadora hill. The students have launched an initiative aimed at creating an urban forest in response to the extreme weather events associated with global warming. This activity forms part of the ‘Save the Atmosphere’ learning and service project, developed as part of the first year of the Biology and Geology course in Lower Secondary Education (ESO) and carried out annually with the support of the Department of Parks and Gardens of Alicante City Council. With the help of the Parents’ Association (AFA) and the school community, saplings of various endangered species were purchased, alongside olive, almond, carob, fig and pomegranate trees: species that will also benefit wildlife. The City Council has added a further 70–80 plants of species such as mastic, holm oak, myrtle, rosemary and stone pine, thereby increasing biodiversity.