To attract travelers from everywhere they have no problems. To be able to truly declare greenbut yes. The Italian islands full of tourists for weeks and with a season that promises to be good, are the rear in Europe for renewable energy, water consumption and purification, waste management. If in Pantelleria for a couple of years things have been improving and the island has taken the right path, for the CNR and Legambiente, with the Relationship Sustainable islands - Observatory on the smaller islands , all other islands have to commit to reality checks. With them, the Regions and the government are called upon to support improvement actions for the benefit of the environment and the economy.
No scaremongering in the middle of summer, but we must soon reverse course for all that Capri, Ventotene, Lampedusa, Favignana, Procida are worth. In short, the smaller islands present in all the tourism exchanges and the main dish of international travel agencies. The option for clean energy, for example, is very low on the island's government list. Overall, they help the Italian needs by just 6% and satisfy no one. The separate collection of waste does not reach 30% and its management is closely linked to transport on land.
Come and go of ships, costs and inconvenience for those who produce them and those who have to dispose of them. Two cases examined with less than brilliant results. Anyone who hasn't had the chance to change this state of affairs can't wait much longer, it's clear. Tourism, as well as with the quality of the sea, with the natural charms, with the culinary traditions, now comes to terms with the main indicators of environmental sustainability. Then in Italy we should ask ourselves what are certain demagogic initiatives on the environment, on drilling or on wind turbines, if essential and modern services are not already guaranteed to the islanders.
Pantelleria exceeds 68% in diversified collection. Finally, the great theme of internal mobility and connections. The campaigns to discourage the use of the car belong to all mayors who, every summer season, must also hope for the collaboration of citizens. On the one hand, the bans on transport and circulation are circumvented with a thousand tricks, on the other, the Municipalities, like that of Procida this year, try to organize the parking areas to the best of their possibilities. In truth, some behavior of individuals must also change, because foreign tourists often look at us a bit amazed. The horizon, the conclusions, for the editors of the Report, are of a profound innovation of the integrated environmental system. A generalized awareness at a political-administrative level that would make this heritage even more attractive.
