Acknowledgements

From this virtual space we would like to thank all the people and entities that have collaborated with this initiative committed to science, the environment, and the territory of Aras de los Olmos and the Serranía Valenciana for their selfless work and dedication.

In particular, we would like to publicly thank the people who have collaborated with the Aras de los Olmos Town Council by lending their best photographs, many of which have been used to illustrate the contents of this website: José Ángel Cañadas, Javier Sebastián, Antonio Zarzo, Joanma Bullón, Jordi Hidalgo, Rafael Jiménez Sebastiá, Vicente Álvaro Cubas, Nali Andrés, César Cortés, Mariano Torres, …

Likewise, we want to thank the cessions and donations of books and journals of a scientific nature that the Center has received from various members of the academic community such as José Carlos Guirado, Anna García, Joaquín Martín, …

We would also like to highlight the work carried out selflessly and altruistically by a wide network of volunteers, the true protagonists and sine qua non of the existence and dynamism of the Big History centre, in particular:

• opening, maintaining and caring for the plants and facilities of the Ethnobotanical Garden: Aitor Mora, Ana Pujante, Edu Jarque, Eli Valverde, José Cañadas, José Vicente Sebastián, Loli Vanacloig, Olga Molina, Patri Ibañez, Susana Albir, Toni Pertegás, Toni Núñez, Virginia Espinosa, …
• facilitating the use of astronomical facilities, giving explanations of astronomical phenomena and making these activities part of the everyday life of Aras de los Olmos: Juan Manuel Bullón, Alejandro Vera, Álvaro Comes, Constantino Rodas, Lluis Farinós, …
• taking care of the Ecomuseum facilities, narrating the routes through the historic center and promoting activities related to it: Nali Andrés, María José Alvaro, Clara Pérez, Paula Jardón, Lucía Martín, Paqui Penedés, Francisco Moreno, …
• the House of Losillasaurus: Francisco Moreno Mesa, Ramón Sánchez Castelló y José Ramón López Carceller, …
• the work carried out in the different services with people (children, youth, the elderly,…); the gardens of Aras en Flor; the development of new technologies in Aras de los Olmos through the Robotics Classroom and Hub RuralTec; and, in general, to all those people who, through so many different expressions of human behaviour, contribute with their good work to the life and culture of this great municipality of the Serranía Valenciana.