L’Istituto Comprensivo “G. Verga”

Fiumefreddo di Sicilia (CT)Sicily - Italy

Presents

• 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.

Glass PlasticAlliminium and tins Paper and

Cardboard

In order to avoid this

We must do this…

GardenWaste

•Grass mowing and cut-off flowers•Plants (without earth)•Branches, trees and hedges clip

Bulky waste

•Old or wooden furniture•Mattresses and wires for beds•Fridges, TV, PC.

Clothing

•Cloths• Knitwear• Linen• Hats• Bags• Leather

Urban hazardousWaste

•Out-of-date medicines•Piles•Containers with residual substances marked by the symbols

Metals

•Aluminium cans (AL)•Containers of tin, tin plate or other metals •Tin foil

BiodegradableWaste

•Leftovers• Kitchen waste• Stale food (without package)• Egg-shells• Used paper serviettes andhandkerchiefs

Glass

• Bottles (without top)• Pots and other boxes(without cap)• Glasses• Phials

PlasticPackage

• Bottles for water and drinks• Bottles of shampoo, bath foam, detergents and containers for cosmetics• Polystyrene or nylon packs

Paper and cardboard

• Sheets• Photocopies• Writing-books• Newspapers• Magazines• Books• Boxes• Cardboard packages

Non recyclable

Waste

•Earthenware, ceramic,chinaware, clays• Pyrex glass, light-bulbs• Dirty cloths, sponges• Videotapes, Compact disks, floppy disks

November Activity

• ARticles, Conferences and Photo Gallery.

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.

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

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.

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

world.

Among the “eco-symbols” we saw, the common ones are:

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.

Nature – path: excursions to the

“Reserve of Fiumefreddo”

the “Gole d’Alcantara”

Volcano “Etna”

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.

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.

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

Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily.It is the tallest active volcano in Europe and is in an almostconstant state of activity. Eruptions of Etna aren’t always thesame. Most occur at the summit, where there are currently (as of2008) four distinct craters (the Northeast Crater, the Voragine, theBocca Nuova, and the Southeast Crater). Other eruptions occuron the flanks. Summit eruptions can be highly explosive and areextremely spectacular, but are rarely threatening for the inhabitedareas around the volcano. On the contrary, flank eruptions canoccur down to a few hundred metres altitude, close to or even wellwithin the populated areas.

There are some of the religious based theories that were popularin the past.

Firstly, Aeolus, the king of the winds, who is said to haveimprisoned the winds in the caves of Etna. According to thepoet Aeschylus, the giant Typhon was confined to the Etnawalls and this explained the eruptions.

Another legend says that when the Mount Etna erupted in252, one year after the martyrdom of Saint Agatha, thepeople of Catania took the red veil of the Saint, remaineduntouched by the flames of her martyrdom, and called hername. 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 ofEngland now resides in the bowels of the volcano Etna, becauseon the pact she made with the devil in exchange for his helpduring her reign.

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

The most important thing isdefending the environment.We have the duty to respectthe place where we live, thatis to say, the. Mostpeople don’t respect it and spoil it.The word “Pollution” meansthe introduction of chemicals into natural environment, withthe consequence of greatdamages on it. There aredifferent types of pollution.

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

The second is “the

acustic pollution”;

great noises, such as

the horn, can damage

our hearing.

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

Our suggestions are…

…To be continued…