Sustainable Development Festival 2020: from 22 September to 8 October throughout Italy and online.

The Sustainable Development Festival   is the largest Italian initiative created to raise awareness and mobilize citizens, businesses, associations and institutions on the issues of economic, social and environmental sustainability, and to achieve a cultural and political change in order to implement the UN 2030 Agenda  and the 17 Sustainable Deve

Microplastics: Greenpeace petition to ask for stricter rules.

Microplastics, i.e. particles smaller than 5 mm, can be formed by the degradation of waste and plastic materials but can also be added voluntarily to industrial products, such as cosmetics, paints, fertilizers. Very frequently, unfortunately, they escape the water purification plants and are dispersed in the sea, with very serious consequences on animal life and on the trophic chains.

Covid-19 and school canteens: stop at "lunch boxes" and single portions. To protect both health and the environment.

The introduction of "lunch boxes" and single portions in school canteens, a measure initially envisaged among those indicated for the next reopening of schools in the document of the Technical Scientific Commitee of Civil Protection, has recently been the subject of an important clarification.

Italians love tap water: 78% of Italian respondents drink it.

A recent research carried out by Open Mind Research on a sample of 2,000 people has investigated the socio-demographic profile of those who, in the last 12 months, have drunk treated and untreated tap water, at home or away from home, and the frequency of consumption . The research showed that the "water of the Mayor" appeals to approximately 78% of the interviewees, corresponding to a growth rate in 2018 which is close to 4%.

The European "From farm to fork" strategy: towards the sustainability of the food supply chain.

The new European Commission has declared, since the beginning of its mandate, the will to implement an ambitious and innovative program to make the economy of the European Union more sustainable. Thus was born the Green Deal, which aims to improve people's well-being, to make Europe climate-neutral and to protect the natural habitat.