POSIDONIA FESTIVAL – CARLOFORTE – 20 TO 22 JULY

Carloforte, it’s time to Posidonia Festival
From July 20 to 22, for the second consecutive year, the International Festival of Arts, Environment and Sustainable Development back on the island of San Pietro with performances, screenings of documentaries, recycling art workshops, conferences, un’EcoFiera. And a calendar of activities EXTRA designed to promote sustainable tourism.
Promote a culture of sustainability is the watchword of the Posidonia Festival, a festival of art and nature that takes its name from the Posidonia oceanica, a marine plant that is essential element for the ecosystems of the Mediterranean and coastal protection from ‘erosion.
Now in its fifth year of programming, the festival organized by the nonprofit Green Project Posidonia Posidonia MED Carlisle with the Association of Barcelona, will return for the second consecutive year at Carlisle, July 20 to 22, with a packed program of conferences, recycling art workshops, un’EcoFiera with over 30 stalls, cinema in collaboration with the Environmental Film Festival Chlorophyll, ecolofico circus shows, musical concerts and cocktails, exhibitions, art installations and a calendar of activities EXTRA designed to promote sustainable tourism sullisola St. Peter’s.
After the meeting in July in Carlisle the Posidonia Festival will travel to Spain, after a year’s absence and the first editions held in Formentera: from 31 August to 2 September, the festival will be in Sitges, a seaside resort 20 km from Barcelona, famous among the other for its Carnival and the Festival of Cinema.

With the essential support of the City of Carlisle, Geo-mining Park, and Environmental History of Sardinia, Botti du Shcoggiu, Pro Loco of Carlisle, Mortgages Coastal Agency – Region Sardinia, OCEAN2012, Drap Art, Lipu, Legambiente, ESA, Isla Diving, ARCA Gathered Carlisle craftsmen, Poncho Shop, Saremar, RYG Lab, Tiscali, Marrai to Fura, Sardinia Mare Nostrum, Tag Sardinia, Sardinia Step.

The Festival program

The focus on sustainability
This year the festival pays special attention to issues of sustainability in various fields.
First to sustainable fisheries, as part of European Week of Fisheries, the awareness campaign promoted by OCEAN2012, a coalition of organizations – which include the Posidonia Festival – united by the desire to change the fisheries policies in Europe, in order reduce overfishing and put an end to destructive fishing practices.
An issue of pressing news – European Parliament’s vote on reform of the CFP is scheduled for September 2012 – which will be discussed in the roundtable “The future of sustainable fisheries and the Mediterranean” (Garden of Notes, Saturday, July 20 to 21) , with assistance of Serena Maso (Coordinator OCEAN2012 Italy), Roberto Doneddu (Director of Fisheries Service Region Sardinia), Nadia Repetto (Head of Environment of Slow Food Liguria and member of the National Direction of Slow Food Italy), and Judith Albors (Centre Estudi de Mar Barcelona Provincial Council).
Thank OCEAN2012, before and after the conference will be on display the exhibition “Back to the Future” (with photos and graphics by Corey Arnold and David McCandless), a panoramic view of the world’s fisheries in Europe and in Italy, from traps the late nineteenth century to the current fish processing establishments, from small vessels with few tools to large vessels with fishing nets larger than a jumbo jet.

A highlight of the conference program will be hosted every night at the Garden Notes: Friday 20, from 20, the marine biologist Paola Turella will explain how to protect the banks of Posidonia oceanica distributed around the island of San Pietro in the meeting “The status of Posidonia in the channel of San Pietro “, in which to follow,” participatory citizenship and sustainability of communication “with Michele d’Alena, an expert in e-goverment (City of Bologna and University of Bologna)
Sunday 22, from 21, will be held the roundtable “abandoned territories and sustainable development”, in which Alessio Satta (Director of the Coastal Conservatory of Sardinia), Francesco Muntoni (geologist Geominerario Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia) and Norma Garau (University of Sassari) will focus attention on enhancing the local environmental restoration of areas – particularly those mining – abandoned.

The interplay between art and ecology
Another cornerstone of the Posidonia Festival is the interaction between art and ecology, a different way to raise children and adults on issues of waste collection and reuse “creative”.

It is a good example of the Orchestra of Recycling, a recycling art workshop – Saturday 21, in Piazza dei Colori – held by the musicians and Rocco Casino Papia Stefano Murgia, who will teach children and young people to build real Afro-Brazilian percussion using the materials collected during a beach clean channel Calalunga Friday 20, from 10 to 13.
The tools will be used in a music class and collective in a concert open to all participants of the workshop, scheduled to sunset on Sunday 22 in the beach Guidi, who will perform an exceptional ensemble composed by the duo and Jacaré Colegas Velhos .

Children and teenagers will be the focus of two workshops organized in the Square Colors: “Embrace Color” (Friday, 20 by 19), a meeting between play and theater by Artemarea du Shcoggiu and Botti, who will guide them in the knowledge the mix of colors and imaginative in creating standards of gauze, and the project “Natural cork” (Saturday 21 from 19), by Sardegna Ricerche, who will talk about the different uses of cork and its recycling and help them in making objects, drawings and pictures decorated with cork.
In the same square, Saturday and Sunday from 19 and at 21.30, will break the Recycled Circus, a circus-theater show with actors, jugglers, acrobats, clowns on themes of ecology and energy conservation, designed by the association Playing for the world .

