Structural inequality, substantial economic stagnation and environmental crisis have been given an additional tragic dimension by the pandemic emergency triggered by Covid-19. The eternal bubble of the markets has burst once again, leaving political institutions with the burden of sustaining and relaunching a crisis that many analysts imagine far more radical and lasting than the one which began in 2008.
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In January 2014, the vast screen of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, usually used to spread regime propaganda to tourists and citizens, exhibited fiery sunsets and clear blue skies crossed by the crests of the mountains. The long luminous strip was embedded, incongruous and disturbing, in the dense poisoned atmosphere, an ashy blanket capable of devouring the figures of men and things. In those days, the World Health Organization warned the Chinese government with the pollution data, twenty times higher than the recommended threshold.
Cominciano i lavori di restauro dell’antica costruzione spagnola. Il progetto realizzato dalla Fondazione MEDSEA è stato approvato dal comune di Terralba a seguito dei pareri positivi di tutti gli enti coinvolti nella Conferenza di Servizi. L’immobile, di proprietà del Demanio dello Stato e di competenza della Capitaneria di Porto di Oristano, è stato dato in concessione al comune di Terralba.
"At the beginning, our goal was not only to clean up the sea but also to reduce CO2 emissions by planting trees, many trees. Trees, with oxygen, can compensate for the damage that factories and cars do, so the hole in the ozone layer would be closed, again. But then we got to know the MEDSEA foundation and we did one thing, but I don't know what exactly, because our parents took care of this.
“We are underestimating the situation, we should have tackled the problem long ago, when the first industries were invented. We should only use renewable sources: we can harness the energy of the tides, wind, and from solar panels”.
"Brothers and sisters of true metal, if you love the world in which you live, the air you breathe, the food you eat and the water you drink, support the MEDSEA Foundation by going to the benefit concert where triumphs of steel will be played for you, you metal warriors! Donate to save the ecosystems and the planet we live on. True metal! Tread on!".
È partito ufficialmente il 1 novembre il progetto interreg MED Tune Up - Promoting multilevel governance for tuning up biodiversity protection in marine areas cofinanziato dal programma Interreg MED 2014 – 2020. Il progetto, della durata di due anni e mezzo (da novembre 2019 a giugno 2022)
"It is difficult to pinpoint the moment when I became an environmentalist", says Roberto Cavallo to the audience gathered in the council hall of the municipality of Assemini. The grandson of a farmer, the son of an eminent naturalist scholar, he grew up in a bustle of European scientists, playing with the earth and climbing up the trees, like a brand new rampant baron.
The European project MedArtSal, Sustainable management model for Mediterranean Artisanal Salinas officially starts in November. The project is funded by the European Programme ENI CBC MED 2014-2020, with a total budget of € 3.2 million and an EU contribution of € 2.9 million (90%) and it will last 36 months.
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- International Day for Environmental Disaster Reduction
- Third Surf Festival in Capo Mannu: sport, tourism and nature in a sustainable vision of the future
- Mediterranean Coast Day 2019: celebrating nature-based solutions that tackle climate change in the region
- #PlasticFreeGC", an initiative to stop plastic pollution in our seas
- Take up the challenges of the Blue Economy: participate in the "Blue Hack" in San Vero Milis
- "Puliamo la sella" 2019, when a community protects the sea
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