VIDEO | World Earth Day, 250 students from Rome clean the beach of Ladispoli

The initiative promoted by Ambiente Mare Italia as part of the 'Green Week' project, with 130 events in 15 regions

ROME – Nella World Earth Day, 250 students from I.C. primary schoolPiero Terracina-Plesso Giuseppe Vaccari in Rome, cleaned a stretch of the beach Marina di San Nicola, in the municipality of Ladispoli.

The classes, from the third to the fifth, responded to the initiative of Ambiente Mare Italia (AMI), on the occasion of the 'Green Week' project, the first campaign in Italy to promote environmental commitment which involves all citizens in actions ecological.

Despite the strong wind and rain, the boys and girls arrived by bus to the site, they have put on AMI hats, gloves and bibs and began at 10.30 to collect waste on approximately 400 linear meters of beach.

“We are collecting even the smallest pieces of plastic,” explains a fifth grader, worried about the future of the planet.“We have to defend the earth,” explains her classmate, “because we are destroying it with pollution.”

Luca (not his real name, ed.) managed to fill an entire bag with plastic caps, bags, cigarette butts and plastic containers.Now he is satisfied, but also worried because "too many people throw waste on the ground".For all of them it was a day of fun and an outdoor lesson in civic and environmental education.

“The municipality of Ladispoli is happy to welcome these initiatives of Ambiente Mare Italia - explains Margherita Frappa, councilor for Education and Culture of Ladispoli - and we have also opened a 'plastic-free' school together.Training does not only take place in schools, but must take place from an integrated system.We must train the new generations to have a different civic sense and respect for the environment."

Satisfied with the results obtained and tested by the adverse climatic conditions, the girls and boys had a packed lunch and then returned to the school in Rome.

“For Ambiente Mare Italia it is an important day - declares the national president of AMI, Alessandro Botti - not only for World Earth Day, but because it is the last day of the 'Green Week'.There were 130 events in 15 regions, also accompanied by important institutions such as the European Commission, the Ministry of the Environment and Anas.On the day in which the world declares war on plastic dispersed in the environment, we, with 250 children, are here to give our testimony and our civil commitment".

Ambiente Mare Italia is a Third Sector body, born from the enthusiasm and commitment of many citizens ready to get involved in order to raise awareness, protect and enhance the environment and the artistic-cultural heritage of our country.AMI operates with the aim of transmitting, through direct environmental intervention, information and training, the values ​​of living and operating according to the principles of sustainability, of a circular and eco-compatible economy.