In the Night Garden, Friday, July 20, will be staged instead of The Ark, a real boat decorated with toucans, fish, sheep, moose, penguins, made with wood gathered along the beaches of the island of San Pietro by Lorenzo during , 14 years young sculptor, whose works are exhibited at the Labo and Joe’s in downtown Carlisle.

Environmental cinema and concerts
The 2012 edition of Posidonia Festival Carlisle can count on a section Cinema in collaboration with the Chlorophyll Film Festival, a festival of films, documentaries and short films on environmental issues hosted within Festambiente (Rispescia, 10-19 August), national event Legambiente.
At Posidonia Festival – every night at the Garden Notes from 22 to 23 – will present the premieres of feature films “The well – Water Voices from Ethiopia” (Paolo Barbieri and Richard Russo), “Thalassa. Men and the Sea “(Gianluca Agati),” The Cruise of the banana skins “(Salvo Manzone),” Life in the oceans “(Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzard).

But the Garden of Note there is also room for musical aperitifs, with a selection of Mediterranean music, and concerts: Friday, July 20th will be the turn of the Jacar̩ duet with Cristina Renzetti (vocals, percussion) and Rocco Casino Papia (7corde guitar, vocals effects), which will offer songs copyright of jazz and world music, while Saturday, July 21 will go up on stage Colegas Velhos РFrancesca Corrias (vocals, flute), Stefano Murgia (guitar and vocals), Philip (bass), Mauro and Thomas (percussion), Valerio Faenza (flute) Рa group of old friends united by a passion for Brazilian music, with a repertoire ranging from classics to popular modern developments in continual meticiaggio sound and culture of this musical universe.

Sunday the 22 Colegas Velhos and Jacare Duo will join the participants of the workshop of the Orchestra of Recycling for a fascinating show at the Sunset Beach Drive, while late at night, and again from 23 to Garden Notes, the closing of the Festival will be entrusted with the selection of funk and reggae dj Macaco.

The Ecofiera
For the duration of the Festival will host the waterfront of Carlisle Ecofiera, attentive and a showcase for selected products, services and activities “echo” local, national and international.
The fair will be open from 18 to 24.
There will be:
Alterenergia Sardinia – Design and install photovoltaic systems, electric bikes
Aqua Love – Installation and sales by osmosis purifiers
Attilio Porricino – Nasse Carlisle
Azienda Agricola “The Walnut” – Production of organic vegetables in oil
Charles Budroni – Bags
Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta – Vaishnava Academy of History and Philosophy
Coastal Conservatory of Sardinia
Consortium Geominerario Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia
Cores – Production and sale of recycled paper
Master Creations Federico D’ax Cones – Dolls, toys and wooden objects
D Handmades – Bags jersey crochet
DSE – Provider sustainable energy
Emanuela Stocchino – Artisan
Enrica Zuddas – dresses tailored entirely hand-painted
Eticando – Clothing in natural fibers and organic, fair trade crafts, ethical fashion
European Jazz Expo – Jazz Festival at low impact energy
The caper Selargino – Production of organic capers
The Robbia – Natural Dyes
Labo and Joe’s – Jewelry and handmade shoes
Liquoreria Collu – Production of lemon myrtle and certificates
Loewe – Shed trachyte and silver Sardinian
Reciclams – Lamps Recycled
MYL Sardinia – Sustainable Mobility
Ocean 2012 – Coalition of Organizations for sustainable fisheries
REEF – Design and construction of artificial reefs
Rubiubirra – Production craft beer Sant’Antioco
Ryglab – Reuse Your Garbage – design furniture made from recycled materials
Sabores Antigos – Production of sweets and meats Nuoro
Sa pintadera – Sardinian Craftsmanship
Vicky’s Creations – Jewelry made from recycled materials
Stand Up (Clear Fin Sword) – Recycled wood
Natural Cork (Research Centre Sardinia) – Collection and recycling cork

EXTRA Festival
During the festival week, July 16 to 22, you can immerse yourself in nature on the island of San Pietro, thanks to a series of selected activities in collaboration with players in the area: guided tours to discover the cultural heritage of the landscape and local The Natalie Pike and Stephen De Peddis, kayaking, turkish gullet before Luna and historic boats restored by shipwright Tonino Sanna, diving among the Posidonia beds and courses for snorkelers and divers with diving and naturalist Isla Manuela Verona , walks and electric bicycles Lipu Oasis of Cape Sandal, visits to the farm of George Mazzucchetti Sardinian donkeys, the theater of the places of du Shcöggiu Botti, an original blend of inland exploration, astronomy, art and storytelling.
For information on planned activities and their availability just consult the program and seek www.posidoniafestival.com travel@posidoniafestival.com or number 329-6005792.

Posidonia Posidonia Project MED and Carlisle
The Posidonia Festival is organized by Carlisle Posidonia Posidonia Project MED and Carlisle, with no intention of profit associations formed by multidisciplinary professionals specialized in promoting and spreading environmental awareness, environmental awareness and sustainable development through advanced communication techniques, art and culture.

The symbol of both associations is the Posidonia oceanica underwater plant that plays a key role in the ecology of coastal area for its function and oxygenation of the water regulator in the ecological balance of the marine world, as it hosts most of the biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea and its presence protects the coasts and beaches from erosion.

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