Category Archives: Nature
On the trail of Filiani…
(Italiano) Perché “ambiente” non sia più una parola vuota!
Calystegia soldanella between the dune flowers
There is another dune plant which risk to disappear among the species that in these days we could see on the coast of the Torre del Cerrano Marine Protected Area: the beach morning glory or shore bindweed (Calystegia soldanella). Continue reading
The beauty of flowering seasides
The prime of the spring season shows wonderful flowerings of trees and meadows, soothing us with their colours and scents. These are more evident in those beaches which have not been mechanically cleaned and where the dune habitat has been preserved, keeping plant species that are now rare. Continue reading
Parallel lives, five years of marine protected area
(Italiano) Pasquetta a Torre Cerrano, nel cuore del parco marino
International Day of Forests 2015
Today is the International Day of Forests. Forests and climate change are linked!
“The climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it” (Barack Obama) Continue reading
Romulea is back, spring is coming up
Also this year we have been able to see a large Romulea rollii’s flowering on the dunes of the Torre del Cerrano Marine Protected Area. The presence of the sea saffron, plant symbol of the MPA, undoubtedly shows a vegetal biodiversity to protect together with the valuable dune habitats that are slowly disappearing from the Italian coasts. Continue reading
Our documentaries to think and raise awareness
In the last weeks we had two interesting meetings for environmental education and the screening of our short films “Cerrano: Nature revealed” and “Parallel lives”. The first meeting concerned the project “Cerrano Guides with and fro the school “, proposed for free by ASD Guide del Cerrano to the Municipality of Silvi. For the first time we showed our videos to a primary school class, certifying the interest of the pupils and their teachers in the environment. Continue reading