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This summer of 2025 has reminded us once again of something that seems to remain unchanged over the years: the fire advances, devastates, and leaves behind a landscape that is hard to recognize. From Galicia to the Portuguese Alentejo, thousands of hectares have been lost in a matter of days. Evacuated villages, desperate farmers, neighbors who look at the mountains and see no trees, only ash. And the most painful part: the feeling that, year after year, we are trapped in the same cycle.
But beyond the current headline, the number of burned hectares, or the plane dropping water that appears in all the news broadcasts, there are questions that remain unanswered: who really takes care of the countryside? What role does extensive livestock farming play in prevention? How do you protect a forest that is completely abandoned for eleven and a half months of the year?
In Castilla y León, for example, the discussion is not only about fire, but also about what comes before and after it: poorly maintained firebreaks, the lack of support for those who truly live off the land, the legislative changes that arrive too late, and, above all, a certain disconnection between institutions and rural reality. In Portugal, the conversation revolves around the balance between reforesting with native species or continuing to invest in eucalyptus plantations that, in many cases, fuel the fire more than they prevent it.
There are groups that do not wait for solutions to come from above. Associations like The Snake Doesn’t Stay Quiet, Forests Without Borders, Montis o Reforest Portugal They have been acting for years, reforesting, training volunteers, and reminding that a healthy forest is not only cared for in summer; it needs attention all year round.
At Replanta, we are not an environmental organization, nor do we pretend to be. But we do believe in the value of what is not seen. In what happens when no one is watching. And in how the internet also plays a role, even if it’s a silent one, in all of this. Every server we optimize, every website we host with renewable energy, every digital project we help make more sustainable, is part of —even if it’s in a small corner— a different way of doing things.
Because the opposite of abandonment, in the field or online, will always be care. And caring begins with being interested. By reading to the end. By planting and replanting, even if it seems like it won’t grow.
