“Ricco bottino” alla Cleanin’ March of Lignano: filled almost a hundred more black bags
About eighty volunteers took part in the event and cleaned up a kilometer and a half of the Lignano lagoon promenade

A day full of activities and convivial moments to promote a vision of natural areas open to all where everyone is responsible for their protection. E’ with this aim than last 20 The third edition of “Cleanin’ March”: about thirty volunteers from Lignano and Friuli, but also and above all fifty of the Afghan and Pakistani asylum seekers hosted in Lignano.
Una “marcia di pulitura” svoltasi sulle sponde dell’argine del lungolaguna: Thousands of bottles and plastic and polystyrene residues were found (coming from the fish boxes), but also gas cylinders, televisions, wc, sinks, car and truck tires and batteries. Cleaning was slowed down when three of the asylum seekers found a large revolver in the bushes, the intervention of the police was necessary.
After the morning's efforts the group returned to the park behind the town hall of Lignano for a picnic prepared by the Free Minds. This will be followed by important moments of integration between the community and asylum seekers through games and music: there was a mixed team football match as well as tug of war, all seasoned with music and dances proposed by the asylum seekers.
The afternoon at the park was then enlivened by environmental awareness activities and workshops. In particular thanks to some young people from CeVI (the Udine NGO partner of the initiative) che per l’occasione hanno presentato il “Piccolo Manuale d’Azione per l’Acqua e il Clima”, a collective work of young Italians, moldavi e francesi che si sono attivati per il progetto europeo “Acqua Bene Comune” and who have developed a manual intended for those who want to better understand the role of water in the climate issue, but also discover the exemplary actions promoted locally to protect and enhance the resource. Ha inoltre contribuito alle attività laboratoriali del pomeriggio con materiale e giochi a tema anche un rappresentante del progetto “Oltre il Giardino” di Pordenone, which was a case study of the manual.
The event ended at sunset, also in this edition he succeeded in raising awareness and protecting environmental heritage, proposing moments in which citizens are actors of change and make themselves responsible for it, taking care of the places in a carefree but responsible way. Disheartening from this point of view, Instead, despite the advertising investment for the initiative, the participation of the Lignano community: luckily someone else cleaned their house…
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