Sustainable Development Festival 2025

‘Territories and societies in a changing climate’ is the theme of this year’s Sustainable Development Festival, now in its seventh edition. As every year, the festival takes place at the Alveare Verde park in Avigliana and is organised by the Municipality’s Department of the Environment and the Amandoli association in collaboration with Ecovolontari Avigliana, the Metropolitan City’s volunteer ecological guards, the Metropolitan City of Turin, Acsel Spa, Fiab bici e dintorni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Conisa, Pro Natura Torino, Coop, World Friends, Ente di Gestione dei Parchi delle Alpi Cozie, Guardie Ecozoofile di Fareambiente, Greenpeace, Ara Arte Restauro Archeologia and Silvia di Zenzero.

‘This year,’ says Environment Councillor Stefano Ditella, “we intend to focus on the issue of adapting to the climate and environmental crisis, a fundamental aspect in facing the greatest challenge of the 21st century, which affects and will increasingly affect every aspect of the society in which we live, as well as our territories, which we must equip in the right way so that they are resilient to extreme phenomena, which we are already experiencing with damage and economic and human losses.”

In case of bad weather, the event will be postponed to 19 October 2025.

The programme:

4 October

At 9.30 a.m. BiodiverCity tour – “Nature is your neighbour” (at the space adjacent to the Dora bridge in Via Almese)
At 4.30 p.m. Enchantment at Moon-Cuni, organised by the Ecovolontari group of the Municipality of Avigliana. Meeting point at the Cga in Via Oronte Nota.

5 October

At 9.30 a.m., Treasure hunt starting from the CGA in Via Oronte Nota
At 10.30 a.m., round table: ‘How do we prepare our cities for a changing climate?’ with Jacopo Suppo; Angelo Tribolo (Councillor for the Environment
City of Rivoli); Roberto Bacchin (Councillor for the Environment City of Collegno), Alice De Marco (Legambiente Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta); Alessio Ferrero (climate activist and civil protection planner); Ombretta Caldarice (Turin Polytechnic, Interuniversity Department of Science, Project and Territorial Policies
At 12.30 pm, show cooking by the Ecovolontari of the anti-food waste project ‘Resto… mangia!’
From 2 p.m., swap party organised by Avigliana riusa
At 2.30 p.m. – round table: “Human-environment relations”. An archaeological issue?, with: Gianni Boschis (geologist and populariser), Cristina Converso (forestry doctor and author)
At 2.30 pm, bicycle repair workshop organised by Fiab bici e dintorni
At 4 pm, Amici project presentation, with the Berti school and the Laqup association
At 4.30 pm, screen printing workshop – urban planning for children, organised by Alessia Veroli, run by Silvia di Zenzero
From 3 pm, concert by Millenium van.