by Giuseppe Totaro
Three days of demonstrations, debates, sports and music: this is how Erica Cooperative, a member of AICA, celebrates its fifteen years of activity, with the Environment festival that will be held in Alba (Piedmont) since 23th to 25th June. The president Roberto Cavallo introduces the initiative: «Since 1996, Erica has become a warning point for Italy, and not only, in the environmental field. What once seemed just an idea, now has put legs and head, and deserves to be remembered and meminded, not just to celebrate the results, but also to relaunch the need to put environmental issues at the heart of institutional agenda, both political and professiponal». The environment festival’s programme is very rich: it starts on Thursday, June 23th at 9 p.m. with a torchlight procession in memory of Angelo Vassallo, the mayor of Pollica killed by Camorra, and of all victims of human environment negligence and, in memory of the flood that hit south Piedmont in 1994. The meeting is scheduled for 8.45 p.m. in Vivaro square and at the end of the procession "Our recipe for prevention" will be presented: a series of testimonials from all over Italy.
On June 24th the conference "Green economy and opportunities for development" will be held: the appointment is for 10 a.m. After the greetings of the Province of Cuneo and the Piedmont Region, there will be interventions by Roberto Cavallo, a comparison on "green economy and sustainable development" between the Roberto Della Seta and Andrea Fluttero, both members of the Senate Environment Committee, and conclusions by Edo Ronchi, former Environment Minister and current President of the Foundation for Sustainable Development (SUSDEF). Francesco Gulli, a professor at Bocconi University, will moderate the debate. The evening is dedicated to sport: at the Michele Coppino stadium the triangular football "in the field for the Environment"will take place at 20.30: the Italian National Mayors, the newly formed Environment National and a team from Alba will play.
The Speaker’s corner on organic food, composting and short commodity chain will open the third and last festival day at 11 a.m. on June 25th. The event is realized in collaboration with Slow Food. At 6 p.m. in Chiodi square there will be an environmental literature meeting. During the meeting Roberto Cavallo will present his book “Meno 100 chili. Ricette per una dieta della nostra pattumiera” (Less than 100 kilos. Recipes for a diet of our trash). In the evening, at 9.30 p.m., closing free concert in Duomo Square with the bands Los Refusè e dei Riciclato Circo Musicale.
More information on: www.cooperica.it.
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