From school desks to town streets: Maremma took center stage in Legambiente’s campaign to educate on respect for the environment and the community.
“Clean Up the World,” the national campaign by Legambiente dedicated to caring for shared spaces, made a stop in Maremma. After yesterday’s event in Seggiano, today in Gavorrano children and students of the schools, together with teachers and volunteers from Festambiente, collected litter and cleaned public areas, turning a morning of civic engagement into an opportunity for environmental education.
The initiative —saw the direct involvement of young people: equipped with bags, gloves, and a lot of energy, participants cleaned flowerbeds, school courtyards, sidewalks, and green public spaces, picking up abandoned waste such as plastic, paper, cans, and assorted objects.
The day included moments of sharing and reflection, with talks about what it means to care for one’s environment, to respect common spaces, and promoting everyday good practices to reduce the impact of waste.
As part of these important initiatives, the opportunity was taken to promote internationally relevant projects. Among them, the PARCCE Erasmus+ initiative, which focuses on responding to the challenges of climate change in the 4 Mediterranean countries (Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy). Its goal is to provide quality education on climate‐related issues, developing and testing both traditional and innovative teaching materials, engaging both teachers and students in meaningful, hands-on learning experiences.
“Clean Up the World,” declared Angelo Gentili, a member of the national secretariat of Legambiente, “is not just a symbolic act of cleaning — it is a concrete act of citizenship and collective responsibility. Involving schools means sowing awareness: when children learn that every gesture matters, we are building a more attentive, respectful, and resilient community. From these actions can emerge an environment of cultural and environmental peace, to which we are all called to contribute. I thank the schools, the educators, and all the volunteers who today made a difference in the Maremma territory.”
Today’s action in Gavorrano complements yesterday’s in Seggiano, thus strengthening the local footprint of “Clean Up the World,” which, through widespread events across the territory, aims to engage communities in a campaign that goes far beyond waste collection: it is an educational, cultural, and environmental challenge. Several more events are planned in the coming days.
