Agenda 21 Comenius Project 2005/06 Veronica Stazio

The biggest environmental problems Global problems Loss of biodiversity Quality and availabilty of fresh water Erosion of land The hole in the ozone layer

How could we reduce the impact of these problems? Criterion Guide Sustainable development

What is Agenda 21? The document called “ Agenda 21 ” was adopted in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Agenda 21 proposes to promote a model of development compatible with environmental problems and the conditions of resources in terms of how quickly they will be used up and whether they can be reproduced or replaced.

In article 28 of the programme, all local authorities are invited to equip themselves with a Local Agenda 21. Local Agenda 21 is essentially a strategic process to encourage and to keep a check on sustainable development. The preparation, management and realization of this process need all the skills and the instruments of a local authority and its community.

The beginning of a process… Aalborg, Denmark 1994: “Charter of the European city for a lasting sustainable development”; Lisbon, Portugal 1996: “Charter of Lisbon”; & European campaign of Sustainable Cities. Ferrara, Italy 1999: “Coordination of the Local Italian Agendas 21”

The spreading of the Local Agenda 21 is a comparatively young process. Ecology A step forward

2 targets for the Province of Ancona Environmental Denouncement Environmental Policy Programme of Urban retraining and Sustainable Development in the territory (p.u.r.s.d.); Putting into practice the Local Agenda 21

P.E.T.E.R. P.A.N. Is the spirit of the Local Agenda 21 which we have tried to apply in each of our steps. Acronym of P E T E R P A N Project (of) Ecological development (in the) Territory (of the) Province (of) Ancona

2 Phases 1.The result of the first phase is to draw up the “Report on the environmental state of the Province of Ancona” Characterized by Thematic discussion forum which travels around all the territory of the Province, allowing better knowledge of environmental problems

Plan of Local Action 2 phases: Plan of Local Action This plan will be based on the solution resulting from the civic forum referring to the indicators of the environment’s sustainibilty: will decide the priorities of the solutions proposed in the first phase ; will consider new solutions; will transform the solutions into actions. This plan

Peter Pan in the school The environmental education is a framework of transversal activity on which the planning process of the school converges more and more. The provincial administration of Ancona has considered important and essential interacting with scholastic istitution to develope some activities and to create some moments to involve the students, stimulating reflections on: -environmental problems, -perception of these problems, -expectation about this theme from new generations. Local Agenda 21 of the province of Ancona provides for thematic discussion forum in the schools of all the territory. The experts organized some activities for the students, together with the teachers, divided into meetings for the sensibilization of the youth about the thematics of the Agenda 21. At the end of each meeting the students realized collective or individual works about the topics discussed. The appreciation of the initiative and the success among the students confirmed the validity of the process of Agenda 21.

Province of Ancona Local Pollution problems

Knowledge about environment and energy condition of the Province of Ancona Gas emissions32% Province of Ancona Control system of regional emissions Environment pollution

Other problems… Some cities Control system Acoustic pollution Province of Ancona Monitoring system Electromagnetic pollution

Water problems Over use of water sources River water Improvement of the condition of sea water

Waste Above the regional average Differentiated waste Absence of recycling plants Absence of waste dumps

Traffic Inadequate transport connections Towards Ancona Improvement of Railway Maritime Traffic

Liceo Classico Francesco Stelluti Comenius Project 2005/2006