All online from the island of La Maddalena on June 8, World Ocean Day. IOC-UNESCO within the Decade of Marine Sciences for Sustainable Development in Italy, organizes "Between past and future: towards the ocean generation”. Intense program with the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, the president of the UNESCO National Commission Franco Bernabe, the activist of Fridays For Future Italy, Sara Segantin and the Godmother of the Ocean Caterina Balivo who will interview Robert Danovaro, President of the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station.
The blue energy of the sea is worth 420 million euros and strongly needs to be disclosed. In this (hopefully) post pandemic summer it is important to go back to taking care of the seas and oceans. The two natural assets most affected by climate change that will have to continue to stimulate initiatives and projects. The planet is mostly covered in water. On the day dedicated to the sea we also remember of the Anniversary of the World Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.
The appeals in favor of the ecosystem and the campaigns to free the seas from plastics have become the expression of positive sensibilities with the seas, precisely, "source of life and sustenance". What can Italy do with these demonstrations? Rethinking the Mare Nostrum with policies, actions and aggregations. Maybe Cingolani will tell. His ideas of sustainable and circular development with numerous offshoots are now known. We don't have oceans and melting glaciers, but we are at the center of a sea that has given life and meaning to extraordinary civilizations. A useful path for the state would be to better organize promotion and teaching for the youngest. Explain that the waters surrounding the peninsula have been "the center of the diffusion of trade as well as the meeting point between different cultures that have contributed to the development of Western civilization, of the alphabet, of the millenary culinary and gastronomic history, of the formations of the first cities -state, of the first explorations”.
The epicenter of art and creativity recognized and loved by the whole world. How much of all this is studied well in school? How many hours of teaching are able to bring together art, civilization, material goods, natural resources and work? Many Italian protected assets are located along the coasts. And it is no coincidence that Italy guards 55 World Heritage properties. In addition, explained the organization of 8 June, our country "is home to the richest biodiversity of animal and plant species, many of these present only in the Mediterranean or on our coasts". The day of 8 June is important, but the presence of young people and the school world must give it more strength. To build a truly prepared "Generation".
