3. WHO IS THIS MAN?
Li Guixin, the first Chinese citizen to file a lawsuit
against a local government agency over air pollution (Source: Chinanews.com)
5. Which city is this?
La Oroya, Peru -- In this mining town in the Peruvian Andes, 99 percent of children have high levels of lead in
their blood largely due to an American-owned smelter that's been polluting the city since 1922.
9. Not only pollution, garbage and waste
From the outside it doesnt seem that way, but if you look inside and talk with the owners everything
changesthere are shops that promote products without packaging, on tap
10. The world, and San Salvario is changing
My district is a little example
of the world changing
San Salvario, Turin
11. Some numbers
26 milion products without packaging
21 million people found a 0 km product made by a short supply chain
6 million people bought fair trade products
9 million people decreased their consumption of meat
12 million people ate biologic/organic food
9 million people used a bicycle every day
17 million people used products not tested on animals
12. These are the funders
Stefano
Alessandro Massimo
Enrico
13. What is sostenibile.com?
Sostenibile.com is an experimental project to create a
community of citizens and business owners who are
sensitive to the issue of sustainability and that act in a
responsible and conscious way also through benefit and
discount in the business activities.
15. Is the result of an algorithm that takes two factors into account: the rating of the users and the sustainable
actions undertaken by businesses. The ratings of people therefore contribute in a decisive way to the
calculation the sustainability index score
Energy
Water
Noise
Food
Transport Recycle
Wi-fi
Cultural events
Differently abled
New mom
17. Public participation
The registered members, commercial activities, and association directly create
the content of the portal. This portal was designed to create a collaborative action
between different players.
Some Numbers:
3.968members
219business activities
hundreds of events and causes
400families who buy every week on equommerce
18. Sustainability Treasure Hunt
Example of a sustainability-themed treasure hunt with
150 people through the streets
of San Salvario
20 people came from Belgium
to participate
19. In the near future
We develop
the e-commerce area
to encourage the purchases
directly from the farmers
20. Sustainability and the crisis?
The economic crisis is creating a great possibility because people are more careful about the
quantity of consumption and, at the same time, the quality of products.
Sostenibile.com
responds to the
need to find activities
and producers that
promote
sustainability.
21. The challenges of sustainability
in the future
promote success stories
talk about it
excite / facilitate
share
invent / create
22. Thank you!
We cannot hope
to create a sustainable culture
with any
but sustainable souls.
Derrick Jensen