Earth Day is the largest environmental event on the planet, the only time when all the world’s citizens come together to celebrate the Earth and promote its preservation. Earth Day, a moment strongly desired by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and promoted even earlier by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, involves up to one billion people in as many as 192 countries around the world each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Main themes are the pollution of air, water, and soil, the destruction of ecosystems, the thousands of disappearing plants and animal species, and the depletion of nonrenewable resources. There is an insistence on solutions to eliminate the negative effects of human activities; these solutions include recycling materials, conserving natural resources such as oil and fossil gases, banning the use of harmful chemicals, stopping the destruction of key habitats such as wet forests, and protecting endangered species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In Palermo, under the patronage of the Municipality and Earth Day Italia (the national supervisory and coordinating body for the various events in the country) the first edition of Earth Day Palermo festival was born in 2013 under the direction of Patrizia Pozzo (Fondazione Studio Rizoma) and Simona Gazziano (Fuori Orario Production) when especially in the south of Italy few people were talking about the Environment and certain themes were totally out of the Sicilian public debate. With a precise format, which has always alternated moments of debate and more serious discussion with playful moments and workshops, the festival has grown year by year in terms of topics addressed, international guests, number of participants and audience until it has become an expected event for the city of Palermo. Many collaborations , to name but a few: Regional Department of Health, Regional Department of Environment and Territory, Regional Department of Tourism, Ars, University of Palermo, Gesap, Amap, Rap, Banca Etica, Coop, Comieco, Greenpeace, LegAmbiente, Coop Sicilia, Stop Global Warming; Amnesty International; Green Italia; Green Renaissance; Green New Deal for Europe; National Geographic, Legambiente; Mare Vivo; Extintion Rebellion; Ecomuseo del Mare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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