L’Istituto Comprensivo “G. Verga”

1. L’Istituto Comprensivo “G. Verga” Fiumefreddo di Sicilia (CT) Sicily - Italy Presents

2. ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

3. Ecology Ideas

4. Waste disposal is one of the main problems that Italy has to resolve. If we don’t change our point of view and lifestyle, the next generation couldn’t enjoy our planet beauties.

5. Waste Collection: a new lifestyle Glass Plastic Alliminium and tinsPaper and Cardboard

6. In order to avoid this We must do this…

7. Ideal separated waste collection

9. November Activity • ARticles, Conferences and Photo Gallery.

10. On November we have studied about “Ecology and Environment”. A series of readings and classroom discussions with our Science teachers about the meaning of these words. First step

11. WASTE COLLECTION On November 7th, we met a member of the “JoniAmbiente” a green organization, who talked us about the difficult problem related to rubbish. He explained us the most simple way to learn doing waste collection. Written by: 2° B

12. Conference “Green Symbols” Yesterday we took part to a conference about “Green Symbols”. Of course we have already faced this subject with our Science Teacher. During the meeting the expert showed us a large number of slides related to the most common eco – symbols and their meaning.

13. world. Among the “eco-symbols” we saw, the common ones are: He said that they are universal symbols as we can see them in schools, streets and public places. The “Green” symbolizes a clean and healthy

16. Second step we walked around our town to discover how clean is it, taking photos of waste littered places, different types of dustbins, containers and bells for the waste collection.

17. Third step • Nature – path: excursions to the • “Reserve of Fiumefreddo” • the “Gole d’Alcantara” • Volcano “Etna”

18. Riserva naturale di Fiumefreddo

20. In order to protect this peculiar ecosystem the river Fiumefreddo has been included among the first 19 Sicilian natural reserves. The local W.W.F is, in fact, entrusted with the management of the reserve. It is possible to go along "sentiero natura”, which is long about three kilometres. The way is in concrete pavement and it is a level road with grassy stretches. The excursion takes about 90 minutes including a rest and the observation time. The great importance of this protected area is due to the particular ecological conditions created by the cold water and by the flowing of Fiumefreddo river.

21. They provide a perfect habitat for watery vegetation such as "Brasche" and Buttercups. These types of plants are more typical of Central and Atlantic Europe. They represent a unique survey station for all of southern Italy. In the mouth of the river there are plants of papyrus whose quality is superior to that of the Ciane river in Syracuse and to the Egyptian papyrus.

22. The "Gole of Alcantara"

23. The Alcantara is a river in Sicily. The name Alcantara is of Arabic origin. The Alcantara Gorges are deep incisions in volcanic rocks and cliffs, caused by the eruptions of Mount Etna. The less intrepid traveller can reach the gorges with a lift, but the more adventurous can descend into the gorge on foot, where the river can be followed for about 150 meters through mysterious shadowy rocky bends along the walls of the rock-face. 

24. Volcano Etna

25. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe and is in an almost constant state of activity. Eruptions of Etna aren’t always the same. Most occur at the summit, where there are currently (as of 2008) four distinct craters (the Northeast Crater, the Voragine, the Bocca Nuova, and the Southeast Crater). Other eruptions occur on the flanks. Summit eruptions can be highly explosive and are extremely spectacular, but are rarely threatening for the inhabited areas around the volcano. On the contrary, flank eruptions can occur down to a few hundred metres altitude, close to or even well within the populated areas. There are some of the religious based theories that were popular in the past.

26. Firstly, Aeolus, the king of the winds, who is said to have imprisoned the winds in the caves of Etna. According to the poet Aeschylus, the giant Typhon was confined to the Etna walls and this explained the eruptions. Another legend says that when the Mount Etna erupted in 252, one year after the martyrdom of Saint Agatha, the people of Catania took the red veil of the Saint, remained untouched by the flames of her martyrdom, and called her name. And the eruption ended! But the legends also came from the Anglo-Saxon world: according to one of these the soul of the Queen Elizabeth I of England now resides in the bowels of the volcano Etna, because on the pact she made with the devil in exchange for his help during her reign.

28. Environment Care

29. In the last ten years Italy has known an increasing number of killer floods: • The global warming • The abandon of the countryside • Building abuse • The deforestation

30. The protection of the environment The most important thing is defending the environment. We have the duty to respect the place where we live, that is to say, the. Most people don’t respect it and spoil it. The word “Pollution” means the introduction of chemicals into natural environment, with the consequence of great damages on it. There are different types of pollution.

31. The first is “the water pollution”;because of tanker, sea vegetation and sea animals run the risk of dying.

32. The second is “the acustic pollution”; great noises, such as the horn, can damage our hearing.

33. In the end, there is also “the air pollution; smog and dumping of industrial waste have a damaging effect on the air. To conclude, we think that pollution is a very important problem and it can have bad and dangerous effects on our health. Written by: Alessia, Greta, Tatiana, Dario and Tommaso

34. Our suggestions are… …To be continued…