Terra Solida proud sponsor of the very important "The City for Green" Award!
Il November 9, 2018 will take place in Rimini, the prize “The City for Greenery“, in the presence of the president of the “Committee for the development of public green spaces” at the Ministry of the Environment. Now in its 19th edition, the award returns to confer its prestigious recognitions on Italian municipalities that have excellently invested their commitment and resources in favor of public green and environmental sustainability. It is therefore assigned to public administrations that have distinguished themselves for innovative achievements or management methods, aimed at increasing public green areas with new construction or redevelopment interventions or in which the maintenance aspect and the improvement of the environmental conditions of their own area are favoured. territory, also through the valorisation of biodegradable and compostable waste.
From this year the award also welcomes interventions and initiatives from other public bodies and private structures with public purposes, which have been able to enhance the green spaces of their structures. As an example we cite: hospital spaces with therapeutic greenery, specific interventions for the valorisation of historic gardens and botanical gardens, natural spaces within university campuses, gardens and vegetable gardens within schools. Other public bodies such as Consortia, Management Areas and Companies, voluntary associations that carry out a public service for the redevelopment and maintenance of the green spaces of our cities can also participate in the "The Most Organic Municipality" section.
Category
-I category, Municipalities up to 5 thousand inhabitants
-II category, Municipalities from 5 thousand to 15 thousand inhabitants
-III category, Municipalities from 15 thousand to 50 thousand inhabitants
-IV category, Municipalities over 50 thousand inhabitants
-V category, public bodies, private structures, voluntary associations
The evaluation criteria
- Increase in green assets obtained through the creation of new urban parks, tree-lined avenues, naturalistic areas, green roofs or other
-Innovation in the management and improvement of the environmental quality of the territory obtained through the recovery of degraded areas, the optimization of the maintenance of green areas, the creation of cycle paths, the redevelopment of street furniture or other
-Success in the various forms of collaboration between public and private in the implementation, management and promotion phases of public green areas
-Attention to the technical and economic sustainability of the projects carried out and maintenance programs
-Objectivity, clarity and communicability of the results obtained
Awards
Last October 4, 2018, the winners of the 19th edition of "La Città per il Verde" were named.
1) “URBAN GREEN” AWARD SECTION
The awarded municipalities are:
1st category – Municipalities with up to 5.000 inhabitants
Winner: Collebeato (BS)
Reporting: Costarainera (IM)
Special mention: Dro (TN)
2nd category – Municipalities from 5.000 to 15.000 inhabitants
Winner: Filottrano (AN)
Reporting: Sant'Agnello (NA)
Special mention: Fossalta di Portogruaro (VE)
Special mention: Cotignola (RA)
3nd category – Municipalities from 15.000 to 50.000 inhabitants
Winner: Treviglio (BG)
Reporting: Ventimiglia (IM)
Special mention: Bressanone (BZ)
4th category – Municipalities over 50.000 inhabitants
Winner: Bari
Winner: Verona
Special mention: Rimini
2) “GREEN MAINTENANCE” AWARD SECTION
Winner: Grado (GO) belonging to the 2nd category
Report: Pisa belonging to the 4th category
Special mention: Turin belonging to the 4th category
3) “THE MOST ORGANIC MUNICIPALITY” AWARD SECTION
Winning entities:
Lanuvio (RM), winner for the 2nd category
AMSA Spa – A2A Group, winner of the 5th category – Consortia, Areas and Management Companies
4) AWARD SECTION “BEST VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN GREEN SPACES”
The awarded municipality is Faenza (RA) 4th category – Municipalities over 50.000 inhabitants
5) “GREEN OF PUBLIC BODIES AND PRIVATE STRUCTURES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE” AWARD SECTION
The awarded organizations are:
Winner: Kepler Scientific High School – Rome
Reporting: VKE Association – Bolzano
Special mention: CasaInsieme Onlus Association – Solerano Canavese (TO)
Special mention: “Residence Service” house – Ferrara
Special mention: Ass. Pro Bassano – Bassano del Grappa and AIDTPG – Veneto Delegation
Special mention: Sott'n'Coppa Association – Afragola (NA)
Each winning, recommended and mentioned organization in each category receives:
• an identification plate,
• an annual subscription to ACER magazine.
Furthermore, for the awarded Municipalities of the "Green Maintenance" Section, the Cormik spa company provides three battery-powered Echo equipment.
The winning municipalities of the "The most organic municipality" section will have the opportunity to use theRecycling app, a service that municipalities can offer to citizens to help improve separate waste collection, reduce waste production and convey information.
Award ceremony
The official awards ceremony will be held on Friday November 9, 2018 at 9.30 am as part of Ecomondo (Rimini, 6-9 November 2018) – the prestigious International Exhibition of green economyand transformation of secondary materials and waste,energy efficiency, solutions and technologies times a improve the quality of life of citizens and encourage them development of key territories planet.
The awards ceremony will take place in TULIPANO room in the pavilion. B6 and will be preceded by a report on the prospects of urban greenery in Italy held by Sabrina Diamanti, President of the National Council of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors.
Jury
-University of Pavia (Teacher of Ecology of Territory and Terrestrial Environments)
-ACER (Il Verde Editorial)
-AIAPP (Italian Association of Landscape Architecture)
-AICu (Italian Association of Curators of Parks, Gardens and Botanical Gardens)
-AIPIN (Italian Association for Naturalistic Engineering)
-AIVEP (Italian Green Roof Association)
-AIDTPG (Italian Association of Public Garden Directors and Technicians)
-ASSOVERDE (Italian Association of Landscape Builders)
-CONAF (National Council of the Orders of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors)
Supporters
-Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
-Lombardy Region (DG Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development)
-CONAF (National Council of the Order of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors)
-Legautonomie (Lombardy Local Autonomy Association)
-Assobioplastics
-CIC (Italian Consortium of Composters).
Memberships
-AIAPP (Italian Association for Landscape Architecture)
-AICu (Italian association of curators of parks, gardens and botanical gardens)
-Italian Association of public garden directors and technicians
-AIPIN (Italian Association for Naturalistic Engineering)
-AIVEP (Italian Green Roof Association)
-ASSOVERDE (Italian Association of Green Building Manufacturers)
-Our Italy
-ReGIS (Network of Historic Gardens)
SOLID EARTH will be a sponsor as a company active in the production and distribution of specials environmentally friendly binders, to be mixed with earthy aggregates, for the creation of earth and concrete floors for cycle-pedestrian and vehicular use, characterized by a natural appearance that does not alter or contrast with the surrounding environment and 100% recyclable. Terra Solida also offers qualified consultancy to public and private designers, companies and pre-packagers. The internal geotechnical laboratory, carries out an activity of continuous research and experimentation on various types of aggregate; designs suitable mixtures optimized for the different intended uses and is present on site for the necessary checks during the preparation and application phases of the mixture. The commitment continues with packaging service of the mixture on site with a mobile plant managed by a qualified operator and issuing of quality certification.
Sources: www.ilverdeeditoriale.com
