An awaited guest of the second week of Cop26, the United Nations climate conference underway in Glasgow, Obama, who defined himself as an island kid, reiterated that "never before are islands threatened" by the consequences of the climate crisis. An appeal that echoes the even more iconic one of Simon Kofe, Minister of Justice, of the ...
A cylindrical artifact made dry with black stones and a tiny opening, so low that you have to bow your head to enter. Inside a single tree, a citrus fruit jealously guarded away from bad weather, frost and wind, grown thanks to the microclimate that is created inside and the humidity that makes it strange ...
A THE POSSIBLE ISLAND_Dossier Ita EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES PRESS RELEASE 26-07 PDF ITA TPI - DIARY OF BOARD 25-07 PD THE POSSIBLE ISLAND is an Italian-French association which, from 6 to 30 June 2021, organized its first artistic and scientific residency on the island of Vulcano, in the Aeolian Islands in Sicily. This cultural project was born from the desire to ...
The island of Elba aims to become a model of social innovation and sustainability thanks to the commitment and guidance of the local company, Acqua dell'Elba. In June 2021 the Sustainability Manifesto of the Island of Elba was presented, a document created as part of a project promoted by the Acqua dell'Elba local company in collaboration with the consulting company EY which has ...
In May 2021, a fleet of four new sweepers was inaugurated in the port of Bacoli (Naples) who will have the task of keeping the waters around Ischia, Procida and the other Phlegrean islands that overlook the Gulf of Naples clean. The purchase of the four "sentinels of the sea" is part of the pollution prevention strategy of beaches and coasts envisaged by ...
The Blu Marine Service of San Benedetto del Tronto carried out a project on the Tremiti Islands selected as part of the MedPAN Regular Call for Small Projects and co-financed by the French Facility for Global Environment and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. The project, which takes the name of Tremiti Plastic Free Islands, had as its…
The Tuscan Archipelago National Park commissioned a project for the creation of a service center and the contextual redevelopment of the current degraded area located in the center of the island of Giannutri. The planning process was shared both with the Municipality of Giglio and with the Superintendency of Siena and thanks to the comparison and ...
The La Maddalena Archipelago National Park has developed the "Climate Friendly Islands" initiative which is aimed at all local actors, who can acquire the Climate Friendly Islands Environmental Quality Label, adopting and developing good practices of eco-sustainability, innovation and enhancement proposed by the Park Authority, offering a service compatible with safeguarding ...
The island of El Hierro in Spain won the second place of the RESponsible Island Prize 2020 thanks to its nomination entitled “El Hierro 100 RES - El Hierro: Towards a 100% Renewable Energy Island”. The island owes this victory to the share of renewable energy produced by innovative energy technologies, to sustainability and to the environmental impact ...
The island of Fuerteventura will host a new wind farm, the second on the island. The new “Puerto del Rosario” plant, commissioned by the Spanish energy and gas company Naturgy Energy Group SA, will feature eight turbines and will be the largest in the Canary Islands. Its total cost is estimated at over 35 million euros. The park…