OUR PLANET IS CALLING US
It is with great pleasure and pride that ESN Torino is announcing its new project “Be a changemaker for a European sustainable campus”, in collaboration with EDISU Piemonte and CROUS Versailles. The project is co-funded by the European Union in the framework of Erasmus+ and it aims at promoting the concept of sustainability among university students. Through this project we are supporting the capacity-building of partnership’s staff as well as facilitating a mutual learning opportunity on a transnational level among young people.
Specifically, this project will run through different activities to engage with local and international students and it will consist of several moments between May and June 2024 in Torino. All events are free and subscription is needed. You will find a subscription form and useful links at the end of each paragraph.
5TH MAY: BIKE TOUR:
The kick off event is a bike tour around Torino. Together with expert guides, we will ride along the river Po up to San Mauro Torinese, getting to know our own city from a different perspective and reconnecting with nature.
50 spots are available and bikes are provided by us.
For more information, contact Dario: +393289696439 //
Subscription form https://forms.gle/7K2YUZGhFF8tgbu17
14TH, 21TH, 28TH: BECOME A SUSTAINABLE CHANGEMAKER
During these events, supported by experts on the field from universities and associations, we will explore three different topics connected to sustainability issues at university.
It will be an occasion to learn, talk, and listen to various seminars related to climate change. The aim is to spread awareness of the impact of every individual and to acknowledge what each of us can do for a better future.
Together with these talks and workshops we will run to actively enhance our environmental behaviors and to learn how to be more sustainable in our daily lives, starting from small and concrete actions.
All events will take place in Sala Conferenze Aula Magna ‘Cavour’, Residenza EDISU, piazza Cavour 5, 10123 Torino.
The meeting time is set at 15.45. Activities will run through 19.00 approximately.
Spots are limited, learning and fun are guaranteed!!
- 14th May: How to make students’ lives more sustainable?
The goal of this first meeting is to give students a brief overview of climate change and present possible problems and solutions related to daily lives activities, like sustainable transportation and energy consumption.
Speaker 1 | prof. Enrico Arnone: Associate Professor at the Department of Physics at the Università di Torino, speech on “Climate change: main causes and impact of individuals”
Speaker 2 | prof. Bruno Dalla Chiara, Full Professor in Transportation Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, speech on “The shift from conventional transport to sustainable mobility solutions”
Speaker 3 | prof. Maria Cristina Caimotto,Associate professor at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at Università di Torino, speech on “Fostering Active Mobility. Discourses, Strategies and Motives”
Workshop realized by ESN Torino and 5T
- 21th May: Healthy nutrition, but what about the climate cost?
During this second event, we deep dive into nutrition, trying to understand what drives impact on the environment and some facts about alternative diets, addressing also the role of universities in the process.
Speaker 1 | dr. Duccio Travaglini
Co-founder of Greencome (media company with a focus on combating climate change), Forbes Under 30 and LinkedIn Top Voice, title of the speech “Environmental impact of agriculture, hidden cost of zootechnics and misconceptions on vegetarian diets”
Speaker 2 | Nadia Tecco, Ph.D.
Researcher, professor and project manager of the Green Office of the University of Turin, title of the speech “The role of Universities in students' food education and in the local food network”
Speaker 3 |dr. Alessandro Cavaliere
Food engineer and volunteer at Recup, non-profit association for the fight against food waste, title of the speech to be defined
Workshop realized by Greenpeace Torino
- 28th May: 3R: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The last event takes on the topic of circular economy, addressing three main pillars: reducing consumption, reusing materials and recycling at the end of their useful lifetime.
Speaker 1 | prof Simona Rapposelli
Associate professor at the Department of Pharmacy at Università di Pisa
Lorenzo Raffellini, phD
Ph.D. student in Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances at the department of pharmacy at Università di Pisa. Speech on “Circular economy: from waste material to valuable ingredients”
Speaker 2 |dr Vittoria Bresci
Geographer, project manager and volunteer at GreenTo - Legambiente Torino, title of the speech to be defined
Speaker 3 |dr Daniela Bergamotti
Environmental Communication Specialist - R for Responsibility, how to apply sustainability in daily lives”
Workshop Conducted by Maca, Museo A come Ambiente
THE CONCLUSION OF THE JOURNEY: BARDONECCHIA TRIP
All this talking and learning about sustainability cannot be celebrated better than with an immersive experience in the Italian Alps. Together with the volunteers of ESN Torino and ESN Italia, participants will get to discover and deepen their knowledge about small actions, sustainable behaviors to be done to reduce their own carbon footprint. For this occasion students and volunteers will spend all together a weekend in Bardonecchia, and the expenses for board and lodging will be entirely covered by the project budget.
Spots are limited and priority will be given to those who have participated in the majority of the events of the project. So be active – and save the dates - 1/2 June 2024.
For more information contact green.team@esntorino.it
Can’t wait to start this journey with you.
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