The author wrote that choices in school restaurants could shape eating habits, food literacy and sustainability for years, making schools an important part of the EU’s efforts to tackle food waste. They encouraged readers to explore SchoolFood4Change and other innovative initiatives. https://t.co/reCmQlT2WH #EscuelasSostenibles #AlimentaciónSaludable #ReducciónDeResiduos #EU
The author said farmers faced rising costs and growing production challenges, and called for simpler, proportionate rules, effective import controls and fair conditions to help them stay competitive while producing safe, high-quality food. They added that science, technology and innovation could help build more resilient systems.
The author wrote that good intentions alone would not be enough for nature to thrive, but said biodiversity loss could be halted and reversed and the natural foundations of human life and prosperity secured. They described the State of Biodiversity Action Report as providing the necessary evidence and roadmap.
The author called for technological innovation in AI to drive productivity and economic growth, stronger energy security to support European competitiveness, and sustainable public finances that would leave room for future investment. https://t.co/lMvEyTiKOV #AI #Energie #Finanzen #EU
The author wrote that human activities were driving rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere, pushing Earth’s climate system beyond stable limits. They said the changes were unfolding faster than people could respond.
The author said fabrics woven by communities across Thailand and showcased at the IMF Meetings highlighted the need for work to create opportunities and improve people’s lives. They added that policies should serve people. https://t.co/UZ2VXYVQIm #Thailand #IMFMeetings #Sustainability #TH
The author said the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was not a policy of the past but one for Europe’s future. They listed building resilience in the farming sector, strengthening strategic autonomy and modernising agriculture as priorities, and said defending agriculture meant preparing for the future. https://t.co/ETf8CFtwea #Agriculture #EU #Sustainability #EU
The post suggested that each dollar invested in tackling climate change and air pollution could deliver $15 in economic benefits. It invited readers to join “Accelerating Action on Climate and Clean Air” with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition ahead of COP31 and urged them to register.
The post’s author called on the United States to end sales of new diesel passenger cars by 2030, while retaining diesel for agriculture, trucks and tanks. They wrote that agriculture needed reliable heavy-duty machinery. https://t.co/QanyI19MMn #Diesel #Agriculture #Sustainability #US
The author wrote that the Arctic’s future should be shaped by its people, saying their approach involved listening to and working with Arctic communities to keep the region secure, prosperous and sustainable.
The post’s author said they had enjoyed Fred Pearce’s *When the Rivers Run Dry*, describing it as a book about shrinking water resources and their effect on relations between states. They said it also covered problems involving large dams, techniques for salvaging or recycling water, and India. https://t.co/BvOntbTEL6 #WaterCrisis #Sustainability #India #IN
The author described the climate crisis as a water crisis, saying the Morava River near the Czech, Slovak and Austrian border, close to where it enters the Danube, had never been so low in the time they had lived there since 1980. They said it looked almost possible to cross on foot and called the level unprecedented. The author added that their mother had sent the image the previous day. https://t.co/U0j41B7AY3 #ClimateCrisis #WaterScarcity #Sustainability #CZ #SK #AT
The post said that the expansion of AI and cloud computing was increasing data centres’ energy and water footprints. It added that Munters had highlighted the need for resource-efficient solutions to manage digital growth at Climate Week NYC 2026 and linked to further information from its partner.
The author referred to estimates by the International Energy Agency, which indicate that it would be possible to sustainably produce nearly 900 billion cubic meters of biogas, covering over 20% of the world's natural gas demand. He wrote that Poland should also focus on biogas and added that he mentioned this during the congress. https://t.co/j7xtADX4nr #biogaz #energia #sustainability #PL (translated)
The author announced that the Climate Change Summit, which they described as Central and Eastern Europe’s leading event on climate action, would return on October 14 from Bucharest. They said discussions would cover biodiversity, the circular economy, agriculture, ESG and other topics, and invited readers to register. https://t.co/m0eVtaG1rK https://t.co/52g1ZQmuex #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Sustainability #RO
The author argued that the government had abandoned even the pretence of tackling the climate crisis, while selling increasing amounts of electricity, water and people’s data to data centres and AI. The post referenced Budget 2027.
