S.pegnere, pedal, revive, improve: these are the 4 symbolic actions of sustainability chosen to represent the 18th edition of I illuminate myself less 2022the radio campaign dedicated to energy saving and sustainable lifestyles.
First launched in 2005 by Caterpillar And Rai Radio2 and scheduled for today, it wants to be a stimulus for actions that contribute to one radical energy transition. And in this “maturity” edition – the eighteenth – the focus is on proactive and transformative role of the bicycle and plantsbecause these elements can concretely improve the world we live in.
The 2022 edition benefits from the contribution of two special “mentors”: the ultra-cyclist Paola Gianottiactive testimonial of the bike, and the plant neurobiologist Stefano Mancusopromoter of plants as the most effective “air cleaners” available to accomplish the ecological transition.
M’illumino less 2022, A tree for the future
There are many initiatives planned for this day. First of all, Caterpillar and Rai Radio2 are involving the radio audience in the creation of the first widespread forest Of I light up lessthanks to collaboration with the Arma dei Carabinierthe.
The project A tree for the future plans to plant 50,000 trees in 10 years «With the aim of creating a wood spread throughout Italy, made of small trees of native species that will grow with us, accompanying us on a path that increase environmental quality“.
Schools, universities, but also municipalities and associations are invited to participate in the initiative adopting one or more trees within the project A tree for the future.
Among the trees that can be requested there are also the cuttings of the Falcone treea ficus planted in memoriam in front of the house of Giovanni Falcone and Francesca Morvillo.
Falcone’s tree (Courtesy unalberoperilfuturo.rgpbio.it)
The bicycle ride through a European forest
At the same time, to reinforce the idea that only cooperation between States can bring results in the protection of the planet, the ultracyclist Paola Gianottiwho left Stockholm on February 25th, arrived in Milan yesterday after having traveled the great European cycle routes bringing some plants to leave behind for constitute the symbolic European forest Of I light up less.
His itinerary stopped in symbolic places, such as the seat of the European Parliament. And here Gianotti entitled a cutting of the Falcone tree donated by the Carabinieri Biodiversity Group to the former President David Sassoli.
The Decalogue of I illuminate myself less 2022
here is the Decalogue with the rules to be adopted every day for a more lifestyle eco friendly.
- 1) Turn the lights off when they are not needed.
- 2) Turn off e do not leave on standby electronic devices.
- 3) Defrost the refrigerator frequently; keep the coil clean and away from the wall so that air can circulate.
- 4) Put the lid on the pots when boiling the water.
- 5) If you are hot lower the radiators instead of opening the windows.
- 6) Reduce drafts of the fixtures by filling them with material that does not let air through.
- 7) Use curtains to create cavities in front of the glass, the fixtures, the external doors.
- 8) Don’t leave curtains closed in front of the radiators.
- 9) Enter insulating films and reflecting between the external walls and the radiators.
- 10) Use the car as little as possible and use the bicycle for getting around the city.
All the info on the campaign and the form to register your membership on the site www.milluminodimeno.rai.it. The hashtag to tell about the memberships on social networks is #one thousand less.
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