by Paolo Ghiga
A library dedicated to the Earth and the environment in which you can consult and borrow books and publications on the topics of environmental culture, biodiversity, water, soil and constituent part of the environment. This business of fledgling Environmental Library of the “Amici della Terra Toscana” (Friends of the Earth Tuscany), inaugurated on Saturday 27 March last, in Florence, in via Giano della Bella 22.
Friends of the Earth represent in Italy the Friends of the Earth International, environmentalist network among the most important in the world, present since 40 years and in 66 countries, with over 1.5 million subscribers and over 5,000 local groups organized.
Friends of the Earth, composed by five associations and 79 clubs nationwide, are autonomous and self financed. They are recognized by the Ministry of the Environment and promote sustainable development since 1977 at every level, pursuing the protection of the environment and cultural diversity, biological and ethnic, starting from Democrats. They focus on climate change, the people who inhabit the tropical forests and their natural habitat, the nuclear safety and sustainable agriculture, in a commitment to 360°. They also provide services to public bodies and private companies through environmental education projects, organize excursions and trips.
The creation of library has been the fruit of the work of five years, leading research and cataloguing of what turned out to be a unique collection in Italy dedicated just to one field, an ambitious and highly communicative project, able to provide answers to the thirst for eco-sustainable knowledge.
On the site www.amicidellaterratoscana.it, under the heading "library", you can consult the catalogue and the online-booking and request of titles are possible writing to the e-mail address biblioteca@amicidellaterratoscana.it, or calling +39 0552280450. The consultation of the catalogue is easy, thanks to the attention shown in design dedicated, like browsing the entire site, attentive to the contents and with a graphic sober and in line with the Association's educational intentions.
This decision opens a strongly innovative front: a service and a place of training and dissemination dedicated entirely to the environment and addressed to professionals, but also to newbies who for the first time approach environmental and natural issues. In the wake of this initiative we hope that by the time also other ATD fora organise a service with this goal. Currently, the library is open to the public two days a week, by appointment only: on Monday, with time 14: 00 p.m. and Thursday from 10: 30 p.m. For friends of nature of Florence and around it is an indispensable appointment.
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