The Estonian national football team rose five places in the FIFA rankings, achieving one win and three draws in the Nations League from four matches. #rannakalandus #kalapüük #Eesti (translated)
The author wrote that a safer, more sustainable and resilient Mediterranean meant a stronger Europe. At the MED9 Summit in Split, they said they were bringing a Mediterranean perspective to challenges including security, migration, energy, connectivity, water and climate. https://t.co/gG7qrJ30Rb #Mediterranean #Europe #Sustainability #EU #HR
The author called for an immediate halt to sales of new diesel passenger cars in Europe and the retirement of 10 million older diesel cars. They said Europe had around 98.3 million diesel passenger cars, representing about 38.4% of the EU-27 car fleet. https://t.co/hYhGfUwXhc #Diesel #Europa #Sustainability #EU
CIVICO 33 — “ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB”: FROM CAPITANATA TO “BROADWAYWORLD”, THE “COMMUNITY BAND” PROJECT CONQUERS NEW YORK SOURCE: https://www.civico93.it/orta-nova-sound-laab-dalla-capitanata-a-broadwayworld-il-progetto-banda-di-comunita-conquista-new-york/ The social laboratory promoted by ANBG and the Ministry of Culture has landed on the world’s largest theatre network, thanks to the article co-authored by Chris Rabinowitz and the Orta Nova-born author Luciano Magaldi Sardella. There is a brass thread linking Piazza Mario Frasca to Broadway. It is called “Orta Nova Sound Lab” — the Community and Social Regeneration Band through Music — the project officially presented on 21 September last at the C-Lab MAO FM 19.77 of brothers Luca and Erminio Ferrandina, which is enjoying unprecedented media coverage for a band-cultural initiative born in the Province of Foggia. Its journalistic success was sealed on 28 September last by its arrival on BroadwayWorld, the world’s most authoritative portal dedicated to theatre and live performance, based in New York with over 1.5 million global monthly visits. A result that was by no means a foregone conclusion, which projects a story from the Apulian periphery into the international cultural news circuit. The article, entitled Orta Nova Sound Lab Launches Youth Community Band in Southern Italy, is jointly by-lined by New York editor Chris Rabinowitz, journalist for the American publication, and his Italian co-author Luciano Magaldi Sardella, an international author originally from Orta Nova, engineer, academic journalist, and researcher active between Italy and abroad. The dual Italo-American by-line symbolises how a “local good practice” can become global news when it is recounted with expertise and rootedness. The Project: The Band as Social Regeneration “Orta Nova Sound Lab” is promoted by the Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG), chaired by Benedetto Grillo, and was admitted for funding under the public call of the Ministry of Culture pursuant to Director General Decree of 7 April 2026, reg. no. 149, aimed at the “Strengthening of research activities and dissemination of musical practices in peripheries and in areas of high social vulnerability”. It is realized with the support of the Comune di Orta Nova and with the collaboration of a solid civic network: A.P.S. MAO FM 19.77, the Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “A. Olivetti”, the Istituto Comprensivo “Sandro Pertini”, the Music Art association, and the C.I.S.A. of Foggia. As BroadwayWorld itself emphasised, this is the first initiative in Italy to reinterpret the distinctive tradition of touring bands (bande da giro) and youth orchestras within a ministerial call dedicated to urban peripheries and social vulnerability. A model that dialogues explicitly with the spirit of the so-called “Caivano Decree” (Law Decree 123/2023) for combating youth distress, educational poverty, and juvenile crime. The idea, in its disarming simplicity, was summarised by the project director for ANBG, Antonella Spagnoletti: “The band is aggregation! The band is cohesion. Bringing these youngsters together, educating them, and enabling them to live in a manner different from the social-media world is among the primary objectives of our association.” A concept reiterated by the Mayor of Orta Nova, Eng. Domenico Di Vito: “This is an important project that can certainly make a difference compared with the past, because all the ingredients are there to network the entire cultural and social world that exists in Orta Nova and that must be valorised. The administration’s commitment is to ensure sustainability, structure, and continuity over time.” Taking part in the launch press conference, moderated by journalist Giuseppe Di Bisceglie, in addition to President Grillo, Director Spagnoletti, and Mayor Di Vito, were Regional Councillor Grazia Maria Starace, Councillor for relations with the third sector Sebastiano Battista, Councillor for Culture Vittoria Mastrogiacomo, and educational professor Alfredo Coppola, contact person for the Olivetti Institute. Why the Story Went International The “Orta Nova Sound Lab” band project demonstrates that when a project has anti-mafia roots, pedagogical value, and a credible institutional network, the press responds. From local and national titles such as Cassa Armonica, Ansa Puglia, TGNorba, Corriere della Sera Bari, RaiNews TGR Puglia, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Amica9TV, Brindisi In, Blasting News Italia, TRM Network, Secolo XIX, FoggiaToday, PlayNews24, Stato Quotidiano, and many others, which thoroughly documented the conference, the coverage reached “Broadway World”, which read the Orta Nova experience as a “social laboratory” capable of answering the mafia with music. This change of scale derives from joint work and also from the liaison work carried out by Luciano Magaldi Sardella, who, together with New York editor Chris Rabinowitz, succeeded in translating for an Anglophone audience the profound meaning of a town band which, in Apulia, is not folklore, but a civil garrison, a concrete alternative to the screen and to social disintegration. In a South often narrated only for its emergencies, Orta Nova chooses to be recounted for its capacity to generate community. And this time, the news has travelled around the world, starting from a piazza in the Daunia. The Calendar The pathway, which is entirely free of charge, provides instrumental workshops for wind and percussion, ensemble music lessons, and collective rehearsals with qualified teachers and conductors, open to aspiring musicians, families, schools, and citizens. The programme that has attracted the attention of the national and now international press is structured as follows: October 2026: parade of marching bands through the streets and public spaces of Orta Nova, to recover the historic value of the band as a popular and identity-based expression. November–December 2026: high-profile concert season with the Gran Concerto Bandistico di Conversano and the Gran Concerto Bandistico “Biagio Abbate” Città di Bisceglie, an artistic training ground for young pupils. Inclusion Focus: a special evening dedicated to women in music with the Orchestra Note di Puglia, an ensemble composed entirely of professional women musicians, to reinforce the values of equal opportunities. January 2027: first official concert of the newborn Community Band of Orta Nova, a foundational act and public restitution of the work accomplished. (translated)
