Cleanin'March returns to Lignano
The beach cleaning event this year is part of the broader programming of the "Flat Calm" festival. Pensieri per smuovere le acque” in programma a Bibione dell’10 al 14 April
LIGNANO – Environmental cleanliness, fun, good music and workshops. ‘Cleanin March’ sarà tutto questo. The appointment, now in its eighth edition, will be held in Lignano Sabbiadoro on 24 March 2024. «Quello in programma nei pressi delle Dune di Lignano Sabbiadoro sarà un evento partecipato e festoso di raccolta della plastica che coinvolgerà i giovani e promuoverà la tutela ambientale, But it will also represent the preview of the "Flat calm" festival. Pensieri per smuovere le acque”», explained Tommaso Sandri dell’associazione ‘Mind Free’ che ha organizzato ‘la pulizia’ con il sostegno del Comune di Lignano Sabbiadoro, of the Fvg Region, in collaboration with Legambiente FVG, e Ass. Mouth of the Tagliamento . Sarà proprio il festival “Calma Piatta” la principale novità di questa edizione.
THE PROGRAM OF THE DAY – The meeting point is at the La Sacca restaurant in Lignano Pineta, where it is possible to park, at 10.30. Cleaning will begin at 11 and the organization will provide gloves and bags for recycling, a sporty outfit is recommended. Once the waste collection is complete, the day's program includes plenty of space for fun (obviously responsible!) immersed in a unique landscape. At the end of lunch, that each participant will bring from home, in fact, group activities are planned. For the occasion it will also be possible to admire some temporary artistic works that will enrich the landscape of the dunes.
FLAT CALM – The festival “Calm calm. Thoughts to move the waters " it will instead start in April, to celebrate "National Sea Day". It will take place in Bibione, where the Menti Libere association will organize – collaboration with the WWF Marine Protected Area of Trieste, ISPRA Venezia e Ca’ Foscari Venezia. The program is sponsored and financed by the Municipality of San Michele al Tagliamento with the contribution of Bibione Green&Smart and Lions Club Bibione and Lignano – a series of events dedicated to the sea and the defense of its ecosystem through the arts and scientific dissemination. «“Calma piatta. Thoughts to move the waters ", in its first edition, was born from the desire to stir consciences and encourage thoughts and actions aimed towards the common objective of safeguarding the important marine environmental heritage, fortemente colpito dagli effetti del cambiamento climatico e dall’impatto antropico sul suo ecosistema», Sandri recalled.
We will begin il 10 April at the Savoy Beach Hotel where Fabio Trincardi will be a guest, marine geologist and geophysicist of the CNR, who will talk about the future of coastal systems and his research expeditions to Antarctica. Following, ci sarà la proiezione del docufilm “Into the ice” del regista Lars Ostenfeld, in the original subtitled version, edited by Cinemazero.
April 11th, there will be a march-performance along the beach, restitution of Laura Pugno's artistic residency. An exhibition will be set up throughout the summer in one of the rooms of the lighthouse, who will illustrate the project in detail, accompanied by photographic and video material.
Il 14 April a whole day of activities is planned at the lighthouse. Among the proposals, una lettura musicata tratta dal libro “Lettere tra due mari” di Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, performed by the Teatro della Sete company. Also scheduled is the public meeting “Stories of resilience: le sfide del cambiamento climatico e l’importanza degli habitat costieri” and an observation walk of the coastal environment organized by Foce del Tagliamento and WWF Trieste Marine Reserve. The children, Furthermore, they will be able to explore the marine world thanks to the workshops organized by Eupolis. Schools will also be involved, thanks to the support of the Lions Club Bibione and Lignano, in particolare la scuola primaria “Aristide Gabelli” di Bibione, whose students will participate in the last phase of planting in the area at the mouth of the pine forest which was hit by a fire in the summer 2022.
In case of bad weather, where possible, the activities will be moved to the conference room of the Municipal Delegation of Bibione, in Via Maja 84.
For more information, on both events, consult the association's social pages and website www.mentilibere.org
