E 'in the spotlight of the walking bus Lecco after the Worldwatch Institute has awarded as "State of the World 2010" as an example of good practice to reduce emissions of CO2 in the atmosphere.
About 500 children every day to go walk the 15 lines at 10 elementary schools participating in the project. When he left seven years ago the first walking bus in Lecco, a collaboration between the City Administration and social cooperation ECO 86, nessuno poteva immaginare che l'iniziativa sarebbe entrata nel rapporto del Worldwatch Institute, "State of the World 2010". Ogni anno, l'organizzazione di ricerca ambientale, pubblica in 36 lingue una raccolta di problemi ambientali globali, seguiti dalle proposte e dalle idee innovative già applicate nel mondo per tentare di risolverli. Il Piedibus di Lecco aveva già raggiunto la scena internazionale, nel marzo del 2009, quando venne citato dal New York Times come buona pratica per ridurre l'obesità infantile e abbattere l'inquinamento delle auto, ma non solo: andando a scuola con i piedibus i bambini fanno nuove amicizie e cominciano ad imparare le regole del codice della strada.
A Lecco il servizio è gratuito (il Comune covers all costs of the secretariat and insurance) and is based on voluntary work of the 150 adults who, in turn, accompanied by nearly 500 school children who move up 15 lines to reach 10 elementary schools. The cooperative ECO 86, which manages the project has calculated that, with the walking bus every day 144 cars do not travel 216 km and emit 30 pounds of CO2. In one school year thus avoiding the issue about 4500 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere.
"Water Line," "Fire Line", "Line Flintstones" are some of the fancy names used for the walkways: the website of the Municipality of Lecco families using the service can download the floor plans with timetables and routes stops. The walking bus can count even Lecco a secretary who, two days a week, give information to interested parents.
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In vista delle elezioni regionali Legambiente lancia la sfida ai candidati: "Una nuclear power station in my area, yes or no?. "With this simple application, the environmental group aims to clarify the position of the candidates than the revival of nuclear power in our country, to ensure a democratic and transparent debate on the issue.
The idea behind derived from models used in the Nordic countries, as Naples has decided to encourage the recycling of waste - which in 2009 reached 20% - distributing reloads for mobile phones in exchange for separate waste. in the Chiaia quarter, at strategic points, were installed compacting machines which, in exchange for waste issue a ticket with a score converted to phone cards.
start with the bell in 2009 brought to 1,400 the number of their installations more than doubled compared to 2007. Naples, as it was easy to understand, does the lion's share as the absolute number of installations, but the sun is most common being in the Cilento: Oliveto Citra.
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