With the aim of valorising and spreading the environmental legacy of Expo Milano 2015, the Italian Ministry for the Environment has realised a technical-educational publication in cooperation with Expo 2015 SpA, Politecnico di Milano and IEFE – Università Bocconi. “The EXPO we learned. The legacy of a mega-event in a circular economy perspective” is a well reasoned evaluation about…

The side event intends to disclose the valuable results of EXPO Milano 2015 to the UNEA participants, in order to present its “material” and “immaterial” legacy to the international community and deliver its “model” for the next Universal Expositions (i.e.Astana 2017, Dubai2020).

The Universal Exposition 2015 has been hosted in Milan, Italy, from May to October 2015….

The good intentions expressed during Expo start to come true.
As announced by the designers and the communications manager of Coca-Cola and as shown in the section dedicated to this Pavilion on our website, the Coca-Cola Pavilion created for Expo 2015 will become an indoor basketball court. It will rise in the Robinson park in…

The exposure of the wall “The carbon footprint of food products – Partake”, the media panel that through video and graphics illustrates the relationship between climate change and food production, will last one more week.
The panel, in fact, will be exhibited in the Aula Roger, in the atrium of the Faculty of Architecture (Building 11 Via Ampere, 2, Milan)…

On the occasion of the conference “Climate Change: From Global Scenarios to the classroom of Politecnico” promoted within…

Finally on Youtube the video of the conference about ‘Climate Change and Food Safety in Developing Countries‘ held on 17th and 18th June 2015 at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano and realized thanks to the

Within in the program of the project “PON GAS Ambiente” – Asse E, Obiettivo 5.5 del Programma Operativo Nazionale Governance e Azioni di Sistema 2007-2013 – the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea organizes a Thematic Workshop that will take place in Milan, on 6th and 7th October 2015, within EXPO 2015 and the 3rd Water Festival…

Thanks to the final event of the “Towards a Sustainable Expo”, sustainability was the protagonist at Expo Milano 2015. The event has been promoted by the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with Expo 2015 SpA (with the scientific contribution of Politecnico di Milano and IEFE Bocconi).

The program was aimed to promote the adoption of sustainable solutions by the Pavilions…

The event “Towards a Sustainable Expo – A legacy for Sustainability” will be held the 1st of October 2015 in Expo Milan, at the presence of the Italian Minister for the Environment, Gian Luca Galletti, the Commissioner of the Government of Italy for Expo Milano 2015 and CEO Expo 2015 Company, Giuseppe Sala and the Director and Regional Representative…

Expo presented the data that proves the success of the recycling system in the Exposition Site. During the weeks immediately after the inauguration of the event on May 1, the level of recycling had already exceeded the 60% mark. Since the last week in July Expo have separated 70% of the waste produced each day, enabling the materials to be…

Corriere della Sera published an article about the themes of Expo 2015.
Expo 2015 is the opportunity to talk about sustainability and food.
The environmental impact of our consumption behavior plays a very important role. But if ‘Zero Impact’is a utopian objective, ‘Less Impact’ is a goal everybody can reach: paying more attention to water consumption, using less car and heating…

Corriere della Sera has dedicated an article to the good results achieved in terms of sustainability of the Pavilions of Expo 2015.

The stated objective of Expo 2015 was to create a sustainable event so all participants have been invited to the respect of seven good practices: energy savings for air conditioning, through passive solutions; limitation of energy consumption through…

On September 11th at 6:30 p.m. Cascina Triulza in Expo will host a meeting on sustainability in Big Events entitled ‘Events and sustainability: a comparison of experiences “, organised by Region Council of Umbria and ‘Sviluppumbria’ – Regional Development Agency for Economic Promotion.

During the seminar there will be a comparison among the main European and international case studies on…

On September 11, from 4.30 p.m. to 6 pm. the Sala Symposium of the Wine Pavilion “A Taste of Italy” will be hosting the event Wine: a Model of Sustainability and Wellness.

The event is dedicated to the promotion of the best practises of Italian wine producers, pioneers on sustainability, and it will be the opportunity for discussion and debate…

The Seminar ‘Green Agriculture and Sustainability’ will be held at the Chilean Pavilion on September 4th at 11 a.m., presented by the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile (MINAGRI), in collaboration with the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA) and the Chilean Agency for food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA).

This event is aimed at showcasing relevant initiatives that have been undertaken by…

The first solar kiosk sees the light at Politecnico di Milano!

Realized by the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, the solar kiosk has been set up at the Milano Bovisa Station from the 15th to the 18th of July.
The solar kiosk has been designed to offer tastes of new technologies and to provide information on themes…

Download the material of the workshop ”Climate change, agriculture and food safety in developing countries” held on 17 -18 June 2015 at the Department of Energy of Politecnico of Milan.
The workshop has been organised by the Italian Ministry of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, in partnership with Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Laboratorio UCSC ExpoLAB and…

On the 5th of June, on the occasion of the World Environment Day at the Media Center of the Expo it has been introduced Towards to Sustainable Expo, in the presence of Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea, and of Achim Steiner, the Executive Manager of UNEP .

Towards a Sustainable Expo Programme, conceived…

MiCo, the Fiera Milano congress centre, has hosted the International Participants Meeting.

On the 31st of march 2015 the Milan Congress Center has hosted the fourth and last appointment of the International Participants Meeting,

During the meeting the Italian Minister for the Environment Gian Luca Galletti spoke about the importance of the protection of the environment. This is…

RAI, Italian public broadcasting company, has dedicated an article to the closing ceremony of the ‘Towards a Sustainable Expo” programme, in the presence of the Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea, Gian Luca Galletti.

Here is the link to the article:
http://www.expo.rai.it/sostenibilita-dopo-expo/#

23 countries and 16 among partners and civil society organizations have participated in ‘Towards a Sustainable Expo’ programme for the four categories of sustainability: architecture, food and beverage, packaging and merchandising, events and other initiatives.
Chile has distinguished itself as Pavilion that has gotten more awards under this initiative.
Here is the link to the website Chile has dedicated to its…

The article tells about the “Towards a Sustainable Expo” Prize given to the WAA (World Association of Agronomist) for the initiatives and the good sustainability practices underttaken during Expo 2015. The award has bee withdrawn

An article on one of the winners of the ‘Towards a Sustainable Expo‘ contest.
It’s the Triulza Foundation, rewarded ‘for having created in Cascina Triulza a context in which, through many events and initiatives, it…