Ibiza & Formentera Preservation joins the Qué Celeste festival with free activities focused on marine conservation, recycled art, and biodiversity.
Ibiza, September 4, 2026 – Ibiza & Formentera Preservation joins the Qué Celeste festival, which will celebrate its tenth edition on the southern Pitiusa island this September , with a program of activities to bring environmental conservation closer to the public through participation, outreach, and culture . The collaboration with the Qué Celeste association includes a beach cleanup, a workshop on coastal health, an exhibition of artworks created from waste and recovered materials,” and the creation of a pollinator garden.
“Ten editions of the Qué Celeste Festival demonstrate that there is a real interest in Formentera in meeting, participating, and taking action regarding the environment. We are delighted to be part of this journey and contribute our work with a program that allows us to approach conservation from very different perspectives, such as science, biodiversity, and art,” says Itziar Arratibel , program director of Ibiza & Formentera Preservation.
A September of culture and environmental awareness
The first of the activities that Ibiza & Formentera Preservation will carry out as part of the Festival will kick off on Saturday, September 12th with a cleanup of S’Estufador beach . The event will take place from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and the meeting point will be the church of La Mola. The activity is free, open to everyone who wants to participate, and does not require prior registration.
Next week , on Friday the 18th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the public will be able to learn more about the scientific research studying the health of the Balearic coast through an open event at S’Illa de s’Aigua Dolça. Together with Samuel Pinya, biologist and professor of Ecology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), participants will be able to accompany the experts in the field, observe different marine species and Discover firsthand what they tell us about the state of health of the Mediterranean. An opportunity to learn how the sea is studied, to learn how to interpret it from those who research it and to be part of a scientific experience open to the public.
The outing is part of the Coastal Health Monitoring Scheme (CHMS), the UIB’s scientific program that continuously monitors the health and evolution of the Balearic Islands’ coastal ecosystems and which, for the first time this year, is co-financed by Ibiza & Formentera Preservation. Participation is free but requires prior registration at info@ibizapreservation.org . Participants will need to bring a swimsuit, towel, and appropriate footwear for the beach or rocks.
Also as part of the Qué Celeste festival, 14 artists from the four Balearic Islands —five from Formentera, five from Mallorca, two from Menorca, and two from Ibiza— will participate in a group exhibition dedicated to art and the reuse of waste. The exhibition will open on Sunday, September 20, at 8:00 p.m. at the Centre Antoni Tur ‘Gabrielet’ in Sant Francesc and will run until September 27. The exhibition brings together works created from recovered objects and materials, such as plastics and other items collected on beaches, recycled glass, old candles, and fishing nets, transformed through various artistic and craft disciplines.
The exhibition follows the first Meeting of Recycling Artists and Craftspeople, held in Menorca in November 2025 as part of the inter-island project ‘Weaving the Future: Alliance for the Preservation of the Balearic Islands,’ jointly promoted by Ibiza & Formentera Preservation, Menorca Preservation, and Mallorca Preservation. That first meeting brought together 25 artists and craftspeople from the four islands to share techniques and experiences related to the reuse of materials and culminated in a group exhibition in Alaior . “Bringing this initiative to Formentera now allows us to continue forging connections between creators on the islands and to offer the public other ways of reflecting on waste through creativity,” says Arratibel.
The activities promoted by Ibiza & Formentera Preservation will conclude on Saturday, September 26, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, with the creation of a butterfly garden at the Espai Cultural de Sant Ferran. This will be the second garden established on the southern Pitiusa Islands by Ibiza & Formentera Preservation as part of the ‘Butterflies for Biodiversity’ project, which since 2014 has involved planting nearly 2,000 aromatic herbs at various locations across the two islands to encourage the presence of butterflies and other pollinators . The activity is free of charge but requires prior registration at info@ibizapreservation.org
With these proposals, the environmental foundation invites residents and visitors to participate in the activities linked to Qué Celeste and to get closer to the care of the environment of Formentera.
