Comunicato Stampa RE-THINK CIRCULAR ECONOMY FORUM TORNA A TARANTO Milano, 8 agosto 2022 – Mancano poco meno di due mesi a “Re-think – Circular Economy Forum”, per la seconda volta a Taranto il 3, 4 e 5 ottobre, negli spazi del Dipartimento Jonico dell’Università di Bari. Dopo il grande successo della prima edizione, l’economia circolare torna protagonista dell’evento che mette insieme esperti, studiosi, aziende, start up e istituzioni, a vario titolo impegnati sui temi dell’innovazione e della sostenibilità. Viene confermata la modalità ibrida, in presenza e in remoto, per raccontare e illustrare i progetti più impattanti e promettenti realizzati nel territorio pugliese e non solo, nell’ambito dell’economia circolare. L’iniziativa avrà portata nazionale e internazionale, con un unico obiettivo: stimolare il cambiamento verso la circolarità. Sarà possibile partecipare a tutti gli eventi previsti, registrandosi alla pagina dedicata. La prima edizione di Re-think Taranto, lo scorso settembre, ebbe un grande successo, raggiungendo oltre 4000 persone in presenza e in remoto. Quel successo ha fatto in modo che Taranto si confermasse sede di questa ambiziosa fiera dell’Economia Circolare, con alcune innovazioni che accresceranno il valore dell’evento. “Re-think ci ha messo di fronte alle potenzialità di questo percorso – il commento del sindaco di Taranto Rinaldo Melucci – ci ha svelato come l’economia circolare sia una miniera di opportunità che qui, in una terra che ambisce a essere paradigma di resilienza, dobbiamo sfruttare a piene mani. Diamo il benvenuto a tutti i partner e, con loro, ci impegniamo a essere portabandiera di una ritrovata sostenibilità”. I temi sui quali si è deciso di focalizzarsi per rilevanza territoriale, nazionale ed europea, sono: le energie rinnovabili, considerate ormai essenziali per sviluppare un’indipendenza energetica sostenibile; la mobilità sostenibile, che permetterà alle comunità di connettersi tra loro in modo innovativo e consapevole; l’agri-food, uno dei settori economici e sociali più importanti del territorio pugliese e che necessita di una...
Month: August 2022
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11 August 2022Martin Charter, Director at the Centre for Sustainable Design University for the Creative Arts, during his speech at Re-think Circular Economy Milan held in February 2022, started his speech introducing the concept of ircular economy. Circular economy is part of the broader approach to sustainable development and picks up a number of the Sustainable Development Goals. What we’ve really seen over the last 7-8 years is an increased usage of the term “circular economy”. Actually, the first legislation about circular economy was created in China in 2008. It’s also important to recognize that we move in waves and we are presently, in Charter’s opinion, in a fifth green consumer wave; and those waves have different perspectives, so this particular wave that we’re in at the moment, is very much around the climate change, around nature and biodiversity, but also the social and community dimension, because of Covid has come in. Also, a key element of this wave is the engagement by youth in the agenda. Perspective is everything. Yes, there might be trends focusing on particular issues, but it is essential to keep our overall perspective. Continuing, Charter explained that 2015 was a critical year for many reasons globally and in Europe there was the Paris Agreement, and the recalibration of the sustainable development agenda with the launch of the the SDGs, but also it was the Commission’s first attempt to bring together awhole package of policies in the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) 1.0. – that was then brought together into a CEAP 2.0. What was particularlyinteresting is that there was a focus on new sectors, for example clothing and textiles becoming much more in the focal area for circular economythinking.But of course, Covid really hit everybody and has led to a lot of uncertainty, but before this we...
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INNOVATION IN THE WORLD OF SUSTAINABLE ITALIAN FASHION Founded in 2019 by Giovanni Lucchesi after returning from a year-long volunteering experience in Zambia, Mafric is an ethnic-ethical clothing line with an ambitious mission: to promote the employment of people in fragile situations, while conveying a message of multiculturalism, inclusion and sustainability through fashion. Mafric creates its collections starting from fabrics with prints reminiscent of the colours and patterns typical of Africa, combining them with plain-coloured fabrics to create garments that combine purely Italian style and quality with the exotic colours of distant cultures. The garments in the collections are made exclusively by social tailors located in the Milan and Como areas, where people from highly vulnerable backgrounds, especially women and migrants but also ex-convicts and people with mental and physical disabilities, learn the trade of professional tailors. In this way, Mafric is personally committed to making up for the lack of social vocation on the territory that characterises most fashion companies in Italy, which neglect the impact their production has on workers and the community. With great commitment also in terms of environmental sustainability, Mafric adopts circular economy dynamics through the use of recovered fabrics and recycling and upcycling processes thanks to collaborations with organisations that have been working in these fields for years. By adopting the principles of Slow Fashion, i.e. slow, ethical and solidarity fashion, Mafric aims to offer an alternative production and consumerist model as opposed to the increasingly criticised Fast Fashion, i.e. fast disposable fashion, whose effects are detrimental to both the environment and society. Numerous small local projects with a mission and commitment similar to Mafric’s already exist, what distinguishes Mafric from the others and makes its project unique and innovative, is its modus operandi and the ambitious goal it sets out to...